Johannesburg (JNB) to Kampala (EBB): 1,831 miles (2,946 km) great-circle, about 4h 10m nonstop by our estimate. Cheapest fare observed: $386 round-trip on Ethiopian, with 1 stop, departing May 7, 2026.
$386 round-trip, Ethiopian ET21, departing 2026-05-07 at 12:30, returning 2026-05-12. The recorded itinerary left on a Thursday, returning on a Tuesday 5 nights later; the fare was observed 12 days before departure. "Book this flight" opens Kiwi.com with the same airline and dates.
At $386, it ranked 10th of the 30 round-trip fares we recorded from JNB (median $564). That is 21.1 cents per great-circle mile (round-trip price over one-way distance), close to the JNB median of 23.2 cents across 30 round-trip routes.
Routes from JNB of similar length: Nairobi (1,810 mi) at $547 and Port Louis (1,905 mi) at $671.
Ethiopian had the cheapest fare on 3 of 30 JNB routes. It is the 17th longest of the 30 routes we track from JNB.
Of 6 departure airports with a fare to Kampala, Johannesburg (JNB) ranked 2nd at $386. Lowest: $320 from Nairobi (NBO); highest: $1575 from Edmonton (YEG); 2 nonstop. Cheapest-fare airlines (routes): flydubai (2), airline F2 (1), Alaska Airlines (1), Emirates (1) and Ethiopian (1).
Travelpayouts fares (cheapest per route, observed April 25, 2026); OurAirports coordinates and elevations; IANA zones Africa/Johannesburg, Africa/Kampala; flight time is our estimate.