✈ LAX → JNB
20H 38M, 10,381 MILES. YOUR ANCESTORS WALKED LESS THAN THIS.
Flight from Los Angeles to Johannesburg
From LAX (LAX), USA North America → O.R. Tambo (JNB), South Africa Africa
↔ Flying the other way? Johannesburg → Los Angeles
How long is the flight from Los Angeles to Johannesburg?
A nonstop flight from Los Angeles (LAX) to Johannesburg (JNB) takes about 20 hours 38 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 10,381 miles (16,706 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
20h 38m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
10,381 mi
16,706 km · great-circle
Avg speed
809 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Los Angeles timezone
UTC-7
America/Los_Angeles
Johannesburg timezone
UTC+2
Africa/Johannesburg
Time difference
+9h
9 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~9d
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.
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Flights to Johannesburg
Nearest origins
- Cape Town → Johannesburg
- Nairobi → Johannesburg
- Doha → Johannesburg
- Cairo → Johannesburg
- Abu Dhabi → Johannesburg
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Long-haul to Johannesburg
- San Francisco → Johannesburg
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- Vancouver → Johannesburg
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- Dallas → Johannesburg
- Mexico City → Johannesburg
- Chicago → Johannesburg
- Atlanta → Johannesburg
- Tokyo → Johannesburg
- Cancun → Johannesburg