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✈ SYD → JNB

13H 52M FROM SYDNEY TO JOHANNESBURG. THIS IS A LIFESTYLE NOW.

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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