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Cheap Flights from Johannesburg to Atlanta (JNB-ATL)

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

Tue, Nov 25 - Mon, Dec 1
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9:55 pm - 7:50 amJNB-ATL
16h 55mnonstop
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10:30 pm - 8:35 amATL-JNB
27h 05m1 stop
$915Virgin Atlantic
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Thu, Mar 5 - Fri, Mar 20
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2:30 pm - 8:00 amJNB-ATL
24h 30m2 stops
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10:35 am - 1:05 pmATL-JNB
20h 30m1 stop
$919Ethiopian Air
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Tue, Nov 18 - Mon, Jan 19
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10:00 pm - 8:10 pmJNB-ATL
29h 10m1 stop
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10:10 pm - 10:25 amATL-JNB
29h 15m1 stop
$939Multiple Airlines
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Sat, Nov 22 - Tue, Dec 2
United Airlines Logo
10:00 pm - 2:36 pmJNB-ATL
23h 36m2 stops
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7:19 pm - 6:35 pmATL-JNB
40h 16m2 stops
$964United Airlines
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Tue, Dec 23 - Fri, Jan 9
Delta Logo
10:00 pm - 5:15 pmJNB-ATL
26h 15m1 stop
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10:35 pm - 8:40 amATL-JNB
27h 05m1 stop
$971Delta
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Fri, Dec 5 - Sun, Jan 11
Delta Logo
10:00 pm - 1:35 pmJNB-ATL
22h 35m1 stop
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5:30 pm - 8:35 amATL-JNB
32h 05m1 stop
$972Delta
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Tue, Nov 11 - Wed, Feb 18
United Airlines Logo
7:45 pm - 5:34 pmJNB-ATL
28h 49m2 stops
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2:39 pm - 6:35 pmATL-JNB
20h 56m2 stops
$991United Airlines
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Sat, Nov 22 - Sat, Nov 29
British Airways Logo
10:00 pm - 8:10 pmJNB-ATL
29h 10m1 stop
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8:20 pm - 10:25 amATL-JNB
31h 05m2 stops
$998British Airways
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Tue, Jan 27 - Fri, Jan 30
British Airways Logo
7:35 pm - 9:40 pmJNB-ATL
33h 05m2 stops
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10:10 pm - 10:25 amATL-JNB
29h 15m1 stop
$1,001British Airways
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Tue, Jan 27 - Fri, Jan 30
Qatar Airways Logo
8:20 pm - 3:15 pmJNB-ATL
25h 55m1 stop
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7:35 pm - 3:55 amATL-JNB
25h 20m1 stop
$1,004Qatar Airways
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Everything you should know

Our travelers' advice
AI-generated summary based on content written by travel experts
For a smooth JNB departure, check your boarding pass.
Upon arrival at ATL, use MARTA for city access.
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Virgin Atlantic
Cheapest • from $915 (round-trip)
Delta
Best reviews • 7.9 score
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February
Cheapest • 7% price drop
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Nonstop flights
5 days a week
There are direct flights from Johannesburg to Atlanta 5 days a week: Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat, Sun.
Direct flights
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Cheapest round-trip
$915
Overall average: $981
Virgin Atlantic
Tue 11/25Mon 12/1
JNB - ATL • Non-stop
Cheapest non-stop
$968
Typical prices: $1,039-$1,656
Virgin Atlantic
Tue 11/25Mon 12/1
JNB - ATL • Non-stop
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Johannesburg to Atlanta flights

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

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

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

Your flight ticket price will generally be cheaper if you fly to Atlanta on a Monday and more expensive on a Friday. On your return trip to Johannesburg, you should consider flying back on a Thursday, and avoid Fridays for better deals.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Atlanta?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Atlanta, 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 Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Atlanta is February, where tickets cost $971 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are January and August, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,192 and $1,119 respectively.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Atlanta?

The average round-trip price for all non-stop flights, flights with one layover, and flights with two layovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

No, with an average price for the route of $1,087, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Atlanta?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Atlanta, 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 Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Atlanta, you should book around 1 week before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 15 weeks before departure.

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Expert advice for your flight from Johannesburg to Atlanta

 
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Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight$485
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 14% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 4% increase in price.
Flight from Johannesburg to Atlanta

When to book flights from Johannesburg to Atlanta

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Johannesburg to Atlanta based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
Estimated round-trip price
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FAQs for booking Johannesburg to Atlanta flights

  • What is the cheapest flight from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Atlanta?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Atlanta was $485 for a one-way ticket and $915 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Johannesburg and Atlanta?

