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Best Flights from San Francisco to Johannesburg Today

Take a look at the list of non stop flights and flights with layovers from San Francisco to Johannesburg with the lowest price of $641. Take a look at the list of flights with layovers from San Francisco to Johannesburg from $641. There’re no direct flights. The fastest connecting flight – 21h 35m.

Price	Departure	Arrival	Flight Duration	Airline	Flight
from $641 Find flight	11:25 San Francisco San Francisco	07:40+2 дня Johannesburg OR Tambo International	34h 15m layover 5h 30m - Hong Kong	Cathay Pacific	CX879 CX749
from $867 Find flight	18:50 San Francisco San Francisco	09:30+2 дня Johannesburg OR Tambo International	28h 40m layover 7h 5m - Frankfurt	United Airlines	UA926 UA9138
from $947 Find flight	14:45 San Francisco San Francisco	03:55+2 дня Johannesburg OR Tambo International	27h 10m layover 3h 20m - Doha	Qatar Airways	QR738 QR1365
from $727 Find flight	19:00 San Francisco San Francisco	07:40+3 дня Johannesburg OR Tambo International	50h 40m layover 14h 26m - Los Angeles 5h 20m - Hong Kong	Frontier Airlines	F94594 CX885 CX749
from $747 Find flight	18:50 San Francisco San Francisco	07:40+3 дня Johannesburg OR Tambo International	50h 50m layover 14h 40m - Los Angeles 5h 20m - Hong Kong	Alaska Airlines	AS2366 CX885 CX749
from $747 Find flight	16:30 San Francisco San Francisco	07:40+3 дня Johannesburg OR Tambo International	53h 10m layover 16h 59m - Los Angeles 5h 20m - Hong Kong	Alaska Airlines	AS2147 CX885 CX749
from $747 Find flight	15:00 San Francisco San Francisco	07:40+3 дня Johannesburg OR Tambo International	54h 40m layover 18h 29m - Los Angeles 5h 20m - Hong Kong	Alaska Airlines	AS2174 CX885 CX749
from $780 Find flight	06:00 San Francisco San Francisco	07:40+2 дня Johannesburg OR Tambo International	39h 40m layover 3h 24m - Los Angeles 5h 20m - Hong Kong	Alaska Airlines	AS3318 CX885 CX749
from $832 Find flight	14:30 San Francisco San Francisco	13:10+2 дня Johannesburg OR Tambo International	36h 40m layover 4h 0m - Seoul 1h 0m - Addis Ababa	YP	YP112 ET673 ET809
from $847 Find flight	08:17 San Francisco San Francisco	10:55+2 дня Johannesburg OR Tambo International	40h 38m layover 7h 39m - Denver 8h 40m - Istanbul	Frontier Airlines	F91230 TK202 TK38
from $847 Find flight	21:10 San Francisco San Francisco	10:45+3 дня Johannesburg OR Tambo International	51h 35m layover 18h 52m - Denver 8h 30m - Istanbul	Frontier Airlines	F93440 TK202 TK42
from $916 Find flight	14:30 San Francisco San Francisco	15:20+2 дня Johannesburg OR Tambo International	38h 50m layover 3h 50m - Seoul 3h 5m - Doha	YP	YP112 QR859 QR1377
from $922 Find flight	14:10 San Francisco San Francisco	07:10+2 дня Johannesburg OR Tambo International	31h 0m layover 1h 20m - Rome 5h 55m - Cairo	Alitalia	AZ641 AZ896 SA7207
from $927 Find flight	08:20 San Francisco San Francisco	10:45+2 дня Johannesburg OR Tambo International	40h 25m layover 4h 53m - Washington D.C. 10h 30m - Istanbul	Alaska Airlines	AS8 TK8 TK42
from $968 Find flight	17:20 San Francisco San Francisco	10:25+2 дня Johannesburg OR Tambo International	31h 5m layover 7h 15m - Dublin 0h 55m - Zurich	Aer Lingus	EI60 LX405 LX282
from $973 Find flight	14:45 San Francisco San Francisco	10:50+2 дня Johannesburg OR Tambo International	34h 5m layover 2h 1m - Vancouver 7h 40m - Istanbul	Air Canada	AC569 TK76 TK42

