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✈ SYD → JNB

SYDNEY → JOHANNESBURG IN 13H 52M. CONSIDER BUSINESS CLASS. NO, REALLY.

Flight time
13h 52m
Distance
6,850 mi
Or
11,024 km
Jet lag
8h

Flight from Sydney to Johannesburg

From Kingsford Smith (SYD), Australia Oceania  →  O.R. Tambo (JNB), South Africa Africa

↔ Flying the other way? Johannesburg → Sydney

How long is the flight from Sydney to Johannesburg?

A nonstop flight from Sydney (SYD) to Johannesburg (JNB) takes about 13 hours 52 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,850 miles (11,024 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

13h 52m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

6,850 mi

11,024 km · great-circle

Avg speed

795 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Sydney timezone

UTC+10

Australia/Sydney

Johannesburg timezone

UTC+2

Africa/Johannesburg

Time difference

-8h

8 hours behind

Jet lag (rough)

~5.6d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1632 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1885 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 452 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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