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Cheap Flights from Atlanta to South Africa

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Cape Town
Cape Town1 stop$1,001
Durban
Durban2 stops$1,153
Port Elizabeth
Port Elizabeth2 stops$1,124
Hoedspruit
Hoedspruit2 stops$2,219
Cape Town
Cape Town1 stop$1,001
Durban
Durban2 stops$1,153
Port Elizabeth
Port Elizabeth2 stops$1,124
Hoedspruit
Hoedspruit2 stops$2,219

Book Cheap Atlanta to South Africa Plane Tickets

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Atlanta to South Africa that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent round-trip flight deals from Atlanta to South Africa

Thu, Nov 13 - Mon, Nov 24
Turkish Airlines Logo
9:50 pm - 10:50 amATL-JNB
30h 00m1 stop
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7:05 pm - 1:05 pmJNB-ATL
25h 00m1 stop
$978Turkish Airlines
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Sat, Nov 8 - Wed, Nov 26
Turkish Airlines Logo
9:50 pm - 10:50 amATL-JNB
30h 00m1 stop
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7:05 pm - 7:45 pmJNB-ATL
31h 40m1 stop
$983Turkish Airlines
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Fri, Mar 20 - Tue, Mar 31
Ethiopian Air Logo
10:35 am - 2:35 pmATL-CPT
22h 00m1 stop
Ethiopian Air Logo
1:50 pm - 9:00 amCPT-ATL
25h 10m2 stops
$1,001Ethiopian Air
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Sat, Nov 8 - Mon, Nov 24
Etihad Airways Logo
9:20 pm - 8:20 amATL-JNB
28h 00m1 stop
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9:50 am - 3:50 pmJNB-ATL
37h 00m1 stop
$1,004Etihad Airways
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Fri, Feb 13 - Thu, Feb 19
Ethiopian Air Logo
9:35 am - 2:35 pmATL-CPT
22h 00m1 stop
Ethiopian Air Logo
1:50 pm - 8:00 amCPT-ATL
25h 10m2 stops
$1,017Ethiopian Air
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Wed, Oct 1 - Thu, Oct 16
Etihad Airways Logo
10:00 pm - 8:20 amATL-JNB
28h 20m1 stop
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9:50 am - 4:20 pmJNB-ATL
36h 30m1 stop
$1,052Etihad Airways
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Tue, Sep 30 - Mon, Oct 6
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7:30 pm - 9:35 amATL-JNB
32h 05m1 stop
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3:10 am - 3:55 pmJNB-ATL
42h 45m2 stops
$1,064Qatar Airways
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Sun, Oct 19 - Sun, Oct 26
Qatar Airways Logo
7:30 pm - 6:40 pmATL-JNB
41h 10m2 stops
Qatar Airways Logo
8:20 pm - 4:15 pmJNB-ATL
25h 55m1 stop
$1,079Qatar Airways
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Fri, Nov 14 - Tue, Nov 18
British Airways Logo
10:10 pm - 11:55 amATL-PLZ
54h 45m2 stops
British Airways Logo
6:55 pm - 8:10 pmPLZ-ATL
56h 15m2 stops
$1,820British Airways
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Fri, Nov 14 - Tue, Nov 18
British Airways Logo
10:10 pm - 11:55 amATL-PLZ
54h 45m2 stops
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6:55 pm - 8:10 pmPLZ-ATL
56h 15m2 stops
$1,821British Airways
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Atlanta to South Africa flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Atlanta to South Africa to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest Atlanta to South Africa flight route?

Data is based on round-trip flight searches on KAYAK over the past month.

The cheapest ticket to South Africa from Atlanta found in the last 72 hours was to Cape Town, at $1,786 round-trip. The most popular route is from Atlanta (ATL) to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport (JNB), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $1,886.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Atlanta to South Africa?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Atlanta to South Africa, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from Atlanta to South Africa is October, when tickets cost $1,056 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and July, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $2,153 and $2,043 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Atlanta to South Africa?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Atlanta to South Africa clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

When flying from Atlanta to South Africa, you should consider leaving on a Thursday and avoid Wednesdays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to Atlanta, you’ll find the best rates on Mondays and the most expensive ones on Fridays.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Atlanta to South Africa?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Atlanta to South Africa, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from Atlanta to South Africa, you should book around 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 19% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 24 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonFebruary
Cheapest flight$497
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 5% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 11% increase in price.
Flight from Atlanta to Johannesburg

FAQs - booking South Africa flights

  • What official papers do I need in order to travel to South Africa?

