✈ PEK → CPT
16H 11M FLIGHT. YOU WILL FORGET WHAT GRASS LOOKS LIKE.
Flight from Beijing to Cape Town
From Beijing Capital (PEK), China Asia → Cape Town International (CPT), South Africa Africa
↔ Flying the other way? Cape Town → Beijing
How long is the flight from Beijing to Cape Town?
A nonstop flight from Beijing (PEK) to Cape Town (CPT) takes about 16 hours 11 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 8,057 miles (12,966 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
16h 11m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
8,057 mi
12,966 km · great-circle
Avg speed
801 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Beijing timezone
UTC+8
Asia/Shanghai
Cape Town timezone
UTC+2
Africa/Johannesburg
Time difference
-6h
6 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~4.2d
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 Beijing
Nearest destinations
- Beijing → Seoul
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Long-haul from Beijing
- Beijing → Buenos Aires
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- Beijing → São Paulo
- Beijing → Rio de Janeiro
- Beijing → Cancun
- Beijing → Miami
- Beijing → Mexico City
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Nearest origins
- Johannesburg → Cape Town
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- Rio de Janeiro → Cape Town
- São Paulo → Cape Town
- Buenos Aires → Cape Town
- Cairo → Cape Town
- Doha → Cape Town
- Abu Dhabi → Cape Town
- Tel Aviv → Cape Town
- Dubai → Cape Town
Long-haul to Cape Town
- San Francisco → Cape Town
- Vancouver → Cape Town
- Seattle → Cape Town
- Los Angeles → Cape Town
- Las Vegas → Cape Town
- Tokyo → Cape Town
- Osaka → Cape Town
- Dallas → Cape Town
- Mexico City → Cape Town
- Chicago → Cape Town