- Great circle
- 1,272 km
- 790 mi
- Estimated in the air
- 2h 05m
- block time
- Furthest from equator
- 34.0°S
- at 100% along
- One lap of Earth
- 3.2%
- of 40,075 km
Of the 292 routes catalogued here, this is the 233rd longest.
What the aircraft actually flies over
From Johannesburg the path crosses South Africa.
The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 34.0°S, 100% 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-west out of Johannesburg, south-west into Cape Town. 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
Johannesburg to Cape Town, asked and answered
- How far is Johannesburg to Cape Town?
- Johannesburg to Cape Town (JNB to CPT) is 1,272 km, or 790 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.
- How long is the flight from Johannesburg to Cape Town?
- About 2h 05m 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 Johannesburg to Cape Town flight take?
- The great circle passes over South Africa. It reaches 34.0°S 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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