✈ JNB → BKK
11H 28M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.
Flight from Johannesburg to Bangkok
From O.R. Tambo (JNB), South Africa Africa → Suvarnabhumi (BKK), Thailand Asia
↔ Flying the other way? Bangkok → Johannesburg
How long is the flight from Johannesburg to Bangkok?
A nonstop flight from Johannesburg (JNB) to Bangkok (BKK) takes about 11 hours 28 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,590 miles (8,997 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
11h 28m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
5,590 mi
8,997 km · great-circle
Avg speed
785 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Johannesburg timezone
UTC+2
Africa/Johannesburg
Bangkok timezone
UTC+7
Asia/Bangkok
Time difference
+5h
5 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~5d
Eastward — worse
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from Johannesburg
Nearest destinations
- Johannesburg → Cape Town
- Johannesburg → Nairobi
- Johannesburg → Doha
- Johannesburg → Cairo
- Johannesburg → Abu Dhabi
- Johannesburg → Dubai
- Johannesburg → Tel Aviv
- Johannesburg → Mumbai
- Johannesburg → Athens
- Johannesburg → Rio de Janeiro
Long-haul from Johannesburg
- Johannesburg → San Francisco
- Johannesburg → Los Angeles
- Johannesburg → Seattle
- Johannesburg → Vancouver
- Johannesburg → Las Vegas
- Johannesburg → Dallas
- Johannesburg → Mexico City
- Johannesburg → Chicago
- Johannesburg → Atlanta
- Johannesburg → Tokyo
More flights to Asia
Flights to Bangkok
Nearest origins
- Kuala Lumpur → Bangkok
- Singapore → Bangkok
- Hong Kong → Bangkok
- Manila → Bangkok
- Taipei → Bangkok
- Shanghai → Bangkok
- Delhi → Bangkok
- Bali (Denpasar) → Bangkok
- Mumbai → Bangkok
- Beijing → Bangkok
Long-haul to Bangkok
- Santiago → Bangkok
- Buenos Aires → Bangkok
- São Paulo → Bangkok
- Rio de Janeiro → Bangkok
- Cancun → Bangkok
- Mexico City → Bangkok
- Miami → Bangkok
- Atlanta → Bangkok
- Dallas → Bangkok
- New York → Bangkok