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✈ CPT → AMS

12H 17M, 6,019 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.

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

Flight from Cape Town to Amsterdam

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

↔ Flying the other way? Amsterdam → Cape Town

How long is the flight from Cape Town to Amsterdam?

A nonstop flight from Cape Town (CPT) to Amsterdam (AMS) 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

Cape Town timezone

UTC+2

Africa/Johannesburg

Amsterdam timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Amsterdam

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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