Johannesburg to Polokwane flight
Flights from Johannesburg to Polokwane start at €34.36 and take 3h 59m at their fastest.
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The Flights from Johannesburg to Polokwane starts at €34.36 and takes 3h 59m door to door, run by 1 operator over 302 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 3h 59mDoor to door
- 49mMoving
- €37.90 to €73.89From
- 06:31 to 06:31First and last departure
- 1Per day
- 74.3 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.
€37.90 to €73.89 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 €73.89Sun20
- about €73.30Mon21
- about €59.14Tue22
- about €47.93Wed23
- about €68.58Thu24
- about €72.71Fri25
- about €54.42Sat26
- about €41.44Sun27
- about €38.49Mon28
- about €37.90Tue29
- about €47.34Wed30
- about €44.98Thu1
- about €48.52Fri2
- about €46.16Sat3
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
No bookable itinerary on the day this page prices, so none is shown.
Airlines
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airlink (SAA) | €33.18 | 3h 58m | 740 km/h | Fixed fare | Not published |
The flight gets you into Polokwane. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Polokwane for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Johannesburg to Polokwane
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €43.2490 days
- €33.1860 days
- €31.1445 days
- €33.1830 days
- €38.4921 days
- €43.7914 days
- €54.427 days
- €59.143 days
- €73.891 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €31.14.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 137 percent. The most expensive point is €73.89, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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.
- €42.62Sun
- €38.49Mon
- €37.74Tue
- €47.34Wed
- €44.98Thu
- €48.52Fri
- €43.79Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Johannesburg
- JNB
- HLA
Polokwane
- PTG
What the journey 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 302 km against 293 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Pretoria, Soshanguve, Centurion, Emalahleni. The gap between arriving and leaving is 54 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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 06:31 and the last at 06:31, across 1 departure The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Flights against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 47m | 2h 3m | 44m | €32.79 | 9.7 kg | 5 |
| Flight | 3h 59m | 49m | 3h 10m | €34.36 | 74.3 kg | 1 |
Questions about Johannesburg to Polokwane
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 Polokwane take?
The Flight from Johannesburg to Polokwane takes 3h 59m door to door, of which 49m is spent moving. The route runs 302 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 Polokwane cost?
The Flight from Johannesburg to Polokwane starts at €34.36 for one passenger, as of September 19, 2026. A typical fare is €34.36. 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 Polokwane?
1 operators run the Flight from Johannesburg to Polokwane: Airlink (SAA). 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 Polokwane use?
The Flight from Johannesburg to Polokwane leaves from Johannesburg JNB and arrives at Polokwane PTG. 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.
Is the Flight the best way from Johannesburg to Polokwane?
Traveling from Johannesburg to Polokwane by Train costs €32.79 and takes 2h 47m door to door, against 3h 59m by Flight. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Flight from Johannesburg to Polokwane?
Fares for the Flight from Johannesburg to Polokwane bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €31.14. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 137 percent, measured on September 19, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Johannesburg to Polokwane produce?
The Flight from Johannesburg to Polokwane produces about 74.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 302 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.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
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 Polokwane on September 19, 2026: 302 km of route against 293 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €34.36, and 3h 59m 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 PTG into Polokwane is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Polokwane
Settled in advance, so the ride into Polokwane costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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