✈ MAN → JNB
11H 51M, 5,789 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.
Flight from Manchester to Johannesburg
From Manchester Airport (MAN), United Kingdom Europe → O.R. Tambo (JNB), South Africa Africa
↔ Flying the other way? Johannesburg → Manchester
How long is the flight from Manchester to Johannesburg?
A nonstop flight from Manchester (MAN) to Johannesburg (JNB) takes about 11 hours 51 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,789 miles (9,317 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
11h 51m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
5,789 mi
9,317 km · great-circle
Avg speed
787 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Manchester timezone
UTC+1
Europe/London
Johannesburg timezone
UTC+2
Africa/Johannesburg
Time difference
+1h
1 hour ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~1d
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 Manchester
Nearest destinations
- Manchester → London
- Manchester → Dublin
- Manchester → Edinburgh
- Manchester → Amsterdam
- Manchester → Brussels
- Manchester → Paris
- Manchester → Frankfurt
- Manchester → Copenhagen
- Manchester → Zurich
- Manchester → Berlin
Long-haul from Manchester
- Manchester → Auckland
- Manchester → Sydney
- Manchester → Melbourne
- Manchester → Bali (Denpasar)
- Manchester → Santiago
- Manchester → Buenos Aires
- Manchester → Singapore
- Manchester → Manila
- Manchester → Kuala Lumpur
- Manchester → Cape Town
More flights to Africa
Flights to Johannesburg
Nearest origins
- Cape Town → Johannesburg
- Nairobi → Johannesburg
- Doha → Johannesburg
- Cairo → Johannesburg
- Abu Dhabi → Johannesburg
- Dubai → Johannesburg
- Tel Aviv → Johannesburg
- Mumbai → Johannesburg
- Athens → Johannesburg
- Rio de Janeiro → Johannesburg
Long-haul to Johannesburg
- San Francisco → Johannesburg
- Los Angeles → Johannesburg
- Seattle → Johannesburg
- Vancouver → Johannesburg
- Las Vegas → Johannesburg
- Dallas → Johannesburg
- Mexico City → Johannesburg
- Chicago → Johannesburg
- Atlanta → Johannesburg
- Tokyo → Johannesburg