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Cheap flights from Johannesburg to Atlanta
Take a good book on the flight with you, as the Johannesburg - Atlanta route is the 2nd longest commercial flight in the world (after Qantas's Sydney to Dallas Fort Worth), and Atlanta is the busiest airport in the world. To find a cheap flight compare prices using the airfares comparison tool on the left.
Other routes over 16 hours in length are Emirates' Dubai to Houston and Dubai to Los Angeles routes.
Reviews
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April 2013. A lung specialist findings himself having to assist in a resuscitation on an Joburg to Atlanta flight, after a passenger stops breathing and has no sign of a heartbeat. They got the heart beating and breathing going and the aircraft was diverted to Miami.
Airlines
We carried out a snapshot survey of airfares and ordered the airlines from the cheapest at the top. This will have changed since, but when we looked Lufthansa were cheapest.
Airline |
Airports |
Stops |
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Lufthansa |
Johannesburg O.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB) to |
1-stop (26 hours) |
Johannesburg O.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB) to |
1-stop (28 to 29 hours) |
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Air France |
Johannesburg O.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB) to |
1-stop (21 to 26 hours) |
KLM |
Johannesburg O.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB) to |
1-stop (28 hours) |
Emirates |
Johannesburg O.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB) to |
1-stop |
Johannesburg O.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB) to |
non-stop (17 hours) |
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Johannesburg O.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB) to |
1-stop (25 hours) |
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Iberia suspended its flights from Johannesburg from 1 May 2012 |
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South African Airways |
Johannesburg O.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB) to |
1-stop (24 hours*) |
Johannesburg O.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB) to |
1-stop (25 hours) |
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Johannesburg O.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB) to |
1-stop (26 hours) |
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The shortest flight path from Johannesburg to Atlanta (Georgia, USA), ignoring restricted flight zones, air traffic and wind, is 13582km.
Live view of the Atlanta skies
There's a fair bit of air traffic in Atlanta's skies most of the time. Credit to Flightradar24.com for making this map available.
Top blog review
Observation by Lize on her Johannesburg - Atlanta trip: "A seventeen hour flight is made considerably better by a half empty plane. Especially to steal beautiful bananas in the middle of the long long night."
Hotels
It depends on what you're looking for, but in terms of guest ratings the best spots in Atlanta to stay at are:
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Stonehurst Place. A bed & breafast a walk from Piedmont Park & nearby restaurants. Ask for the upstairs Master Suite.
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Staybridge Suites. Good location for shopping at Perimeter Mall and close to restaurants. Avoid rooms on the ground floor and near the parking lot (because of the noise & light). Request a king suite, non-smoking.
