✈ JNB → PEK
14H 41M IN A METAL TUBE. 7,275 MILES. EARN THE LEG.
Flight from Johannesburg to Beijing
From O.R. Tambo (JNB), South Africa Africa → Beijing Capital (PEK), China Asia
↔ Flying the other way? Beijing → Johannesburg
How long is the flight from Johannesburg to Beijing?
A nonstop flight from Johannesburg (JNB) to Beijing (PEK) takes about 14 hours 41 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 7,275 miles (11,708 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
14h 41m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
7,275 mi
11,708 km · great-circle
Avg speed
797 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Johannesburg timezone
UTC+2
Africa/Johannesburg
Beijing timezone
UTC+8
Asia/Shanghai
Time difference
+6h
6 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~6d
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 Beijing
Nearest origins
- Seoul → Beijing
- Shanghai → Beijing
- Taipei → Beijing
- Osaka → Beijing
- Hong Kong → Beijing
- Tokyo → Beijing
- Manila → Beijing
- Bangkok → Beijing
- Delhi → Beijing
- Kuala Lumpur → Beijing
Long-haul to Beijing
- Buenos Aires → Beijing
- Santiago → Beijing
- São Paulo → Beijing
- Rio de Janeiro → Beijing
- Cape Town → Beijing
- Cancun → Beijing
- Miami → Beijing
- Mexico City → Beijing
- Atlanta → Beijing
- Dallas → Beijing