Route · CPT → JNB
Flights from Cape Town to Johannesburg
The Cape Town–Johannesburg corridor is one of the busiest domestic trunk routes in Africa, covering roughly 1,270 kilometres with a typical block time of just under two hours, making it a natural business-day shuttle. South African Airways and low-cost carrier Mango are the traditional workhorses on this sector, operating narrow-body Airbus A320-family jets at high frequency, while Qatar Airways and Singapore Airlines serve the route as a domestic leg within wider codeshare itineraries rather than as standalone offerings. A practical note worth knowing: at Cape Town International both carriers use the same domestic pier, but connections from an international arrival require a terminal transfer that can comfortably consume 90 minutes. On the fare side, midweek departures — particularly Tuesday and Wednesday mornings — typically yield the most competitive economy fares, while the shoulder months of May and September often represent the sweet spot for business-class availability at reasonable redemption or revenue rates.
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Cheapest dates to fly
Live prices · powered by AviasalesThe calendar below pulls live fares from our search partner for Cape Town (CPT) → Johannesburg (JNB). Use the year… view to spot the cheapest week to fly, the day-of-week patterns most travellers miss, and any shoulder-season dips worth shifting your trip around. Prices refresh every few hours, so what you see is what your booking page should look like a moment later — click any date to jump straight to the fare on Aviasales.
Airlines on this route
6 carriersThe 6 carriers we currently track on the Cape Town–Johannesburg route, from full-service flag carriers to low-cost competitors. Tap any airline for its full profile,… baggage rules, fleet context, and a live fare search pre-filtered to that carrier — useful if you're loyal to a frequent-flyer programme, want to compare onboard product on the same dates, or are weighing a cheaper one-stop against a pricier nonstop.
Flights from Cape Town to Johannesburg
Live schedule · powered by AviasalesBelow is the published weekly schedule for nonstop and one-stop services from Cape Town to Johannesburg — the actual flight numbers, departure and arrival times… your booking page will pull from. Use it to plan around departure preferences (early morning vs late evening), see which carriers fly on which weekdays, or pick a connection that lets you sleep in your own bed before a long-haul leg. Click any row to load it directly in the search.
Airport guides
Quick links into the airport profiles at both ends of the route. Each guide covers terminal layout, the airlines that base hubs at CPT and… JNB, the other routes those airports serve, and the ground-transit options most travellers wish they'd read about before landing — the practical context you only really need to know once you've booked, but want to skim before you do.