Johannesburg - Post Report Question and Answers
What is your home city/country? How long is the trip to post from there, with what connections? How easy/difficult is it to travel to this city/country?
Non-stop options from Atlanta and Newark (both around 15 hours) make it a long, yet direct, way to get to post. You can always go through Europe, but the flight from London, Paris, Frankfurt, etc to Joburg can still be 10-11 hours. - Aug 2023
Washington DC. There are direct flights from the US to Johannesburg, departing from Newark or Atlanta. Both routes are about 14 hours in the air. Routings through European hubs are also possible, as are departures from Cape Town. Be sure to lock or zip tie your luggage to prevent pilfering. - Aug 2022
Canada. Connections varied over the years, but bank on 2 overnight flights. - Jun 2022
It doesn't matter where you live in the U.S. Getting back and forth between South Africa and your home is always a long grueling experience. After making many such trips, I have decided the direct flights, though shorter, are more miserable than breaking it up with a layover in London. But that's me. If you can finagle an upgrade to business, that will make a huge difference. In my numerous trips back and forth, I only managed to swing a cheap upgrade once, but boy was it worth it. - Oct 2019
It's 17-18 hours by plane to Atlanta (direct) or Washington, DC (plane stops for an hour in Dakar). - Apr 2017
Flew out of Denver. Lots of different ways to go. The most direct being DEN, ATL, JNB. - Sep 2016
Atlanta. Direct flights daily lasting about 14 hours. - Aug 2011
There are direct flights offered daily by Delta. The flight to Atlanta is 15 hours. Other flights through KLM and AirFrance have layovers in Europe before reaching the U.S. total time varies but is usually about 18 -20 hours. - Jul 2010
