EWR → JNBNew York to Johannesburg

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Direct flights from New York (EWR) to Johannesburg (JNB): 7 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. The median arrival is 42 minutes late. No cancellations were recorded across the 6 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 12,865 km, an estimated 17 hours 0 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at New York and Johannesburg. Updated 3 November 2026 at 16:53 UTC.

EWR New York smooth · +0
JNB Johannesburg smooth · +0
12,865 km · ~17h 00m est.
departs 21:507x weekly
Running clean · 1 airline · 7x weekly · nonstop
100 / 100

route health from live EWR and JNB delay boards

Median arrival delay is +42 min. 0 of 6 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →

Median arrival+42 minacross the last 4 arrivals
Flight time~17h 00mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures7x1 direct airline on the leg

Who flies it

observed on the boards · 7 days
United AirlinesUA

Flights UA188 varies daily

History

operated legs · board outcomes
11-02UA188departed+19
11-01UA188dep +53 → arr+42
10-31UA188departed−7
10-30UA188dep +5 → arr−14
10-29UA188dep +0 → arr+98
10-28UA188dep +0 → arr−33

Actual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.

Full board history, day by day →

Airports right now

live boards
EWRNew York +0 min smooth 🌤 mostly cloudy · SW 12 kt Full EWR delay board →
JNBJohannesburg +0 min smooth 🌤 few clouds · S 11 kt Full JNB delay board →

Weather lens

Conditions are tightest at EWR and JNB: a 32% chance of a 15+ minute delay. In this weather, the more delayed of the two airports is typically about +4 min. Both figures come from the two airports' delay records in similar weather. See live delays → · Weather risk by airport →

How the New York to Johannesburg route actually runs

Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop EWR to JNB flights through the day: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises.

Planning around a delay? Live airport delays · Weather delay risk map · Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure

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EWR to JNB questions

Is EWR–JNB running on time right now?

Smooth skies ahead. Both endpoints currently score the same, route health score 100/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.

How long is the flight from EWR to JNB?

Great-circle distance is 12,865 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 938–1133 min gate-to-gate on this route.

How often does EWR–JNB fly?

United Airlines runs the route with about 7 flights a week (daily). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.

What does the route health score measure?

A blend of departure-side delay at EWR and arrival-side delay at JNB, computed from rolling delay windows (refreshed every 40 minutes) with a daily-rollup fallback. Current MVFR, IFR, or LIFR endpoint weather caps the score when flight rules can limit throughput. Higher is healthier: 100 means operations are clean at both ends.