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Prices indicated for one-way flights. Information updated on December 22, 2024

Flight Schedule San Francisco (California) to Johannesburg

Full flight schedule will help you in detecting at what time planes fly from San Francisco to Johannesburg. You can also specify the concrete flights and airlines on the route and how long the flight actually is. Use the calendar for today, tomorrow or other specific date as some flights are available only on certain days of the week.

Departure	Flight Details	Flight Duration	Price
07:15 — 18:35 +1 day	07:15 — 15:41 UA1900 United Airlines San Francisco — Newark 5h 13m stop 20:55 — 18:35 UA188 United Airlines Newark — Johannesburg	25h 20m including layover	Find flight from$1280
09:00 — 18:35 +1 day	08:40 — 17:02 UA1149 United Airlines San Francisco — Newark 3h 35m stop 20:55 — 18:35 UA188 United Airlines Newark — Johannesburg	23h 35m including layover	Find flight from$1292
09:40 — 06:10 +2 days	09:40 — 19:05 SQ31 Singapore Airlines San Francisco — Singapore 6h 25m stop 01:30 — 06:10 SQ478 Singapore Airlines Singapore — Johannesburg	34h 30m including layover	Find flight from$6647
10:45 — 18:35 +1 day	10:45 — 19:26 UA1054 United Airlines San Francisco — Newark 1h 29m stop 20:55 — 18:35 UA188 United Airlines Newark — Johannesburg	21h 50m including layover	Find flight from$1292
11:00 — 18:35 +1 day	11:00 — 19:24 UA2856 United Airlines San Francisco — Newark 1h 31m stop 20:55 — 18:35 UA188 United Airlines Newark — Johannesburg	21h 35m including layover	Find flight from$1279
11:25 — 07:40 +2 days	11:25 — 19:00 CX879 Cathay Pacific San Francisco — Hong Kong 5h 30m stop 00:30 — 07:40 CX749 Cathay Pacific Hong Kong — Johannesburg	34h 15m including layover	Find flight from$641
12:50 — 07:30 +2 days	12:50 — 07:25 SN9105 Brussels Airlines San Francisco — London 11h stop 18:25 — 07:30 BA55 British Airways London — Johannesburg	32h 40m including layover	Find flight from$6665
12:50 — 10:20 +2 days	12:50 — 07:25 SN9105 Brussels Airlines San Francisco — London 13h 50m stop 21:15 — 10:20 BA57 British Airways London — Johannesburg	35h 30m including layover	Find flight from$6665
13:10 — 10:45 +2 days	13:10 — 13:25 TK290 Turkish Airlines San Francisco — Istanbul 12h 25m stop 01:55 — 10:50 TK42 Turkish Airlines Istanbul — Johannesburg	35h 35m including layover	Find flight from$1044
13:10 — 10:50 +2 days	13:10 — 13:25 TK290 Turkish Airlines San Francisco — Istanbul 12h 30m stop 01:55 — 10:50 TK38 Turkish Airlines Istanbul — Johannesburg	35h 40m including layover	Find flight from$1086
15:40 — 10:25 +2 days	15:40 — 19:25 EK226 Emirates San Francisco — Dubai 8h 45m stop 04:10 — 10:25 EK761 Emirates Dubai — Johannesburg	32h 45m including layover	Find flight from$1109
17:30 — 07:30 +2 days	17:30 — 12:00 IB3625 Iberia San Francisco — London 6h 25m stop 18:25 — 07:30 BA55 British Airways London — Johannesburg	28h including layover	Find flight from$1616
18:50 — 09:30 +2 days	18:45 — 14:55 UA926 United Airlines San Francisco — Frankfurt 7h 5m stop 22:00 — 09:25 UA9138 United Airlines Frankfurt — Johannesburg	28h 40m including layover	Find flight from$867
19:25 — 10:25 +2 days	19:25 — 15:30 LX39 SWISS International Air Lines San Francisco — Zurich 7h 15m stop 22:45 — 10:25 LX282 SWISS International Air Lines Zurich — Johannesburg	29h including layover	Find flight from$1157
20:35 — 07:05 +2 days	20:35 — 16:35 LH459 Lufthansa San Francisco — Munich 2h 55m stop 19:30 — 07:05 LH578 Lufthansa Munich — Johannesburg	24h 30m including layover	Find flight from$1133
20:40 — 11:30 +2 days	20:40 — 15:15 BA286 British Airways San Francisco — London 7h 15m stop 22:30 — 11:30 VS449 Virgin Atlantic Airways London — Johannesburg	28h 50m including layover	Find flight from$1205
