Johannesburg Airport Departures

O. R. Tambo International Airport

Address: 1 Jones Rd, Kempton Park, Johannesburg, 1632, South Africa^
Phone: +27 (0)11 723 1400
IATA airport code: JNB
ICAO airport code: FAOR
Alias: Jan Smuts Airport and Oliver Reginald Tambo Airport

JNB Departures today

Schedule Time Estimated Time Destination Airline Flight Status
08:45 September-15 08:38 September-15 Cape Town (CPT) South African Airways SA317 estimated
08:45 September-15 08:45 September-15 Manzini (SHO) Eswatini Air RN102 estimated
08:50 September-15 08:50 September-15 Maputo (MPM) LAM TM312 estimated
08:55 September-15 08:37 September-15 Gaborone (GBE) Air Botswana BP202 departed
08:55 September-15 08:55 September-15 Cape Town (CPT) FlySafair FA105 estimated
09:05 September-15 09:05 September-15 Windhoek (WDH) South African Airways SA74 estimated
09:10 September-15 09:10 September-15 George (GRJ) CemAir 5Z442 estimated
09:15 September-15 09:15 September-15 Kimberley (KIM) Airlink 4Z723 estimated
09:15 September-15 09:15 September-15 Gaborone (GBE) Airlink 4Z174 estimated
09:20 September-15 09:20 September-15 Nelspruit (MQP) Airlink 4Z827 estimated
09:30 September-15 09:30 September-15 Durban (DUR) CemAir 5Z324 estimated
09:30 September-15 Harare (HRE) Air Zimbabwe UM468 scheduled
09:35 September-15 09:35 September-15 Bloemfontein (BFN) Airlink 4Z703 estimated
09:35 September-15 09:35 September-15 Abu Dhabi (AUH) Etihad Airways EY601 estimated
09:35 September-15 09:35 September-15 Durban (DUR) Airlink 4Z553 estimated
09:35 September-15 09:35 September-15 Polokwane (PTG) Airlink 4Z803 estimated
09:40 September-15 09:40 September-15 Port Louis (MRU) South African Airways SA190 estimated
09:40 September-15 09:40 September-15 Luanda (LAD) Airlink 4Z44 estimated
09:40 September-15 09:40 September-15 Nairobi (NBO) Airlink 4Z70 estimated
09:40 September-15 09:40 September-15 Plettenberg Bay (PBZ) CemAir 5Z710 estimated
09:45 September-15 09:45 September-15 Cape Town (CPT) FlySafair (Springboks Livery) FA292 estimated
09:50 September-15 09:50 September-15 Maseru (MSU) Airlink 4Z52 estimated
09:55 September-15 09:55 September-15 Victoria Falls (VFA) Fastjet Zimbabwe FN8504 estimated
10:00 September-15 10:00 September-15 Antananarivo (TNR) Airlink 4Z252 estimated
10:00 September-15 10:00 September-15 Cape Town (CPT) Lift GE131 estimated
10:00 September-15 10:00 September-15 Harare (HRE) South African Airways SA22 estimated
10:00 September-15 09:55 September-15 Margate (MGH) CemAir 5Z610 estimated
10:05 September-15 10:05 September-15 Nelspruit (MQP) Airlink 4Z829 estimated
10:05 September-15 10:05 September-15 Skukuza (SZK) Airlink 4Z861 estimated
10:10 September-15 11:00 September-15 Shenzhen (SZX) Air China CA868 estimated
10:10 September-15 10:10 September-15 Port Elizabeth (PLZ) Airlink (Skybucks Livery) 4Z797 estimated
10:15 September-15 10:15 September-15 Ndola (NLA) Airlink 4Z150 estimated
10:20 September-15 10:20 September-15 Walvis Bay (WVB) Airlink 4Z141 estimated
10:25 September-15 10:25 September-15 Lubumbashi (FBM) Airlink 4Z21 estimated
10:25 September-15 10:25 September-15 Cape Town (CPT) FlySafair (Springboks Livery) FA294 estimated
10:25 September-15 10:25 September-15 Cape Town (CPT) Airlink 4Z905 estimated
10:30 September-15 10:30 September-15 Bulawayo (BUQ) Airlink 4Z110 estimated
10:30 September-15 10:30 September-15 East London (ELS) Airlink 4Z915 estimated
10:30 September-15 10:30 September-15 Hoedspruit (HDS) Airlink 4Z871 estimated
10:35 September-15 10:35 September-15 Tete (TET) Airlink 4Z220 estimated
10:35 September-15 10:35 September-15 Durban (DUR) FlySafair FA661 estimated
10:35 September-15 10:25 September-15 Beira (BEW) LAM TM310 estimated
10:40 September-15 10:40 September-15 Lusaka (LUN) South African Airways SA62 estimated
10:40 September-15 10:40 September-15 Windhoek (WDH) Airlink 4Z124 estimated
10:45 September-15 10:45 September-15 Nairobi (NBO) Kenya Airways (Come Live The Magic Livery) KQ767 estimated
10:50 September-15 10:50 September-15 Durban (DUR) FlySafair FA664 estimated
10:50 September-15 10:50 September-15 Lusaka (LUN) Zambia Airways ZN304 estimated
