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Cheap Flights from Columbus to South Africa

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Cape Town
Cape Town2 stops$1,106
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Cape Town2 stops$1,106

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Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Columbus 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 Columbus to South Africa

Sun, Nov 9 - Sun, Nov 23
American Airlines Logo
6:36 pm - 12:10 pmCMH-CPT
34h 34m2 stops
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6:55 pm - 9:23 pmCPT-CMH
33h 28m2 stops
$1,106American Airlines
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Wed, Nov 26 - Sun, Dec 21
American Airlines Logo
6:02 pm - 10:25 amCMH-JNB
33h 23m2 stops
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7:35 pm - 7:31 pmJNB-CMH
30h 56m2 stops
$1,173American Airlines
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Sun, Nov 9 - Sun, Nov 23
Multiple Airlines Logo
7:08 am - 6:00 amCMH-CPT
39h 52m2 stops
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2:25 pm - 11:34 amCPT-CMH
28h 09m3 stops
$1,179Multiple Airlines
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Sat, Nov 1 - Sat, Nov 8
Multiple Airlines Logo
6:20 pm - 6:00 amCMH-CPT
53h 40m2 stops
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11:25 pm - 10:50 pmCPT-CMH
54h 25m2 stops
$1,189Multiple Airlines
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Sun, Nov 9 - Sun, Nov 23
United Airlines Logo
5:58 pm - 4:10 pmCMH-CPT
39h 12m2 stops
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8:50 pm - 9:49 amCPT-CMH
19h 59m1 stop
$1,255United Airlines
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Sun, Nov 9 - Sun, Nov 23
Delta Logo
4:40 pm - 7:15 pmCMH-CPT
19h 35m1 stop
Delta Logo
9:30 pm - 6:20 pmCPT-CMH
27h 50m2 stops
$1,276Delta
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Sun, Sep 21 - Sun, Sep 28
Ethiopian Air Logo
6:10 am - 1:05 pmCMH-JNB
24h 55m2 stops
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10:50 pm - 2:06 pmJNB-CMH
45h 16m3 stops
$1,310Ethiopian Air
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Sat, Nov 1 - Sat, Nov 8
Ethiopian Air Logo
6:10 am - 1:05 pmCMH-JNB
24h 55m2 stops
Ethiopian Air Logo
2:30 pm - 2:08 pmJNB-CMH
30h 38m3 stops
$1,318Ethiopian Air
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Mon, Oct 6 - Wed, Mar 25
United Airlines Logo
4:43 pm - 5:20 pmCMH-CPT
42h 37m2 stops
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7:50 pm - 9:53 amCPT-CMH
20h 03m1 stop
$1,381United Airlines
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Sat, Jan 3 - Fri, Jan 16
Delta Logo
6:09 pm - 7:15 pmCMH-CPT
18h 06m1 stop
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11:45 pm - 10:26 pmCPT-CMH
29h 41m2 stops
$1,463Delta
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Columbus to South Africa flights

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

What is the cheapest month to fly from Columbus Airport to South Africa?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Columbus Airport 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 Columbus Airport to South Africa is November, when tickets cost $1,291 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are September and August, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $2,105 and $1,935 respectively.

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

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

For Columbus to South Africa, Wednesday is the cheapest day to fly on average and Sunday is the most expensive. Flying from South Africa back to Columbus, the best deals are generally found on Sunday, with Saturday being the most expensive.

Good to know

Low seasonJuly
Cheapest flight$804
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 59% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 0% lower on average.
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  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Columbus 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 Columbus to South Africa with an airline and back with another airline.

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    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 Columbus 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 at night, when round-trip flights cost $1,247 on average. Morning departures are around 28% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to South Africa is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $1,776.

Reviews of the top 4 airlines serving from Columbus to South Africa

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Columbus 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 7964 reviews
8.2Boarding
7.9Comfort
8.5Crew
7.9Entertainment
7.3Food
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The staff and the boarding procedure were all amazing . The one flight was not equipped with WIFI which now adays seems odd. All in all the experience was good

8.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Sep 2025GFK - MSP
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The staff and the boarding procedure were all amazing . The one flight was not equipped with WIFI which now adays seems odd. All in all the experience was good

Passengers need to check in big baggage instead of bringing on the plane. That cause inconvenience for everyone. Otherwise flight was good.

