✈ JNB → ICN
15H 32M IN ECONOMY = A FELONY AGAINST YOURSELF. UPGRADE.
Flight from Johannesburg to Seoul
From O.R. Tambo (JNB), South Africa Africa → Incheon (ICN), South Korea Asia
↔ Flying the other way? Seoul → Johannesburg
How long is the flight from Johannesburg to Seoul?
A nonstop flight from Johannesburg (JNB) to Seoul (ICN) takes about 15 hours 32 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 7,717 miles (12,419 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
15h 32m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
7,717 mi
12,419 km · great-circle
Avg speed
799 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Johannesburg timezone
UTC+2
Africa/Johannesburg
Seoul timezone
UTC+9
Asia/Seoul
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 Seoul
Nearest origins
- Shanghai → Seoul
- Osaka → Seoul
- Beijing → Seoul
- Tokyo → Seoul
- Taipei → Seoul
- Hong Kong → Seoul
- Manila → Seoul
- Bangkok → Seoul
- Kuala Lumpur → Seoul
- Singapore → Seoul
Long-haul to Seoul
- Buenos Aires → Seoul
- Santiago → Seoul
- São Paulo → Seoul
- Rio de Janeiro → Seoul
- Cape Town → Seoul
- Cancun → Seoul
- Miami → Seoul
- Mexico City → Seoul
- Atlanta → Seoul
- New York → Seoul