Cheapest€47.93
- Airlink (SAA) AS748714:181h 3m15:21Johannesburg JNBRichards Bay RCB
Door to door 4h 13mCO2 123.5 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Johannesburg to Richards Bay flight
Flights from Johannesburg to Richards Bay start at €47.93 and take 4h 13m at their fastest.
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Fares and seats move by the day. Price Johannesburg to Richards Bay on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Flights from Johannesburg to Richards Bay starts at €47.93 and takes 4h 13m door to door, run by 2 operators over 502 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 4h 13mDoor to door
- 1h 3mMoving
- €56.78 to €129.35From
- 06:31 to 14:22First and last departure
- 4Per day
- 123.5 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.
€56.78 to €129.35 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 €129.35Sat19
- about €99.26Sun20
- about €79.79Mon21
- about €81.56Tue22
- about €73.89Wed23
- about €108.11Thu24
- about €87.46Fri25
- about €75.07Sat26
- about €63.27Sun27
- about €57.96Mon28
- about €56.78Tue29
- about €69.76Wed30
- about €68.58Thu1
- about €67.40Fri2
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 |
|---|---|
| Airlink (SAA) | €47.93 |
 South African Airways | €50.29 |
The flight gets you into Richards Bay. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Richards Bay for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Johannesburg to Richards Bay
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €60.3290 days
- €38.4960 days
- €37.9045 days
- €45.5730 days
- €57.3721 days
- €67.4014 days
- €87.467 days
- €79.793 days
- €129.351 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €37.90.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 241 percent. The most expensive point is €129.35, 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.
- €63.27Sun
- €57.96Mon
- €56.78Tue
- €69.76Wed
- €68.58Thu
- €67.40Fri
- €75.07Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Johannesburg
Air
- JNB
- HLA
Richards Bay
Air
- RCB
What the journey looks like
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 502 km against 487 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Johannesburg at 06:31 and the last at 14:22, across 4 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Johannesburg to Richards Bay
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 Richards Bay take?
The Flight from Johannesburg to Richards Bay takes 4h 13m door to door, of which 1h 3m is spent moving. The route runs 502 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 Richards Bay cost?
The Flight from Johannesburg to Richards Bay starts at €47.93 for one passenger, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare is €50.88. 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 Richards Bay?
2 operators run the Flight from Johannesburg to Richards Bay: Airlink (SAA), South African Airways. Between them they file around 4 departures 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 Richards Bay use?
The Flight from Johannesburg to Richards Bay leaves from Johannesburg JNB and arrives at Richards Bay RCB. 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 Richards Bay?
Fares for the Flight from Johannesburg to Richards Bay bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €37.90. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 241 percent, measured on September 18, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Johannesburg to Richards Bay produce?
The Flight from Johannesburg to Richards Bay produces about 123.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 502 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 Richards Bay on September 18, 2026: 502 km of route against 487 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €47.93, and 4h 13m 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 RCB into Richards Bay is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Richards Bay
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