# List of South African Airways destinations

This is a list of South African Airways destinations, as of July 2024. South African Airways served ten destinations outside Africa.
At June 2016, South African Airways served eight destinations outside Africa. By that time, the top five international routes led from Johannesburg to New York–JFK, London–Heathrow, Hong Kong, Frankfurt and Perth.

## List

| Country | City | Airport | Notes |
| Angola | Luanda | Quatro de Fevereiro Airport | Terminated |
| Argentina | Buenos Aires | Ministro Pistarini International Airport | Terminated |
| Australia | Melbourne | Melbourne Airport | Terminated |
| Australia | Perth | Perth Airport | |
| Australia | Sydney | Sydney Airport | Terminated |
| Austria | Vienna | Vienna International Airport | Terminated |
| Belgium | Brussels | Brussels Airport | Terminated |
| Benin | Cotonou | Cadjehoun Airport | Terminated |
| Botswana | Francistown | Francistown Airport | Terminated |
| Botswana | Gaborone | Sir Seretse Khama International Airport | Terminated |
| Botswana | Selebi-Phikwe | Selebi-Phikwe Airport | Terminated |
| Brazil | Rio de Janeiro | Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport | Terminated |
| Brazil | São Paulo | São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport | |
| Burundi | Bujumbura | Bujumbura International Airport | Terminated |
| Cameroon | Douala | Douala International Airport | Terminated |
| Cape Verde | Sal | Amílcar Cabral International Airport | Terminated |
| China | Beijing | Beijing Capital International Airport | Terminated |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Kinshasa | N'djili Airport | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Lubumbashi | Lubumbashi International Airport | |
| Denmark | Copenhagen | Copenhagen Airport | Terminated |
| Eswatini | Manzini | Matsapha Airport | Terminated |
| France | Paris | Charles de Gaulle Airport | Terminated |
| Gabon | Libreville | Libreville International Airport | Terminated |
| Germany | Frankfurt | Frankfurt Airport | Terminated |
| Germany | Munich | Munich Airport | Terminated |
| Ghana | Accra | Kotoka International Airport | |
| Greece | Athens | Ellinikon International Airport | Airport Closed |
| Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Hong Kong International Airport | Terminated |
| India | Mumbai | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport | Terminated |
| Israel | Tel Aviv | Ben Gurion Airport | Terminated |
| Italy | Milan | Milan Malpensa Airport | Terminated |
| Italy | Rome | Rome Fiumicino Airport | Terminated |
| Ivory Coast | Abidjan | Félix-Houphouët-Boigny International Airport | |
| Japan | Osaka | Kansai International Airport | Terminated |
| Kenya | Nairobi | Jomo Kenyatta International Airport | Terminated |
| Lesotho | Maseru | Moshoeshoe I International Airport | Terminated |
| Luxembourg | Luxembourg City | Luxembourg Airport | Terminated |
| Malawi | Blantyre | Chileka International Airport | Terminated |
| Malawi | Lilongwe | Lilongwe International Airport | Terminated |
| Mauritius | Port Louis | Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport | |
| Mozambique | Maputo | Maputo International Airport | Terminated |
| Namibia | Keetmanshoop | Keetmanshoop Airport | Terminated |
| Namibia | Windhoek | Hosea Kutako International Airport | |
| Netherlands | Amsterdam | Amsterdam Airport Schiphol | Terminated |
| Nigeria | Abuja | Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport | Terminated |
| Nigeria | Lagos | Murtala Muhammed International Airport | |
| Portugal | Lisbon | Lisbon Airport | Terminated |
| Republic of the Congo | Brazzaville | Maya-Maya Airport | Terminated |
| Republic of the Congo | Pointe-Noire | Pointe-Noire Airport | Terminated |
| Rwanda | Kigali | Kigali International Airport | Terminated |
| Réunion | Saint-Denis | Roland Garros Airport | Terminated |
| Senegal | Dakar | Blaise Diagne International Airport | Terminated |
| Senegal | Dakar | Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport | Terminated |
| Seychelles | Mahé | Seychelles International Airport | Terminated |
| South Africa | Alexander Bay | Alexander Bay Airport | Terminated |
| South Africa | Bloemfontein | Bram Fischer International Airport | Terminated |
| South Africa | Cape Town | Cape Town International Airport | |
| South Africa | Durban | King Shaka International Airport | |
| South Africa | East London | King Phalo Airport | Terminated |
| South Africa | George | George Airport | Terminated |
| South Africa | Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) | Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport | |
| South Africa | Hoedspruit | Hoedspruit Airport | Terminated |
| South Africa | Johannesburg | O. R. Tambo International Airport | Hub |
| South Africa | Kimberley | Kimberley Airport | Terminated |
| South Africa | Margate | Margate Airport | Terminated |
| South Africa | Mmabatho | Mahikeng Airport | Terminated |
| South Africa | Nelspruit | Nelspruit Airport | Terminated |
| South Africa | Phalaborwa | Hendrik Van Eck Airport | Terminated |
| South Africa | Pietermaritzburg | Pietermaritzburg Airport | Terminated |
| South Africa | Pietersburg | AFB Pietersburg | Terminated |
| South Africa | Plettenberg Bay | Plettenberg Bay Airport | Terminated |
| South Africa | Richards Bay | Richards Bay Airport | Terminated |
| South Africa | Skukuza | Skukuza Airport | Terminated |
| South Africa | Sun City | Pilanesberg International Airport | Terminated |
| South Africa | Ulundi | Ulundi Airport | Terminated |
| South Africa | Umtata | Mthatha Airport | Terminated |
| South Africa | Upington | Upington Airport | Terminated |
| Spain | Las Palmas | Gran Canaria Airport | Terminated |
| Spain | Madrid | Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport | Terminated |
| Sri Lanka | Colombo | Bandaranaike International Airport | Terminated |
| Switzerland | Zürich | Zürich Airport | Terminated |
| Taiwan | Taipei | Taoyuan International Airport | Terminated |
| Tanzania | Dar es Salaam | Julius Nyerere International Airport | |
| Thailand | Bangkok | Don Mueang International Airport | Terminated |
| Uganda | Entebbe | Entebbe International Airport | Terminated |
| United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | Zayed International Airport | Terminated |
| United Kingdom | London | Heathrow Airport | Terminated |
| United States | Houston | George Bush Intercontinental Airport | Terminated |
| United States | Miami | Miami International Airport | Terminated |
| United States | New York City | John F. Kennedy International Airport | Terminated |
| United States | Washington, D.C. | Washington Dulles International Airport | Terminated |
| Zambia | Livingstone | Harry Mwanga Nkumbula International Airport | Terminated |
| Zambia | Lusaka | Kenneth Kaunda International Airport | |
| Zambia | Ndola | Ndola Airport | Terminated |
| Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport | Terminated |
| Zimbabwe | Harare | Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport | |
| Zimbabwe | Victoria Falls | Victoria Falls Airport | |