✈ ICN → JNB
15H 32M FROM SEOUL TO JOHANNESBURG. THIS IS NOT TRAVEL. THIS IS ENDURANCE.
Flight from Seoul to Johannesburg
From Incheon (ICN), South Korea Asia → O.R. Tambo (JNB), South Africa Africa
↔ Flying the other way? Johannesburg → Seoul
How long is the flight from Seoul to Johannesburg?
A nonstop flight from Seoul (ICN) to Johannesburg (JNB) 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
Seoul timezone
UTC+9
Asia/Seoul
Johannesburg timezone
UTC+2
Africa/Johannesburg
Time difference
-7h
7 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~4.9d
Westward — easier
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 Seoul
Nearest destinations
- Seoul → Shanghai
- Seoul → Osaka
- Seoul → Beijing
- Seoul → Tokyo
- Seoul → Taipei
- Seoul → Hong Kong
- Seoul → Manila
- Seoul → Bangkok
- Seoul → Kuala Lumpur
- Seoul → Singapore
Long-haul from Seoul
- 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
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