✈ JNB → KIX
16H 20M FROM JOHANNESBURG TO OSAKA. THIS IS NOT TRAVEL. THIS IS ENDURANCE.
Flight from Johannesburg to Osaka
From O.R. Tambo (JNB), South Africa Africa → Kansai (KIX), Japan Asia
↔ Flying the other way? Osaka → Johannesburg
How long is the flight from Johannesburg to Osaka?
A nonstop flight from Johannesburg (JNB) to Osaka (KIX) takes about 16 hours 20 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 8,136 miles (13,093 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
16h 20m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
8,136 mi
13,093 km · great-circle
Avg speed
801 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Johannesburg timezone
UTC+2
Africa/Johannesburg
Osaka timezone
UTC+9
Asia/Tokyo
Time difference
+7h
7 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~7d
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 Osaka
Nearest origins
- Tokyo → Osaka
- Seoul → Osaka
- Shanghai → Osaka
- Taipei → Osaka
- Beijing → Osaka
- Hong Kong → Osaka
- Manila → Osaka
- Bangkok → Osaka
- Singapore → Osaka
- Kuala Lumpur → Osaka
Long-haul to Osaka
- São Paulo → Osaka
- Buenos Aires → Osaka
- Rio de Janeiro → Osaka
- Santiago → Osaka
- Cape Town → Osaka
- Cancun → Osaka
- Miami → Osaka
- Mexico City → Osaka
- Casablanca → Osaka
- Atlanta → Osaka