South African Airways (SA) flights & route network
202 routes · 78 destinations · 5 hub airports across 40 countrys.
Figures computed from the public OpenFlights datasetData source: OpenFlights routes.dat
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South African Airways hub airports
Airports ranked by the number of South African Airways routes originating from each IATA code. A higher count indicates a stronger hub — more nonstop destinations available from that airport.
Routes operated by SA
Showing the 50 longest South African Airways routes parsed from the OpenFlights routes dataset. Click any route for live fare comparison.
SA route network
Every figure below is computed live from the OpenFlights routes dataset at the time of page render. No prices, no fabricated carrier names — only the airline codes stored verbatim in thedirectCarriersJSON field on each FlightRoute row.
All countries served by SA
Ranked by the number of South African Airways routes arriving in each destination country. The leading market is where the airline concentrates most of its international capacity.
About flying with South African Airways
South African Airways (SA) operates 202 scheduled flight routes parsed from the OpenFlights public routes dataset.
From its primary hub at JNB (Johannesburg, South Africa) the airline flies 68 nonstop routes, with 4 additional airports serving as regional connection points across the network.
The longest nonstop route operated by South African Airways is New York (JFK) to Johannesburg (JNB), covering 7,973 great-circle miles and averaging about 45m of flight time. Its shortest scheduled route — East London (ELS) to Port Elizabeth (PLZ) — covers just 143 miles.
Across the full network, South African Airways serves 40 countrys; the most-served destination market is South Africa with 125 inbound routes.
How to find the best South African Airways fares
Booking out of JNB is usually the strongest fare play: South African Airways concentrates 68 of its routess from Johannesburg, and higher route density at a hub means more head-to-head competition — both from other South African Airways departures and from rival carriers serving overlapping city pairs. Use the Kayak search box above with origin set to JNB to see the airline's full departure board at a glance.
All route, hub, destination and country figures are computed directly from the OpenFlights public-domain routes dataset(openflights.org/data.php)— specifically the directCarriers JSON field on every FlightRoute row, where each airline code (e.g. SA) is parsed from the OpenFlightsroutes.dat airline identifier column. Carrier names come from the companion OpenFlights airlines.dat dataset. No prices or fare estimates appear on this page — those values fluctuate continuously across 100+ booking sites and are fetched live via Kayak at search time.