✈ AUH → CPT
ABU DHABI → CAPE TOWN: 9H 43M, 4,678 MILES. WELCOME TO THE LONG GAME.
Flight from Abu Dhabi to Cape Town
From Abu Dhabi International (AUH), UAE Middle East → Cape Town International (CPT), South Africa Africa
↔ Flying the other way? Cape Town → Abu Dhabi
How long is the flight from Abu Dhabi to Cape Town?
A nonstop flight from Abu Dhabi (AUH) to Cape Town (CPT) takes about 9 hours 43 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,678 miles (7,528 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
9h 43m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
4,678 mi
7,528 km · great-circle
Avg speed
775 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Abu Dhabi timezone
UTC+4
Asia/Dubai
Cape Town timezone
UTC+2
Africa/Johannesburg
Time difference
-2h
2 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~1.4d
Westward — easier
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from Abu Dhabi
Nearest destinations
- Abu Dhabi → Dubai
- Abu Dhabi → Doha
- Abu Dhabi → Mumbai
- Abu Dhabi → Tel Aviv
- Abu Dhabi → Delhi
- Abu Dhabi → Cairo
- Abu Dhabi → Istanbul
- Abu Dhabi → Athens
- Abu Dhabi → Bucharest
- Abu Dhabi → Nairobi
Long-haul from Abu Dhabi
- Abu Dhabi → Santiago
- Abu Dhabi → Mexico City
- Abu Dhabi → Auckland
- Abu Dhabi → Buenos Aires
- Abu Dhabi → Los Angeles
- Abu Dhabi → Cancun
- Abu Dhabi → Las Vegas
- Abu Dhabi → San Francisco
- Abu Dhabi → Dallas
- Abu Dhabi → Miami
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Flights to Cape Town
Nearest origins
- Johannesburg → Cape Town
- Nairobi → Cape Town
- Rio de Janeiro → Cape Town
- São Paulo → Cape Town
- Buenos Aires → Cape Town
- Cairo → Cape Town
- Doha → Cape Town
- Tel Aviv → Cape Town
- Dubai → Cape Town
- Santiago → Cape Town