10:55 September-15 10:55 September-15 Maun (MUB) Airlink 4Z302 estimated
10:55 September-15 10:55 September-15 Harare (HRE) Airlink 4Z104 estimated
11:00 September-15 11:00 September-15 Livingstone (LVI) Airlink 4Z482 estimated
11:00 September-15 11:00 September-15 Lilongwe (LLW) Airlink 4Z460 estimated
11:00 September-15 11:00 September-15 Upington (UTN) Airlink 4Z763 estimated
11:00 September-15 11:00 September-15 Richards Bay (RCB) Airlink 4Z883 estimated
11:05 September-15 11:05 September-15 Nelspruit (MQP) Airlink 4Z841 estimated
11:10 September-15 11:10 September-15 George (GRJ) FlySafair FA220 estimated
11:10 September-15 11:10 September-15 Victoria Falls (VFA) Fastjet Zimbabwe FN8502 estimated
11:15 September-15 11:15 September-15 Cape Town (CPT) CemAir 5Z838 estimated
11:20 September-15 11:20 September-15 Hong Kong (HKG) Cathay Pacific CX748 estimated
11:20 September-15 11:20 September-15 Durban (DUR) FlySafair FA272 estimated
11:20 September-15 11:15 September-15 Vilankulo (VNX) LAM TM332 estimated
11:30 September-15 11:30 September-15 Pemba (POL) Airlink 4Z204 estimated
11:30 September-15 11:25 September-15 Victoria Falls (VFA) CemAir 5Z764 estimated
11:30 September-15 11:30 September-15 Lusaka (LUN) Airlink 4Z162 estimated
11:35 September-15 11:35 September-15 Vilankulo (VNX) Airlink 4Z260 estimated
11:35 September-15 11:35 September-15 Victoria Falls (VFA) Airlink 4Z494 estimated
11:35 September-15 11:35 September-15 East London (ELS) FlySafair FA240 estimated
11:35 September-15 11:35 September-15 Port Elizabeth (PLZ) FlySafair FA360 estimated
11:40 September-15 11:40 September-15 Hoedspruit (HDS) CemAir 5Z980 estimated
11:40 September-15 11:40 September-15 Port Elizabeth (PLZ) Cemair 5Z258 estimated
11:45 September-15 11:45 September-15 Victoria Falls (VFA) South African Airways SA40 estimated
11:50 September-15 11:50 September-15 Cape Town (CPT) FlySafair FA202 estimated
11:50 September-15 11:50 September-15 Kasane (BBK) Airlink 4Z306 estimated
12:00 September-15 12:00 September-15 Durban (DUR) Lift GE209 estimated
12:00 September-15 12:00 September-15 Durban (DUR) FlySafair FA264 estimated
12:00 September-15 12:00 September-15 Lusaka (LUN) Proflight Zambia P023 estimated
12:00 September-15 12:00 September-15 Bloemfontein (BFN) CemAir 5Z106 estimated
12:05 September-15 12:05 September-15 Maun (MUB) Airlink 4Z300 estimated
12:10 September-15 12:10 September-15 Nairobi (NBO) Kenya Airways KQ761 estimated
12:10 September-15 12:10 September-15 George (GRJ) Airlink 4Z693 estimated
12:15 September-15 12:15 September-15 Cape Town (CPT) Airlink 4Z903 estimated
12:15 September-15 12:15 September-15 Maun (MUB) CemAir 5Z760 estimated
12:15 September-15 12:15 September-15 Mthatha (UTT) Airlink 4Z757 estimated
12:20 September-15 Maun (MUB) Air Botswana BP212 scheduled
12:20 September-15 Blantyre (BLZ) Ethiopian Airlines ET21 scheduled
12:20 September-15 12:20 September-15 Maputo (MPM) Turkish Airlines TK38 estimated
12:30 September-15 12:00 September-15 Gaborone (GBE) Air Botswana BP204 estimated
12:30 September-15 Ndola (NLA) Proflight Zambia P041 scheduled
12:35 September-15 12:35 September-15 Bloemfontein (BFN) Airlink 4Z711 estimated
12:35 September-15 12:35 September-15 George (GRJ) FlySafair FA650 estimated
12:35 September-15 12:35 September-15 Pietermaritzburg (PZB) Airlink 4Z735 estimated
12:45 September-15 Harare (HRE) Martinair Holland MP8342 scheduled
12:45 September-15 12:45 September-15 Cape Town (CPT) FlySafair FA206 estimated
12:45 September-15 12:45 September-15 Durban (DUR) FlySafair FA344 estimated
12:50 September-15 12:50 September-15 Victoria Falls (VFA) Fastjet Zimbabwe FN8506 estimated
12:50 September-15 12:50 September-15 Hoedspruit (HDS) Airlink 4Z873 estimated
13:00 September-15 13:00 September-15 Durban (DUR) CemAir 5Z328 estimated
13:00 September-15 13:00 September-15 Cape Town (CPT) Global Aviation GE123 estimated
13:05 September-15 13:05 September-15 Skukuza (SZK) Airlink 4Z865 estimated
13:05 September-15 13:05 September-15 Sao Paulo (GRU) LATAM Airlines LA8059 estimated
13:15 September-15 13:15 September-15 Port Elizabeth (PLZ) FlySafair (Springboks Livery) FA373 estimated