    If you are a US citizen flying into South Africa, you must show a valid passport that remains valid for at least 30 days after your date of entry into South Africa. This passport must have at least two consecutive blank pages. If you plan to leave South Africa within 90 days, you do not need a visa.

  • Should I buy a ticket if it requires me to re-check in or change airports during the journey?

    It depends. Collecting your baggage and going through security again for the next leg of a flight can be time-consuming. Changing airports within a layover city such as New York takes time and money. Make sure that you have the proper money and your ticket leaves enough time in order to change airports or check in again.

  • Where can I find affordable long-term parking at ATL before my flight to South Africa?

    At the Atlanta airport, you can find long-term parking in either the North Economy Lot or the South Economy Lot, both of which are close to the terminals. A more affordable option is the International Park Ride, which is not close. However, you can take a free shuttle from the International Park Ride to the terminals at ATL.

  • Does the Atlanta airport have a military lounge?

    Yes. The ATL military lounge is the Jean R. Amos USO. This military lounge provides its services and facilities to active-duty US military personnel and their families free of charge. Some amenities at this USO include comfortable seating, TV, Wi-Fi, a computer room, a place for kids to play, refreshments, and more.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Atlanta to South Africa?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Atlanta to South Africa.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Atlanta to South Africa?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Atlanta to South Africa is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Atlanta to South Africa?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly from Atlanta to South Africa with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Atlanta to South Africa?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying from Atlanta to South Africa up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to South Africa?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to South Africa is generally in the morning, when round-trip flights cost $1,367 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to South Africa is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $2,139.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to South Africa

  • A mega hub for Delta, the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) is located in northwest Georgia. When you book a flight from ATL to South Africa, KAYAK will offer many choices of airline, destination, and price.
  • As you’re waiting for your flight to South Africa, you can delight in a vibrant forest-like experience at the Flight Paths art installation between Terminals A and B. This simulation of a woodland canopy features recordings of bird calls, cricket chirps, and a thunderstorm, as well as 24,000 LED lights and 13,000 individual leaves.
  • When you book a flight to Cape Town from ATL, you’ll be landing at the Cape Town International Airport (CPT). Airlines such as Turkish Airlines, Delta, United, and KLM offer flights from ATL to CPT with one stop in cities such as Istanbul, Johannesburg, Amsterdam, New York, and others. JetBlue, Lufthansa, and United are among the airlines that offer two-stop flights.
  • Delta is one airline that offers a direct flight from ATL to the O.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB) serving Johannesburg. Airlines such as Qatar Airways, United, JetBlue, and Alaska are among the airlines that offer flights from ATL to JMB with one stop. Layovers occur in places such as Qatar, New York, Amsterdam, and others. Air Canada, JetBlue, and United are among the airlines that offer two-stop flights.
  • If you're flying from ATL to Durban on the east coast of South Africa, you will be landing at the King Shaka International Airport (DUR). JetBlue and Qatar Airways are two airlines that offer flights from ATL to DUR with two stops. Stops often occur in New York, Qatar, and Johannesburg. United and Qatar are among the airlines that offer flights from ATL to DUR with three stops.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Atlanta to South Africa

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Atlanta to South Africa? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
7.9
DeltaOverall score based on 7973 reviews
7.9Entertainment
7.3Food
7.9Comfort
8.2Boarding
8.5Crew
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Cramped seating for me. Luckily it wasn’t a long flight

6.0 GoodAnonymous, Sep 2025ATL - MDW
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Cramped seating for me. Luckily it wasn’t a long flight

The food was terrible especially for a 15 hour international flight. The crew was unpleasant as well.

Crew was good. The reservation got mixed up and they didn't have my TSA number. I am also a Silver Medallion and wasn't able to use Sky Priority.

Delayed due to thunderstorms and no in-flight service due to rough weather — both of which are out of Delta’s control. Flight was good overall.

There was supposed to be a meal served, but there wasn’t and the major toilet was out of order

Always good but we must do something about people in rows ahead of you that don't put their seats back up when they are suppose to. And It's rough to not be able to even lean over to get something out of my purse.

