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Find cheap flights from Washington, D.C. to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg from $614

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Cheap flight deals from Washington, D.C. to OR Tambo (WAS-JNB)

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10:55 am - 1:05 pmIAD-JNB
20h 10m1 stop
2:30 pm - 8:55 amJNB-IAD
24h 25m2 stops
$843Ethiopian Air
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Wed, Oct 2 - Tue, Oct 15
10:55 am - 1:05 pmIAD-JNB
20h 10m1 stop
2:30 pm - 8:55 amJNB-IAD
24h 25m2 stops
$890Ethiopian Air
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Tue, Oct 1 - Wed, Oct 9
9:50 pm - 10:15 amIAD-JNB
30h 25m1 stop
6:05 pm - 2:45 pmJNB-IAD
26h 40m1 stop
$924Turkish Airlines
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Tue, Sep 17 - Thu, Oct 10
9:50 pm - 10:20 amIAD-JNB
30h 30m1 stop
6:05 pm - 2:45 pmJNB-IAD
26h 40m1 stop
$935Turkish Airlines
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Sat, Sep 14 - Mon, Oct 7
5:29 pm - 5:45 pmIAD-JNB
18h 16m1 stop
10:25 am - 6:10 amJNB-IAD
25h 45m1 stop
$999United Airlines
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Thu, May 16 - Tue, May 21
10:55 am - 4:10 pmIAD-JNB
23h 15m1 stop
8:15 pm - 4:10 pmJNB-IAD
25h 55m1 stop
$1,022Qatar Airways
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Wed, Oct 2 - Tue, Oct 15
10:55 am - 5:00 pmIAD-JNB
24h 05m1 stop
1:35 pm - 8:45 amJNB-IAD
25h 10m1 stop
$1,029Qatar Airways
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Sun, Oct 13 - Sun, Oct 20
5:15 pm - 8:30 amIAD-JNB
33h 15m1 stop
10:25 am - 6:10 amJNB-IAD
25h 45m1 stop
$1,033United Airlines
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Wed, May 15 - Tue, May 21
4:36 pm - 7:00 pmBWI-JNB
20h 24m1 stop
9:55 pm - 5:00 pmJNB-BWI
25h 05m1 stop
$1,326Delta
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Sun, Sep 15 - Tue, Oct 8
10:15 am - 7:00 pmBWI-JNB
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6:50 pm - 10:46 pmJNB-BWI
33h 56m2 stops
$1,353Delta
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Flights from Washington, D.C. to OR Tambo - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Washington, D.C. to OR Tambo 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 Washington, D.C. to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg?

The average price of all flights from Washington, D.C. to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
When flying from Washington, D.C. to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg, you should consider leaving on a Tuesday and avoid Saturdays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to Washington, D.C., you’ll find the best rates on Thursdays and the most expensive ones on Fridays.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Washington, D.C. to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from Washington, D.C. to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport, 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 Washington, D.C. to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport is March, where tickets cost $975 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and July, where the average cost of tickets is $1,725 and $1,609 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Washington, D.C. to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport?

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights from Washington, D.C. to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each month.
To get a below average price on the flight from Washington, D.C. to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport, you should book around 3 days before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 40 days before departure.

Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from Washington, D.C. to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg?

The cheapest price for the route for each airline clicked by KAYAK users in the last 72 hours.
The cheapest return flight ticket from Washington, D.C. to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg found by KAYAK users in the last 72 hours was for $843 on Ethiopian Air, followed by Turkish Airlines ($924). One-way flight deals have also been found from as low as $614 on Qatar Airways and from $621 on Turkish Airlines.

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August

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December

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$614
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 7% increase in price.
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When to book flights from Washington, D.C. to OR Tambo

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Washington, D.C. to OR Tambo based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking Washington, D.C. to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg flights

  • What is the cheapest flight from Washington, D.C. to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Washington, D.C. to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport was $614 for a one-way ticket and $843 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Washington, D.C. and OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg?

    Yes, you'll most likely have to show a valid passport before boarding the plane in Washington, D.C. and on arrival in OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Washington, D.C. to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg?