Perfect flight both ways. On time, courteous staff, plane comfortable and cool. Best domestic flights I’ve had in awhile.

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

Really low quality food especially for an international flight. The crew also was surprisingly unpleasant except couple of ladies. I know we were not in first class but that’s no reason to treat customers as less.

Flight delayed for two and half hours and then canceled altogether due to mechanical issues. No mechanic onsite to fix so had to send one from LAX.

Quick check in. Everything went smooth. I don't know what can be done about airline food.

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.

Delta made it easy, comfortable and timely. The crew was fantastic.

This route with Delta always has delays or is cancelled. Aircrafts seem smaller and older. I fly Delta quite a bit - haven’t had issues with the international flights. But this route has always been the troublesome one

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.

I had no checked baggage but was required to hand over carry on baggage at the door of the plane. There was a lot of overboard space in the plane and I was one of the last ones. I ran to get my carry on but it was gone. I was given back at the plane door in Toronto, so the wait was not as long as it would have been at the carousel.

American almost always Delays flights from Austin to Dallas and back. I cannot believe they have such poor service on this route. I was about to switch to American from Delta, but they gave me enough reasons not to.

Lost luggage stuck no clothes and no word after 2 days leaving on cruise no stuff or clothes

Lost bag and 2 days no word leaving for cruise no clothes or stuff

Given it’s a red-eye into Charolotte, we didn’t get any food. The survey does not include “N/A” so the rating will be skewed.

Great. Quick and quiet and east. The breakfast choices were a welcome surprise!

American airlines suck they delay the flights all the time made me sleep in an airport because my flight was delayed and I miss my connecting flight

There's nothing I liked about it. For first off I scheduled this trip two weeks in advance then they delayed my flight which messed up my whole trip. So I scheduled it for the following weekend thinking there won't be a delay and guess what as soon as I got to the airport we said in the airplane on the tarmac for an hour and a half. Not only was it delayed I missed my connecting flight meaning I had to stay the night at Dallas-Fort Worth airport sleeping on the floor. I will tell you this I will never fly American airlines ever again I have had nothing but horrible experience with them and I just throw money at them

The stewardess hit me with the food kart twice on the head and didn't say I'm sorry once. The same stewardess gave me a warm Apple Juice with No ice. The Flight was delayed for Departure 6 times, starting from 2:36pm, finally taking off 7:50pm. I was late picking up my child from the sitter by 3 hours.

Don’t know they cancelled the flight day before I was to leave. They sent a email at 9:00 pm at night saying they cancelled. That is the smooth way to say we don’t want your business! I think they didn’t have enough people booking so they cancelled the flight! It’s all about the money anymore there is no honesty in business.

Having to reschedule flights a day later, they loaded by luggage on the wrong plane from Little rock now I have to HOPE they deliver it to where im staying like they said would. International flight crew was very disgruntled and not very friendly.

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.

My recent experience with ASKY Airlines was disappointing. The check-in process was disorganized, and I was provided with inaccurate information regarding baggage requirements, resulting in unforeseen expenses. Additionally, the ground staff demonstrated a lack of professionalism and appeared insufficiently trained to handle passenger needs effectively. Regrettably, this initial encounter has left me reluctant to consider future travel with the airline.

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.

POSITIVES The hostesses were mostly pleasant, NEGATIVES The full flight wifi was horrible, hardly able to use it. My charger port was not working which made me use my neighbour's port which resulted in an accident which ruined her flight. During dinner, meat ran out when the cart got to us forcing us to eat vegetarian which was not great. We watched everyone around us eating meat. My wifi did not transfer to the second leg of my trip as they promised as they changed the plane. I was thrown off the window seat I booked for the 2nd leg of my journey as they changed planes, all done at my expense. This was not a cheap flight ($2600) which i hurriedly had to book to attend my mother's funeral who passed away suddenly. I was honestly disappointed with the whole saga as I heard Ethiopian Airlines was one of Africa's best.

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.

It was an old aircraft, stiff seats almost wooden chairs with thin cushions. Food was ok.

Traveling with Ethiopian is always a good experience. I also enjoy the stay at skylight hotel in Addis

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

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