Johannesburg (JNB) to Dubai (DXB): 3,985 miles (6,413 km) great-circle, about 8h 30m nonstop by our estimate. Cheapest fare observed: $639 round-trip on RwandAir, with 1 stop, departing May 1, 2026.
$639 round-trip, RwandAir WB109, departing 2026-05-01 at 16:50, returning 2026-05-03. The recorded itinerary left on a Friday, returning on a Sunday 2 nights later; the fare was observed 6 days before departure. "Book this flight" opens Kiwi.com with the same airline and dates.
At $639, it ranked 20th of the 30 round-trip fares we recorded from JNB (median $564). That is 16.0 cents per great-circle mile (round-trip price over one-way distance), below the JNB median of 23.2 cents across 30 round-trip routes.
Routes from JNB of similar length: Cairo (3,892 mi) at $629 and Malé (3,682 mi) at $933.
RwandAir had the cheapest fare on 2 of 30 JNB routes. It is the 10th longest of the 30 routes we track from JNB.
Of 28 departure airports with a fare to Dubai, Johannesburg (JNB) ranked 16th at $639. Lowest: $204 from Riyadh (RUH); highest: $1558 from Wellington (WLG); 7 nonstop. Cheapest-fare airlines (routes): Emirates (3), Ethiopian (2), Etihad (2), Gulf Air (2), Qantas (2) and Saudia (2), plus 14 more.
Travelpayouts fares (cheapest per route, observed April 25, 2026); OurAirports coordinates and elevations; IANA zones Africa/Johannesburg, Asia/Dubai; flight time is our estimate.