    When flying out of Washington, D.C. you will be using one of these airports: Washington, D.C. Reagan-National or Washington, D.C. Dulles Intl. You will be landing at Johannesburg OR Tambo.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Washington, D.C. to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg?

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Washington, D.C. to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg?

    oneworld, Star Alliance, and SkyTeam are the airline alliances operating flights between Washington, D.C. and OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg, with Star Alliance being the most commonly used for this route.

  • What is the most popular layover when flying to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg from Washington, D.C.?

    Doha is the most popular layover city among KAYAK users traveling from Washington, D.C. to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Washington, D.C. to Johannesburg, Delta or KLM?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Washington, D.C. to Johannesburg are Delta and KLM. With an average price for the route of $1,411 and an overall rating of 8.0, Delta is the most popular choice. KLM is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $1,355 and an overall rating of 7.8.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Washington, D.C. to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg?

    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 Washington, D.C. to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Washington, D.C. to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg from Washington, D.C. 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 Washington, D.C. to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg?

    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 OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg with an airline and back to Washington, D.C. with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Washington, D.C. to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg?

    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 OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg from Washington, D.C. up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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Top 5 airlines serving from Washington, D.C. to OR Tambo

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Washington, D.C. to Johannesburg. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Washington, D.C. to OR Tambo? 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.
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DeltaOverall score based on 10826 reviews
8.0Entertainment
8.6Crew
8.2Boarding
7.4Food
7.9Comfort
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The gate area was incredibly short staffed, with one representative manning 4-5 flights, which caused a 3 hr delay in boarding even though the plane was all ready to leave. Other flights also were delayed because of this. The flight crew was awesome and I feel bad for the only gate worker on call, but Delta needs to hire more employees.

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The gate area was incredibly short staffed, with one representative manning 4-5 flights, which caused a 3 hr delay in boarding even though the plane was all ready to leave. Other flights also were delayed because of this. The flight crew was awesome and I feel bad for the only gate worker on call, but Delta needs to hire more employees.

Very frustrated with boarding gate crew. She announced the plane was small and they would be limiting us to one item to carry on. Not a problem for me as I understand the tiny planes have limited space!! Not the case here! It was a rather large plane and had plenty of room for bags! So because I don’t want to be one of “those people” who ignores the request to check a carry on I did so asking if I would be able to pick it up at the bottom of the ramp on arrival in Knoxville to which she responded “yes”! Then I watched as every other passenger held onto their 2 items and boarded!! Then when we arrived in Knoxville our 2 carry ons had been put with all the other luggage and we had to go to baggage pick up and wait for all the big checked bags to come off the carousel! So she lied!! Frustrating. Next time I won’t be so nice!

It was a good experience except when boarding a female flight attendant did not go out of her way to assist my teenage daughters in finding space for their carry-ons after their compartments were full.

On time departure, smooth trip, flight attendant told through passengers the gate we would arrive at and the gate our outbound flight was departing from. Early arrival

Checking in at the airport the agent only booked the first keg of my trip and had my checked luggage going to the airport with a layover! Never was issued a boarding pass for the second leg or received sticker fir my checked bag. All was well in the end! Delta agents helped to resolve the situation!!!

Delayed due to an ill passenger after loading. Not preventable on Delta's part. Was in first class. The seats are becoming worn and detaching from their velcro attachments. Only got snacks on flight. The attendant was not the friendliest.

I would fly again the whole experience was great. The only feed back I can give that they don't do that American Airlines does is the crew there is more humorous with boarding and thank their passengers. It makes it more fun to fly with them. I would however fly Delta again.

Big plane, long flight, absolutely no leg room and basically non existent air! I am 5”4’ and always travel Main Cabin, I was miserable on this plane and could barely move when we arrived in Cabo due to the cramped leg area!

From Atlanta to Cabo I would have hoped on a plane that size I would have been able to breathe and wiggle my feet a little! The leg room in that plane is non existent and I am only 5”4’. And the air vent either wasn’t working very well or just could not blow air from the ceiling to the seat area as I was suffocating through the entire flight! And please don’t say I would have been more comfortable in first class because I cannot afford those rates and have always travelled Main Cabin without issues !

