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✈ JNB → SFO

20H 58M FLIGHT. YOU WILL FORGET WHAT GRASS LOOKS LIKE.

Flight time
20h 58m
Distance
10,550 mi
Or
16,979 km
Jet lag
9h

Flight from Johannesburg to San Francisco

From O.R. Tambo (JNB), South Africa Africa  →  SFO (SFO), USA North America

↔ Flying the other way? San Francisco → Johannesburg

How long is the flight from Johannesburg to San Francisco?

A nonstop flight from Johannesburg (JNB) to San Francisco (SFO) takes about 20 hours 58 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 10,550 miles (16,979 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

20h 58m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

10,550 mi

16,979 km · great-circle

Avg speed

810 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Johannesburg timezone

UTC+2

Africa/Johannesburg

San Francisco timezone

UTC-7

America/Los_Angeles

Time difference

-9h

9 hours behind

Jet lag (rough)

~6.3d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.

✈ Flight 2513 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 2903 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 696 kg CO₂

This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.

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