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✈ ZRH → JNB

10H 46M, 5,231 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.

Flight time
10h 46m
Distance
5,231 mi
Or
8,419 km
Jet lag
None

Flight from Zurich to Johannesburg

From Zurich Airport (ZRH), Switzerland Europe  →  O.R. Tambo (JNB), South Africa Africa

↔ Flying the other way? Johannesburg → Zurich

How long is the flight from Zurich to Johannesburg?

A nonstop flight from Zurich (ZRH) to Johannesburg (JNB) takes about 10 hours 46 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,231 miles (8,419 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

10h 46m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,231 mi

8,419 km · great-circle

Avg speed

782 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Zurich timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Zurich

Johannesburg timezone

UTC+2

Africa/Johannesburg

Time difference

Same

Same time zone

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1246 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1440 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 345 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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