    Yes

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Johannesburg to Atlanta?

    Johannesburg and Atlanta are both served by 1 main airport. You will leave Johannesburg from Johannesburg OR Tambo and will be arriving at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Johannesburg to Atlanta?

    The Airbus A350-900 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Johannesburg to Atlanta flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Johannesburg to Atlanta?

    Star Alliance, oneworld, and SkyTeam are the airline alliances operating flights between Johannesburg and Atlanta, with Star Alliance being the most commonly used for this route.

  • On which days can I fly direct from Johannesburg to Atlanta?

    You can catch a nonstop flight from Johannesburg to Atlanta on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Johannesburg to Atlanta, Delta or Virgin Atlantic?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Johannesburg to Atlanta are Delta and Virgin Atlantic. With an average price for the route of $1,268 and an overall rating of 7.9, Delta is the most popular choice. Virgin Atlantic is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $1,016 and an overall rating of 7.5.

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

    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 Johannesburg to Atlanta.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Atlanta from Johannesburg 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 Johannesburg to Atlanta?

    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 to Atlanta with an airline and back to Johannesburg with another airline. Booking your flights between Johannesburg and ATL can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

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

    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 to Atlanta from Johannesburg up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Atlanta

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $926 or less one-way and $1,031 or less round-trip.

Prefer to fly direct from Johannesburg to Atlanta?

 
Direct data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying direct from Johannesburg OR Tambo to Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson.
Find which airlines fly direct from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

Johannesburg OR Tambo to Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson

Tuesday

Delta

Delta

Wednesday

Delta

Delta

Friday

Delta

Delta

Saturday

Delta

Delta

Sunday

Delta

Delta

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Direct returns

Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson to Johannesburg OR Tambo

Monday

Delta

Delta

Tuesday

Delta

Delta

Thursday

Delta

Delta

Friday

Delta

Delta

Saturday

Delta

Delta

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Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Johannesburg to Atlanta

 
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7.9
DeltaOverall score based on 7998 reviews
7.9Comfort
7.3Food
7.9Entertainment
8.2Boarding
8.5Crew
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They ended up paying for the bag twice, but the counter wouldn't take my baggage receipt. Left it to me to resolve. Not sure how to resolve the issue.

8.0 ExcellentBobby, Oct 2025GSP - ATL
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They ended up paying for the bag twice, but the counter wouldn't take my baggage receipt. Left it to me to resolve. Not sure how to resolve the issue.

Non stop on long haul is the way to go. Great experience

Flight was crowded and the woman sitting on my left was large & kept crouching in to my space. You need bigger seats or smaller passengers to fit into the seats you DO have! Snack were OK. Would appreciate if airlines had more savory rather than sweet snacks, thank you!

Delayed flight (1hour) plus a long layover after an overnight flight with no backup plane available.

The boarding process needs to be refined. Sometimes the gate crew call out the boarding zone, and then flip to the monitor to show which zones are boarding. So unless everyone is gathered around to see the monitor there is usually confusion as wi which zones are boarding.

Convient flight. Good experience. No complaints other than the food quality seems to have decreased.

Food tray looked like penitentiary food - little effort to make it look appealing (packaging colour and design)

The crew was very nice and very attentive. However, I was surprised to find that they did not carry small throw-up bags. I got sick from the turbulence and they had to bring me a trash bag.😳 You can imagine how embarrassing is to lift a large trash bag with vomit over somebody else's head. Just bring this small discreet little bags back to the regular supply for the seats. Otherwise, I love Delta airlines.

Awful. Flight from Cape Town was cancelled, rebooked for another day through Johannesburg, was downgraded to economy

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.

Paid $10 for wifi for full flight duration and the wifi wasn’t available after initial 2 hours

My baggage is lost. Flight cancelled, Rebooked ticket through long routes. Mental stress, emotional hurt

The flight overall was good. The attendants did a good job except that 1 female had too much fragrance on. The other things that made the flight unpleasant were out of the airlines control.

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

I would love the entertainment center to be updated with more content. The flight to Doha had more options than the one to Miami

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.

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.

Flight was delayed only slightly before takeoff due to traffic control. However, the flight arrived early to ORD. Good flight. United has been very reliable for me.

Flight left on time. Boarding was easy. Arrived to EWR 30 mins early. Luggage was deplaned in good time. Overall a very good experience.

