✈ JNB → DXB
8H 23M IN ECONOMY. PACK MELATONIN. PACK A NECK PILLOW. PACK REGRETS.
Flight from Johannesburg to Dubai
From O.R. Tambo (JNB), South Africa Africa → Dubai International (DXB), UAE Middle East
↔ Flying the other way? Dubai → Johannesburg
How long is the flight from Johannesburg to Dubai?
A nonstop flight from Johannesburg (JNB) to Dubai (DXB) takes about 8 hours 23 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 3,985 miles (6,413 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
8h 23m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
3,985 mi
6,413 km · great-circle
Avg speed
765 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Johannesburg timezone
UTC+2
Africa/Johannesburg
Dubai timezone
UTC+4
Asia/Dubai
Time difference
+2h
2 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~2d
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 → Tel Aviv
- Johannesburg → Mumbai
- Johannesburg → Athens
- Johannesburg → Rio de Janeiro
- Johannesburg → São Paulo
Long-haul from Johannesburg
Flights to Dubai
Nearest origins
- Abu Dhabi → Dubai
- Doha → Dubai
- Mumbai → Dubai
- Tel Aviv → Dubai
- Delhi → Dubai
- Cairo → Dubai
- Istanbul → Dubai
- Athens → Dubai
- Bucharest → Dubai
- Nairobi → Dubai
Long-haul to Dubai
- Santiago → Dubai
- Mexico City → Dubai
- Auckland → Dubai
- Buenos Aires → Dubai
- Cancun → Dubai
- Los Angeles → Dubai
- Las Vegas → Dubai
- San Francisco → Dubai
- Dallas → Dubai
- Miami → Dubai