The pilots were good. Disappointing when planes don't have electrical ports

Operated by American Airlines. Very chaotic and the crew was bit rough responding any enquiries. Restricted leg space.. Qatar would have been better

Qatar airways from Doha to guangzhau was excellent big bird Boeing 777 more room and smoothly flight, I Love it

It was good no problems made it on time for the next flight overseas!

The made us waiting and held our passports and boarding pass making us miss our flights

Not impressed. Only allowed one carry on on such a long flight.

The flight was good but my neighbor had the vent open full power for the whole flight and because the air was blowing from the side instead of from the top and I got very cold and ended up with a sore throat.

Bad experience with the delay n long wait time for connecting flight after missing the connection flight from Doha.

Wore experience due to delay and took me 3 days to reach my destination.

All over with Qatar airlines my experience was really bad due to delays and then putting me on different airlines and after 8 hours of wait I had to listen to their is no plane to fly for another 24 hours. Wore experience ever.

Excellent will be flying again in May with Qatar. to Botswana.

Excellent service and comfort from the moment you check in. Flight crew is hyper focused on making passengers comfortable and at ease. It’s like a flying hotel!

Only chicken as a meat dish through out the flight

Nothing really was great as such. Seen other no name airlines perform better.

Quality of service on board was very inconsistent. FA service primarily seemed robotic and they barely engaged with passengers

I’m unclear why I had to pay extra for assigned seats as Turkish airlines did not honor the seating. We were placed across the aisle from each other on TK 34, and were seated behind one another on TK 694. Because my name was misspelled on e-ticket (Klawiter, instead of Klawitter) I could not log onto website to get the connection gate number in Istanbul. The monitors in the airport were a jumbled mess 1/2 Arabic and 1/2 English.

On line check in needs a lot of improvement. I tried and gave up.

Food not good, flight attendants not the best, not accommodating very ruff

the female flight attendant was racist towards me. I could tell she treated the two other passengers next to me with more softness.

Oh my god! For an13 hour flight they serve you food just one time. Also don’t be thirsty they give you a little small cup of soda to drink. They seem like their goal is to feed you one so they don’t have to be bothered with you. It quite surprise for such a long flight there are several times to eat at least three and the food was well lackluster. The food and lack of offering drinks which were always hot no ice provided.

We were traveling first class. Checkin counter lady and her manager, both were in bad mood and did not treat us well about checking in the handbag. The gate agent took care of it right away. I travel Turkish twice a year in first class. No one has ever refused to check in the hand bag. Not sure, why this agent and her manager refused. Everything else was excellent.

Should have video screens Plane audio was poor and without wired connection hard to understand crew. Should serve more than just cups of water and pretzels on six hour flight. Did not see crew rest of flight. Fix charging sockets to retain charging blocks.

Food was terrible Not many options Stewards dont care Delay

The ride was good but no food ot entertainment hence, it was just over an hour flight.

they made me check my carryon. There was space in the overhead bins.

The plane was delayed 2 hours. The wifi did not work. The seat in first class was not comfortable because the bottom felt like it lost all of its padding. And I did not like when the flight attendant made me wait at my seat to use the bathroom and didn't tell me why. If there were too many people using the 1st Class bathroom, she should have told me to go in the back, coach bathrooms. I guess I have to feel fortunate that they found 2 local pilots to still fly the plane tonight after the original pilots ended up at an airport 60 miles away due to high winds.

The crew were really great, but the 4 hour delay in small chunks was the worst.

Every experience was good except for the lack of comfort in those economy seats. I never had knee pain until that flight. Those seats are uncomfortable.

I bought internet for the flight. Don’t waste your money. I wasn’t able to download a 1 Mb file from Google Docs during a 3-4 hr period. You can only use WhatsApp and email if you are willing to wait.

Just a crappy airline. The same every time. You feel you are a cow on a farm. You are being being whipped and pulled.

Wasn’t very crowded. Seamless processes. No issues traveling with two little kids.