Check out OR Tambo international airport departures

Known to most as Johannesburg Airport, it was renamed OR Tambo in 2005 after the former president and anti-apartheid activist. Located in Kempton park northeast of town. With an average of more than 20 million passengers per year, it is one of the busiest airports on the continent. Most flights are domestic or regional, but there are also destinations in Australia, Europe, US and Asia. Many short-haul flights are operated by Airlink. The airport is also the hub of South African Airways.

The flights will be operated on two runways of 3,400 and 4,400 meters in length. This allows even the largest passenger and cargo flights to land. There are a number of terminals that are subdivided and a small section as a transit terminal. The airport handles the domestic and international flights in different terminals.

With its first OR Tambo flight departures in 1952 there have been quite some updates, renovations and expansion to let the airport grow to almost 22 million passengers.

Top domestic routes:
Top international routes:
Terminal at Johannesburg airport

At the domestic terminal B there is the arrival area at level 0 and baggage carousels at level B1. At level 1 there are mainly domestic JNB departures but also international ones. Level 2 is the floor to check-in and get through security.

JNB departures domestic terminal

Terminal A starts at ground level, the arrival area. Also here are the international Johannesburg Tambo Airport departures on level 1, but also the check-in counters.

OR-Tambo-Johannesburg-Airport-Departures-JNB-terminal-a

If you want to experience a little more peace, comfort and luxury at the airport, you can use a lounge. Various lounges are available in both the domestic and international terminals. Some are from a relevant airline such as British Airways, Emirates or South African Airways but others are accessible if you fly with another airline.

Runway and passenger statistics

The airport has 2 runways, measuring 14,500 and 11,150 feet for all Johannesburg departures. There are JNB airport departures possible with the biggest airplane Boeing A380. Every year thousands of planes with millions of passengers arrive here. In 2020, 7 million passengers were at the South African airport. This was accompanied by 218,208 OR Tambo departures of many different national and international airlines.

Other flight routes Johannesburg Airport

It is the main hub for South African Airways with OR Tambo airport departures to many destinations all over the world. Many local flights are largely flown by Mango, Kalulu.com, Fly Safair and CemAir. South African Airways’ international OR Tambo airport departures go to surrounding countries, but certainly also to distant destinations such as:

Other frequent airlines for Johannesburg departures are:

  • Turkish Airlines
  • Virgin Atlantic
  • United Airlines
  • Singapore Airlines
  • Saudi
  • Qatar Airways
  • Qantas
  • Emirates
  • Lufthansa
  • KLM
  • Kenya Airways
  • Etihad Airways
  • Delta Air Lines
  • Cathay Pacific
  • British Airways
  • Air Namibia
  • Air France
Johannesburg Airport ground transportation

The center of Johannesburg is only 23 km from the airport. This can be driven in 30 minutes by car. You can get there by taxi for 600 ZAR (30 USD) and by train you can use it from early in the morning until 10 in the evening. Travel time is about the same but it costs a third of the price compared to a taxi.

  • A taxi is the safest and most comfortable way to travel from the airport to your hotel. For a taxi ride from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to the center of Johannesburg you pay about 600 ZAR (37 euros).
  • Public transport is well organized. A train departs from the airport to the center of Johannesburg several times a day. In addition, there is a bus to the city every 15 minutes. The buses are on the platform at Terminal B. You can also travel to Johannesburg by minibus. This is a lot faster than with the normal bus.
  • Would you like to have a car at your disposal during your stay? Then you can rent a car from one of the car rental companies located at the airport. In the arrivals hall you will find the counters of Avis, Budget, Europcar, Hertz, National Car Rental, Tempest Car Hire Johannesburg and Value Car Hire. It is advisable to reserve a car online before your trip.

Pick up/Drop off driving map:

drop off pick up driving JNB airport OR tambo

Hotels

Two main options to use as a transit hotel:

  • City Lodge Hotel at OR Tambo International Airport
  • InterContinental Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport Hotel, an IHG Hotel