Did not know my son and I had different seating arrangements. He was fine, but it was disappointing.

I'm a tall guy and even the seats with more leg room were not as comfortable as I had hoped.

It was an overnight flight and I desperately needed coffee before we landed, but Delta does only one beverage service, and that is shortly after takeoff, not before landing at 5 am.

Overall, it was okay. Seat was a little cramped. Would’ve liked more substantial snacks or opportunity to buy some.

My entire row did not have power for the full duration of a 14.5 hour flight. Could not charge any devices such as laptop or phones for the entirety of the long flight. The flight attendants tried to remedy the issue by resetting the power, but were not successful. The only other solution provided was to move me to another seat on the plane which was in the middle row. I had paid for a “preferred” seat that was a window seat. This was a downgrade being offered due to the power issue.

Nothing to complain. The staff and flight was good especially the seats which was better compared than the cloth ones on Qatar airways

I was travelling 3.5 years after. Agree Economy is no business class but the food was mediocre. Ordered a Hindu meal, the salads were bitter . The food was really below quality and had no tast from what I had in the past. Indian Railways probably have a better quality food when compared. However the kids meal was really nice and really appreciate how they were taken care of. The restrooms were dirty .

My flight was with American Airlines 120. The flight was delayed 3 hours and I missed my connection. When I arrived in Doha, the AA staff told me to call an 800 number to rebook a different flight, which was unacceptable. Eventually a Qatar Air staff member helped rebook me on a flight to Manila, that was 12 hours later. They offered me a hotel and meal voucher which I declined, because I didn’t want to leave the airport. Long story short, I spent 12 hours in the Doha airport waiting for my next flight.

Overall the experience was neat with crew being nice and caring especially to parent with kids. The free snacks option was okay. The kiosk at Philly airport didn’t work.

Reason for travelling Tampa to Orlando is to fly Qatar Airline. we end up with American Airline. This was the miserable experience I ever had in my entire travel history. Flight attendants were rude. They hit my knee with the food cart and I was holding ice pack for 2 hours. I still have the pain after a week. WE boarded the flight twice because of the temperature inside the plan.

First keep the airline as you promise. Reason for travelling from Orlando to Tampa is to go with Qatar Airline. We end up with American Airline. As expected the service was horrible.

Not sure how we end up with American Airlines instead of Qatar Airways. From Philadelphia to Qatar they boarded us then they asked us to unload. After 30 minutes later they board us again. The inside the plane it was burning hot and we were sweating like crazy. Crew members are absolute rude. The way they served the passengers were horrible. One of the crew members hit my knee with food cart and kept going. I was holding an ice pack for almost 2 hours. I am still with the pain.

I felt that when I was rerouted it should have been to business class.

The flight was smooth Thank God but the delays and changing gates for 3-4 times made me so tired of walking back and forth with heavy bags I thought I was going to pass out with heavy headaches but Thank God finally found the final gate and home safe. These delays happen anytime for important reasons so just be patient when you come across these situations.

Check in was quick and easy during early hours. Flight was on time, and customer services was a plus.

Terrible. They wouldn't allow me on my flight on the 14th..

We had to deboard 2 times due to maintenance issues. They changed the plane, and then we got deviated to LAX due to maibtenance issues on the other plane, had to sleep at LAX and los a full day.

Everything was good, except the seats in economy were so close together, you could barely get out when the seat in front of your was reclined. If the airlines keep jamming in more and more seats, it will become intolerable. I will look for another airline that considers customer comfort and does not keep adding more rows of seats for more profit.

The newer screen was super cool and had the option to watch many different shows or movies. Crew was polite and helpful. However again, many children screaming bloody murder and kicking my seat, and parents doing nothing about it as usual.

Flight was good and crew was super polite. However, there were around 5 kids screaming the WHOLE 2 hours. I understand kids have to come but parents need to do something to control their children. They make the experience terrible, especially after finishing 16 hour shifts at the hospital I needed some sleep, which I did not get.

IAD with the archaic people movers is just a place to be avoided.

Great service on board. Boarding a bit slow due to process. Food was pretty average.