22:55 — 07:40 +3 days	22:55 — 06:20 CX873 Cathay Pacific San Francisco — Hong Kong 18h 10m stop 00:30 — 07:40 CX749 Cathay Pacific Hong Kong — Johannesburg	46h 45m including layover	Find flight from$1259
23:35 — 07:40 +3 days	23:35 — 06:55 CX893 Cathay Pacific San Francisco — Hong Kong 17h 35m stop 00:30 — 07:40 CX749 Cathay Pacific Hong Kong — Johannesburg	46h 5m including layover	Find flight from$1259
23:55 — 18:35 +2 days	23:55 — 08:14 UA1288 United Airlines San Francisco — Newark 12h 41m stop 20:55 — 18:35 UA188 United Airlines Newark — Johannesburg	32h 40m including layover	Find flight from$1255
06:00 — 07:40 +2 days	06:00 — 07:31 AS3318 Alaska Airlines San Francisco — Los Angeles 3h 24m stop 10:55 — 19:10 CX885 Cathay Pacific Los Angeles — Hong Kong 5h 20m stop 00:30 — 07:40 CX749 Cathay Pacific Hong Kong — Johannesburg	39h 40m including layover	Find flight from$780
08:17 — 10:55 +2 days	06:00 — 09:42 F91230 Frontier Airlines San Francisco — Denver 7h 39m stop 19:35 — 17:20 TK202 Turkish Airlines Denver — Istanbul 8h 40m stop 01:55 — 10:50 TK38 Turkish Airlines Istanbul — Johannesburg	40h 38m including layover	Find flight from$847
08:20 — 10:45 +2 days	08:20 — 16:32 AS8 Alaska Airlines San Francisco — Washington D.C. 4h 53m stop 21:25 — 15:20 TK8 Turkish Airlines Washington D.C. — Istanbul 10h 30m stop 01:50 — 10:45 TK42 Turkish Airlines Istanbul — Johannesburg	40h 25m including layover	Find flight from$927
14:30 — 13:10 +2 days	14:30 — 20:30 YP112 YP San Francisco — Seoul 4h stop 00:30 — 07:45 ET673 Ethiopian Airlines Seoul — Addis Ababa 1h stop 08:45 — 13:10 ET809 Ethiopian Airlines Addis Ababa — Johannesburg	36h 40m including layover	Find flight from$832
14:30 — 15:20 +2 days	14:30 — 20:30 YP112 YP San Francisco — Seoul 3h 50m stop 00:20 — 04:55 QR859 Qatar Airways Seoul — Doha 3h 5m stop 08:00 — 15:20 QR1377 Qatar Airways Doha — Johannesburg	38h 50m including layover	Find flight from$916
15:00 — 07:40 +3 days	15:00 — 16:26 AS2174 Alaska Airlines San Francisco — Los Angeles 18h 29m stop 10:55 — 19:10 CX885 Cathay Pacific Los Angeles — Hong Kong 5h 20m stop 00:30 — 07:40 CX749 Cathay Pacific Hong Kong — Johannesburg	54h 40m including layover	Find flight from$747
16:30 — 07:40 +3 days	16:30 — 17:56 AS2147 Alaska Airlines San Francisco — Los Angeles 16h 59m stop 10:55 — 19:10 CX885 Cathay Pacific Los Angeles — Hong Kong 5h 20m stop 00:30 — 07:40 CX749 Cathay Pacific Hong Kong — Johannesburg	53h 10m including layover	Find flight from$747
17:20 — 10:25 +2 days	17:20 — 11:25 EI60 Aer Lingus San Francisco — Dublin 7h 15m stop 18:40 — 21:50 LX405 SWISS International Air Lines Dublin — Zurich 55m stop 22:45 — 10:25 LX282 SWISS International Air Lines Zurich — Johannesburg	31h 5m including layover	Find flight from$968
18:50 — 07:40 +3 days	18:50 — 20:15 AS2366 Alaska Airlines San Francisco — Los Angeles 14h 40m stop 10:55 — 19:10 CX885 Cathay Pacific Los Angeles — Hong Kong 5h 20m stop 00:30 — 07:40 CX749 Cathay Pacific Hong Kong — Johannesburg	50h 50m including layover	Find flight from$747
19:00 — 07:40 +3 days	11:19 — 12:46 F94594 Frontier Airlines San Francisco — Los Angeles 14h 26m stop 10:55 — 19:10 CX885 Cathay Pacific Los Angeles — Hong Kong 5h 20m stop 00:30 — 07:40 CX749 Cathay Pacific Hong Kong — Johannesburg	50h 40m including layover	Find flight from$727
21:10 — 10:45 +3 days	21:10 — 00:43 F93440 Frontier Airlines San Francisco — Denver 18h 52m stop 19:35 — 17:20 TK202 Turkish Airlines Denver — Istanbul 8h 30m stop 01:50 — 10:45 TK42 Turkish Airlines Istanbul — Johannesburg	51h 35m including layover	Find flight from$847

