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✈ AMS → CPT

12H 17M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.

Flight time
12h 17m
Distance
6,019 mi
Or
9,687 km
Jet lag
None

Flight from Amsterdam to Cape Town

From Schiphol (AMS), Netherlands Europe  →  Cape Town International (CPT), South Africa Africa

↔ Flying the other way? Cape Town → Amsterdam

How long is the flight from Amsterdam to Cape Town?

A nonstop flight from Amsterdam (AMS) to Cape Town (CPT) takes about 12 hours 17 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,019 miles (9,687 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

12h 17m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

6,019 mi

9,687 km · great-circle

Avg speed

789 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Amsterdam timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Amsterdam

Cape Town timezone

UTC+2

Africa/Johannesburg

Time difference

Same

Same time zone

CO₂ footprint per passenger

Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.

✈ Flight 1434 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1656 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 397 kg CO₂

This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.

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