Cheapest€58.55
- South African Airways SA676306:351h 17m07:52Johannesburg HLAMthatha UTT
Door to door 4h 27mCO2 152.8 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Johannesburg to Mthatha flight
Flights from Johannesburg to Mthatha start at €80.97 and take 4h 27m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Johannesburg to Mthatha on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Flights from Johannesburg to Mthatha starts at €80.97 and takes 4h 27m door to door, run by 1 operator over 621 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 21 days before departure.
- 4h 27mDoor to door
- 1h 17mMoving
- €80.97 to €145.87From
- 06:35 to 06:35First and last departure
- 1Per day
- 152.8 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 5, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€80.97 to €145.87 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €128.17Wed16
- about €134.66Thu17
- about €145.87Fri18
- about €128.17Sat19
- about €96.31Sun20
- about €106.93Mon21
- about €83.92Tue22
- about €95.72Wed23
- about €119.91Thu24
- about €80.97Fri25
- about €115.19Sat26
- about €98.67Sun27
- about €93.95Mon28
- about €91.00Tue29
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on October 5, 2026
Airlines
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 South African Airways | €58.55 | 4h 22m | 740 km/h | Fixed fare | Not published |
The flight gets you into Mthatha. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Mthatha for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Johannesburg to Mthatha
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €65.0490 days
- €73.8960 days
- €62.0945 days
- €79.2030 days
- €59.1421 days
- €91.0014 days
- €83.927 days
- €145.873 days
- €128.171 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €59.14.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 147 percent. The most expensive point is €145.87, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €96.31Sun
- €93.95Mon
- €83.92Tue
- €95.72Wed
- €119.91Thu
- €80.97Fri
- €115.19Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Johannesburg
Air
- JNB
- HLA
Mthatha
Air
- UTT
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 621 km against 603 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at East London, Mdantsane. The gap between arriving and leaving is 77 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Johannesburg at 06:35 and the last at 06:35, across 1 departure The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Johannesburg to Mthatha
The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Flight from Johannesburg to Mthatha take?
The Flight from Johannesburg to Mthatha takes 4h 27m door to door, of which 1h 17m is spent moving. The route runs 621 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Flight from Johannesburg to Mthatha cost?
The Flight from Johannesburg to Mthatha starts at €80.97 for one passenger, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare is €58.55. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Flight from Johannesburg to Mthatha?
1 operators run the Flight from Johannesburg to Mthatha: South African Airways. Between them they file around 1 departure a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Flight from Johannesburg to Mthatha use?
The Flight from Johannesburg to Mthatha leaves from Johannesburg HLA and arrives at Mthatha UTT. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
When should I book the Flight from Johannesburg to Mthatha?
Fares for the Flight from Johannesburg to Mthatha bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €59.14. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 147 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Johannesburg to Mthatha produce?
The Flight from Johannesburg to Mthatha produces about 152.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 621 km, which works out at roughly 246 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Johannesburg to Mthatha on September 15, 2026: 621 km of route against 603 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €80.97, and 4h 27m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Related journeys
The fare from UTT into Mthatha is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Mthatha
Settled in advance, so the ride into Mthatha costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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