Choice of Vegetarian Food in Economy class needs overhaul improvement

The gate was changed at the very last moment and no one informed us. The flight was one hour late and the screen broken, the remote control not working. One toilet was out of order . the other toilets were also not totally functioning, because the washbasin was plugged and the water couldn't flow away.

The food could be better, the beef was quite tough. The crew were friendly and helpful on this flight, which has not being my experience on other Ethiopian flights.

The crew were extremely unfriendly. The plane was dirty and the entertainment system did not work, so they did not even give out earphones to anyone.

The flight was one hour late. The food is mediocre and the screen was broken

Seat in front of my wife was broken so it reclined further than normal and without having to push the recline button so my wife had absolutely no room the entire 17 hour flight. My seat was broken and wouldn't recline at all. Also.. my tray table was sticky and dirty right away before I even used it. Also...the floor in the back of the plane from our row of seats on back was totally soaked and both times we landed water came rushing out of the food/servant area like a flood onto the same already wet carpet. It got everything wet that was placed around our feet...including our shoes and socks.

it was a nice tripe but they need to work on the serving of soda,they should be abled to serve cain soda not on cup.At least each passenger should be entitled to one cain of soda not serving on cup.thanks.

The entertainment (movies) blockbuster and classics never change. I am a frequent Ethiopian flyer and this should be addressed. Not much changed from my summer flight and my December flight. It is annoying - surely you can update the selections more often. Same with food options. It becomes extremely boring to be offered the same exact meals from Washington to Addis to Maputo every trip, each time. AS

Entertainment was very poor. Couldn’t watch anything. Ear pieces were the wrong type .

Food was horrible. Our flight was not comfortable due to turbulence, seats was not comfortable, Very tight barely can not move anywhere.

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Washington, D.C. to Johannesburg found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
5/8Wed
1 stopQatar Airways
23h 15mIAD-JNB
$614
7/29Mon
1 stopTurkish Airlines
35h 50mIAD-JNB
$621
5/8Wed
2 stopsEthiopian Air
24h 10mIAD-JNB
$772
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1 stopUnited Airlines
18h 16mIAD-JNB
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24h 53mBWI-JNB
$836
5/19Sun
1 stopEthiopian Air
20h 15mIAD-JNB
$851
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1 stopDelta
23h 00mBWI-JNB
$1,182
7/25Thu
2 stopsKLM
22h 20mIAD-JNB
$1,183
5/31Fri
2 stopsKLM
22h 03mBWI-JNB
$1,183
7/8Mon
1 stopDelta
28h 55mBWI-JNB
$8,377

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These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights from Washington, D.C. to Johannesburg that are departing in the next 10 days.
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multi-stopEtihad Airways
28h 35mIAD-JNB
5/26Sun
multi-stopEtihad Airways
36h 45mJNB-IAD
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multi-stopEtihad Airways
36h 45mJNB-IAD
$1,171
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multi-stopEthiopian Air
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multi-stopEthiopian Air
24h 25mJNB-IAD
$1,191
5/10Fri
multi-stopEthiopian Air
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5/17Fri
multi-stopEthiopian Air
27h 15mJNB-IAD
$1,257
5/6Mon
multi-stopUnited Airlines
18h 16mIAD-JNB
5/26Sun
multi-stopUnited Airlines
42h 26mJNB-IAD
$1,262
5/8Wed
multi-stopUnited Airlines
18h 30mDCA-JNB
5/15Wed
multi-stopUnited Airlines
19h 27mJNB-DCA
$1,463
5/8Wed
multi-stopQatar Airways
52h 00mBWI-JNB
5/15Wed
multi-stopQatar Airways
39h 03mJNB-BWI
$1,894
5/8Wed
multi-stopDelta
28h 50mBWI-JNB
5/15Wed
multi-stopDelta
27h 47mJNB-BWI
$1,953
5/10Fri
multi-stopDelta
24h 24mDCA-JNB
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multi-stopDelta
28h 07mJNB-DCA
$1,953
5/9Thu
multi-stopQatar Airways
46h 38mBWI-JNB
5/11Sat
multi-stopQatar Airways
32h 23mJNB-BWI
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