- Great circle
- 7,496 km
- 4,658 mi
- Estimated in the air
- 9h 49m
- block time
- Furthest from equator
- 41.3°N
- at 0% along
- One lap of Earth
- 18.7%
- of 40,075 km
Of the 292 routes catalogued here, this is the 91st longest.
What the aircraft actually flies over
From Istanbul the path crosses Turkey, then 637 km of open water, then Egypt, then Sudan, then South Sudan, then the Democratic Republic of the Congo, then Zambia, then Zimbabwe, then Botswana, then South Africa.
The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 41.3°N, 0% of the way along.
Holding a single compass bearing the whole way would cover almost exactly the same ground, so on this route the flat map and the globe agree.
The heading barely moves: south out of Istanbul, south into Johannesburg. Over this distance the curve has too little room to bend the compass.
JNB
O.R. Tambo
Johannesburg, South Africa · Africa
26.1°S, 28.2°E
Istanbul to Johannesburg, asked and answered
- How far is Istanbul to Johannesburg?
- Istanbul to Johannesburg (IST to JNB) is 7,496 km, or 4,658 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.
- How long is the flight from Istanbul to Johannesburg?
- About 9h 49m in the air. That is an estimate from the distance at a typical airliner block speed, plus half an hour for taxi, climb and descent; published schedules vary with winds and routing.
- What route does a Istanbul to Johannesburg flight take?
- The great circle passes over Turkey, then 637 km of open water, then Egypt, then Sudan, then South Sudan, then the Democratic Republic of the Congo, then Zambia, then Zimbabwe, then Botswana, then South Africa. It reaches 41.3°N at its furthest from the equator.
Where these numbers come from
Distances are computed from the two airports’ own coordinates, not looked up from published routes. Times are estimates, not schedules.
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