- Great circle
- 3,066 km
- 1,905 mi
- Estimated in the air
- 4h 19m
- block time
- Furthest from equator
- 26.1°S
- at 0% along
- One lap of Earth
- 7.7%
- of 40,075 km
Of the 292 routes catalogued here, this is the 167th longest.
What the aircraft actually flies over
From Johannesburg the path crosses South Africa, then 1,134 km of open water, then Madagascar, then 1,073 km of open water.
The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 26.1°S, 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.
Leaving Johannesburg the aircraft points east (84°); it arrives into Mauritius heading east (72°). That is 12° of drift without a single turn — the compass moves because the path is a curve on a sphere, not because the aircraft does.
JNB
O.R. Tambo
Johannesburg, South Africa · Africa
26.1°S, 28.2°E
Johannesburg to Mauritius, asked and answered
- How far is Johannesburg to Mauritius?
- Johannesburg to Mauritius (JNB to MRU) is 3,066 km, or 1,905 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.
- How long is the flight from Johannesburg to Mauritius?
- About 4h 19m 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 Mauritius flight take?
- The great circle passes over South Africa, then 1,134 km of open water, then Madagascar, then 1,073 km of open water. It reaches 26.1°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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