Tastless food and too obvious lack of enthusiasm for service in the economy vesus business class

All of the United employees I interacted with were professional and courteous. The aircraft was clean, the food on the flight was good. No complaints here.

Rude staff. I would avoid using the word racist but definitely partially or discriminatory. My 72 yrs old mother who is also disabled was traveling on this flight. She was the second passenger boarded to the plane. The First elderly couple ahead of my mother were allowed to use the airplane bathroom but my mother was denied entry stating it was for safety reasons. My mother objected the the couple in front of her were allowed but hostess still stated that due to the flight safety reasons she can’t use it. Even my mother explained that he is using blood pressure medication that’s why she have to use the restroom frequently but the crew continued arguing her. At one point the Mae attendent even suggested that if that’s the case my mother can urinate in her seat. The level of disrespect against an elderly lady is beyond my comprehension. This matter will be taken to the social media to shame the employees involved.

my experience was great with Turkish airlines . the problem i encountered was with kayak booking. When I booked . it showed that im allowed a bag . and when I got to the airport, i had to pay $165 for one bag.

Not up to Business Class standards. Two of the three toilets were out of order. The hostesses were aware and didn’t show any responsible act to do something. Food quality was not what we expect from Turkish hospitality. Overall we were not impressed and disappointed.

During mid flight, try to get a flight attendant to help I couldn’t find one Otherwise, everything was perfect

I was not given basinett seat.The connecting flight was missed due to airline fault i was not accomodated for hotel.Drinks were normt served frewuently.Never travelling again on tirkish airlines.I always travel wiyh family by turkish airline but no more.zero stars

The crew were very hospitable and pleasant. The food was pretty good. Unfortunately, there was a flight delay of more than 2 hours. We're not sure why but it appeared to be outside the control of Turkish Airlines.

Bough tickets with luggage, but made me pay at Airport as well

The economy seat was so uncomfortable, had not enough leg room for 13 hours flight, front seat basket was broken and couldn’t hold anything, food quality was horrible( we got food poisoned ) we charged for logged which used to be free. We paid too much for this flight and very disappointed. Turkish air line better to make satisfy and respect people instead of find different way to scam people.

This is really the rating of two flights. JFK to IST then IST to NQZ. New York to Istanbul was good. Good crew and all positives. The flight to Astana was so bad that brought it all down. Crew was nonexistent above the minimum, seats were cramped, and it was hot on the plane. Turkish Airlines seems to be slipping down to US based carriers level.

The 2 agents on the check in counter were super nice , helpful and very polite. Boarding was like a 1 2 3, I would recommend Turkish airlines for your next trip.

They only gave us 30 minutes to make an international connecting flight. We didn’t make the connection but they did do a good job rebooking us despite the chaos. Our bags didn’t make it back and their process for customer support is pretty bad when it comes to luggage.

The Boeing 737 MAX on this route, flown in the middle of the night, is an UTTER FAILURE for business travellers. The whole point of business travel is to arrive alert and recover from travel quickly, and this little aeroplane with its quarter recline uncomfortable business seats does nothing for that. It’s a small step up from economy in that you have decent legroom, but that’s it. Absolute margin at the cost of the traveller.

Good. Crew do seem to be less friendly- management are clearly limiting them or not empowering them as they used to.

The food was terrible and the seating was uncomfortable, but the airline did a great thing letting us board in Abbis Ababa on our connecting flight after our original flight was very delayed.

The flight is packed and it feels like the space per individual has gotten smaller. Excruciating for a 14hr flight.

Forgotten Suite inside of the top compartment but went back to ask and they didn’t leave at the lost and found place. Also the checking in was so horrible. I had multi city and one of the passenger saint have visa go go go Dubai. The Ethiopian airlines never had information about requirement for US permanent resident so couldn’t go to Dubai. And when coming back to US we were told we can not use our Addis to Washington ticket and they forced us to get new ticket. Very horrible experience.

I had a comfortable seat that makes my trip wonderful. I appreciate the Ethiopia crew, they were very helpful

United was best airlines I have seen since I got there choose united airlines

It was wonderful best Air lines covert and all very happy with their service they have been very helpful and friendly

Flight was delayed an hour. Also, I bought an extra legroom seat online; but the actually plane was a different configuration so I didn't get what I paid for . This happened on the Addis to Lusaka leg of my trip.

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