Flight from Rome to SFO was excellent compared To our flight to Europe from SFO. The food was much tastier. You can see how UNITED is skimping, though. Instead of getting something mid flight you had to ask for it. It was not automatically served. There was a cookie at the end of the arrival meal, for example that tasted like it just came out of a box. They used to serve a little container of nuts, now … a tiny container of nuts, mixed with pretzels. This was business class that you really have to pay for! But this is minor complaints compared to the overall. My major complaint is the position of the even numbered seats by the windows. You have to turn around to see your window & the positioning as some other controls are harder to get at. This is compared to the odd number seat that are perfectly aligned.

The person I bought the ticket for didn’t make the flight.

Lately I like the planes have been exceptionally filthy. There’s lines of dust and dirt all across the ceiling in the vents, and the cracks in between the seats are literally full of food. It’s definitely not the quality of service that I was used to with United. I’m also very disappointed with the Wi-Fi! All I wanna do is knock out a few work jobs while I’m trapped in my seat And it spools so bad. They did provide me with a refund, but the process of getting that refund is so complicated. It’s unfortunate.

Another delayed flight. When the delays exceed the duration of the flight, it’s a problem.

Excellent flight. Smooth, efficient boarding. Quick flight. Arrived early at STL.

After boarding the plane in Chicago, the passengers were told that there was a technical problem with the plane. Passengers remained on the plane as they tried to fix the problem. After what was probably an hour passengers were told that there was a need to change planes as the problem was not solved. Passengers disembarked and boarded another plane. After taxing to the runway and waiting for takeoff, passengers were told that owing to the thunderstorm the flight was unable to take off but would try and reroute. After some time passengers were told there wasn't enough fuel for the new route and the plane had to return to the gate for additional fuel. after another log delay the flight got underway. On the plane there was food, drinks, ice or entertainment. We were a glass of water, which appeared rationed. Flight arrived about 5 hours late. The pilot was fantastic and communicated with the passengers throughout the ordeal.

The food quality sucks. One must starve if they do not eat flesh Or wheat based products Some variety would be expected. The trivial amount of snacks and or food is inhumane

Excellent all round, first time flying United. App is very helpful.

Need to do a lot of improvement on service and cleaness

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

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.

Delays delays making us miss or next connection to IAD hence having to stay additional 24 hrs in Addis Ababa

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.

Were not told that carryon laggage has to be only 12 kgs but my bag was heavier asked to pay an additional $550.00. I could have upgraded to a bussiness class for that price and no one at the gate to upgrade but able to take money for the extra weight. I felt like this was a setup scam.

Lost suite case and pillow that’s used by senior and they didn’t leave it at the airport

worst was delayed luggage. could see luggage was still in Singapore but they insist I wait till all luggage are unloaded before filing a report. took 2 days to arrive and I had to collect it myself from the airport

Not my definition of first class. No leg room and barely any recline. The food was good. The crew was great. The comfort for the price I paid for London to Cairo was highway robbery. The Wi-Fi didn't work for me either.

There might be more food options for people who can't eat so much starch/sugar/bread/rice. Meat, cheese, walnuts/pecans for snack, maybe jerky or other kinds of meat-based snacks would be better than bread and rice and sweets. I had an extra chardonnay, which was fine. The entertainment was great.

Unfortunately, my flight was cancelled because of some sort of emergency over the Atlantic and had to return to London. While I think British Airways made every effort to mitigate the situation, I must say it was still pretty unpleasant. I do appreciate the fact, however, that British Airways put my safety first…and I think the effort to correct a bad situation was very sincere. But I think the process might be handled better in future.

Crew service was poor and very little difference between premium economy and economy. Disappointed.

My bags never made it on the flight and I now have to wait for them to arrive hopefully tomorrow. You can’t even track your bags in the app to see where they are since they didn’t arrive. You have to file a claim and then wait for them to inform you when you will receive your bag. We were already delayed for an hour due to baggage so I don’t understand how my bag didn’t make the flight.

One of the worst experience given the middle seat even asked for the change no one honored,boarded at the end and overall one of the worst experience

It was good although our flight to the UK was cancelled and rescheduled for two days later. This was after we were already seated on the plane. We missed the first leg of our trip. BA did put us up at a hotel and paid for our meals but we lost our hotel costs in Glasgow.

The crew was very nice and pleasant. We were very reluctant to book our flight with British Airlines because we had bad experience with their flight attendants on the previous trips, they were rude and not helpful.

I am a 25+ years American Airlines member. British Airways is simply above and beyond in every customer satisfaction category.

The seat pads are past there sell by date now and are uncomfotable. Also, with screens in the back of the seat, the seats shouldnt be able to recline as this puts rhe screen in your face.

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