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Updated on December 22, 2024

Flight Information

Below we will explain in detail what the flights cost on the destination from San Francisco to Johannesburg depends on and how to choose the most interesting flight option for you.

Distance between San Francisco and Johannesburg is 16978 miles. Time difference between the cities is 10h. Airplanes depart 00:20 to 23:59 from 3 San Francisco airports and arrive 00:20 to 23:59 to 5 Johannesburg airports. Average flight time is 32h 33m.

The fastest flight 21h 35m
Average flight time 32h 33m
The earliest flight 00:20
The latest flight 23:59
Distance 10550 ml

The cheapest months to travel to Johannesburg are february (from 641 $), december (from 641 $), november (from 644 $).

The most expensive months are january (from 847 $), november (from 644 $), december (from 641 $).

What is the lowest airfare San Francisco to Johannesburg?

The cheapest plane ticket found by our users is $641. This airfare is for economy class on one-way CX879 flight by Cathay Pacific for February 21, 2025 which leaves San Francisco in San Francisco at 11:25 am and arrives at Johannesburg OR Tambo International at 07:40.

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Popular Airlines on the Route

The flight San Francisco — Johannesburg is served by 30 regular airlines and 1 low-cost airline. Most of the flights on this route are operated by RwandAir - 2 departures per week at the price of from $ 1535 . And the most expensive tickets are offered by All Nippon Airways airline - from $ 13237.

Direct flights

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Connecting Flights

There are 504 flights with layovers on the route. The fastest connecting flight is UA2856 by United Airlines takes 21h 35m and the cheapest is CX879 by Cathay Pacific for $641.

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UA - United Airlines

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LX - SWISS International Air Lines

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YP - YP

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SK - SAS

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IB - Iberia

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KE - Korean Air

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SN - Brussels Airlines

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Airports

You can fly from San Francisco to Johannesburg from 3 airports (San Francisco, Embarkadero, China Basin Heliport).

San Francisco airports

San Francisco-SFO

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Johannesburg airports

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Airplanes

There are flights to Johannesburg from San Francisco by 30 airlines that use 2 aircraft brands. They range from huge modern airplanes to small-sized.

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