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title: "Johannesburg to Mauritius (JNB → MRU): distance and flight time · Orbit"
description: "Johannesburg to Mauritius is 3,066 km (1,905 mi) great circle, an estimated 4h 19m in the air. The route, what it flies over, and why the short way is not the straight line on a map."
url: https://orbitflights.app/routes/jnb-to-mru
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JNB → MRU

# Johannesburg to Mauritius: distance, flight time and the route it really takes

O.R. Tambo to Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam is 3,066 km of great circle — 1,905 mi — and an estimated 4h 19m in the air. Both ends are in Africa.

**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](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 167th longest.

The Johannesburg to Mauritius route drawn as a great circle arc on a globe

## 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.

One economy seat on it is about 455 kg of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming.

[JNB–MRU carbon footprint →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-carbon-calculator?from=JNB&to=MRU) [Map this route →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-route-map?r=JNB-MRU)

From

JNB

## O.R. Tambo

Johannesburg, South Africa · Africa

26.1°S, 28.2°E

[JNB airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/jnb) [Flights to Johannesburg →](https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/johannesburg)

To

MRU

## Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam

Mauritius, Mauritius · Africa

20.4°S, 57.7°E

[MRU airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/mru)

## 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.

[Why the shortest path is a curve →](https://orbitflights.app/blog/great-circle-routes-explained)

## Flown this one?

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[Download now](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.qwertybit.orbit)

## Nearby routes

[JNB → NBO Johannesburg to Nairobi 2,912 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/jnb-to-nbo) [JNB → CPT Johannesburg to Cape Town 1,272 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/jnb-to-cpt) [DXB → JNB Dubai to Johannesburg 6,413 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/dxb-to-jnb) [IST → JNB Istanbul to Johannesburg 7,496 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/ist-to-jnb) [FRA → JNB Frankfurt to Johannesburg 8,690 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/fra-to-jnb) [LHR → JNB London to Johannesburg 9,075 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-jnb)

## Further reading

[How many miles do you have to fly around the world?](https://orbitflights.app/blog/how-many-miles-to-fly-around-the-world) [What is on the exact opposite side of the world?](https://orbitflights.app/blog/opposite-side-of-the-world) [What's actually worth counting in a flight log](https://orbitflights.app/blog/what-is-worth-counting-in-a-flight-log)

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