✈ BRU → CPT
BRUSSELS → CAPE TOWN IN 12H 6M. CONSIDER BUSINESS CLASS. NO, REALLY.
Flight from Brussels to Cape Town
From Zaventem (BRU), Belgium Europe → Cape Town International (CPT), South Africa Africa
↔ Flying the other way? Cape Town → Brussels
How long is the flight from Brussels to Cape Town?
A nonstop flight from Brussels (BRU) to Cape Town (CPT) takes about 12 hours 6 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,927 miles (9,538 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
12h 6m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
5,927 mi
9,538 km · great-circle
Avg speed
788 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Brussels timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Brussels
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.
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 Brussels
Nearest destinations
- Brussels → Amsterdam
- Brussels → Paris
- Brussels → Frankfurt
- Brussels → London
- Brussels → Zurich
- Brussels → Manchester
- Brussels → Munich
- Brussels → Berlin
- Brussels → Milan
- Brussels → Prague
Long-haul from Brussels
- Brussels → Auckland
- Brussels → Sydney
- Brussels → Melbourne
- Brussels → Bali (Denpasar)
- Brussels → Santiago
- Brussels → Buenos Aires
- Brussels → Singapore
- Brussels → Manila
- Brussels → Kuala Lumpur
- Brussels → São Paulo
More flights to Africa
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
- 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