Find cheap flights to Johannesburg from £277

The duration of your flight to Johannesburg depends on your departure and arrival airports. Obviously any flights that include a layover will also be longer. The most popular routes to Johannesburg on KAYAK are from London, which takes 14h 10m, Edinburgh, which takes 14h 20m, and Manchester, which takes 14h 25m.

The cheapest airline ticket to Johannesburg from the United Kingdom in the last 72 hours was £221 one-way, and £336 round-trip on the route from London to Johannesburg. The most popular route is from London to Johannesburg and the cheapest ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was £447 return.

There are 2 major airports in Johannesburg. The nearest airport from Johannesburg city centre is OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg (13 miles), followed by Johannesburg Lanseria (20 miles).

From the United Kingdom, there are direct flights to Johannesburg from 1 city. This city is London and there are 34 direct flights each week.

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in Johannesburg is Johannesburg Lanseria Airport, with an average flight price of £73.

On average, a flight to Johannesburg costs £813. The cheapest price found on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks cost £507 and departed from London Heathrow Airport.

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Johannesburg is Tuesday where tickets can be as cheap as £640. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Friday, where prices are £700 on average.

KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights to Johannesburg.

KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Johannesburg is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Johannesburg with an airline and back with another airline.

Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Johannesburg up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Of the 7 airlines that fly to Johannesburg, Airlink offers the most flights, with around 465 per week, followed by FlySafair with 381 flights per week.

There are 4 airports in Johannesburg: OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg (JNB), Johannesburg Lanseria Airport (HLA), Pretoria Wonderboom Apt. Airport (PRY) and Sun City Resort Pilansberg Airport (NTY). The busiest airport is OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg (JNB), with 97% of all flights arriving there.

The cheapest time of day to fly to Johannesburg is generally in the afternoon, when flights cost £556 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Johannesburg is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is £715.

To get a below average price, you should book around 1 week before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 44 days before departure.

There are around 5 direct flights from within United Kingdom to Johannesburg every day. Most flights depart in the evening, with 19:00 the most common departure time and 79% of flights departing in the evening.

Each week there are around 34 direct flights from within United Kingdom to Johannesburg. The most common day for departures is Wednesday, with 18% of flights taking off on this day.

If you’re looking for cheap airfare to Johannesburg, 25% of our users found tickets to Johannesburg for the following prices or less: From London Heathrow Airport £615 one-way - £755 return.

There are not any medium-haul (3-6 hour flight duration) or short-haul (up to 3 hour flight duration) flights to Johannesburg. Instead, there are 34 long-haul flights (6-12 hour flight duration), with the most arriving from London.