✈ CPT → AUH
9H 43M. CAPE TOWN TO ABU DHABI. YOUR BACK WILL FILE A COMPLAINT.
Flight from Cape Town to Abu Dhabi
From Cape Town International (CPT), South Africa Africa → Abu Dhabi International (AUH), UAE Middle East
↔ Flying the other way? Abu Dhabi → Cape Town
How long is the flight from Cape Town to Abu Dhabi?
A nonstop flight from Cape Town (CPT) to Abu Dhabi (AUH) 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
Cape Town timezone
UTC+2
Africa/Johannesburg
Abu Dhabi timezone
UTC+4
Asia/Dubai
Time difference
+2h
2 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~2d
Eastward — worse
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 Cape Town
Nearest destinations
- Cape Town → 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
Long-haul from Cape Town
Flights to Abu Dhabi
Nearest origins
- 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 → Abu Dhabi
Long-haul to 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 → Abu Dhabi