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✈ CPT → BKK

12H 50M IN A METAL TUBE. 6,306 MILES. EARN THE LEG.

Flight time
12h 50m
Distance
6,306 mi
Or
10,149 km
Jet lag
5h

Flight from Cape Town to Bangkok

From Cape Town International (CPT), South Africa Africa  →  Suvarnabhumi (BKK), Thailand Asia

↔ Flying the other way? Bangkok → Cape Town

How long is the flight from Cape Town to Bangkok?

A nonstop flight from Cape Town (CPT) to Bangkok (BKK) takes about 12 hours 50 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,306 miles (10,149 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

12h 50m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

6,306 mi

10,149 km · great-circle

Avg speed

791 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Cape Town timezone

UTC+2

Africa/Johannesburg

Bangkok timezone

UTC+7

Asia/Bangkok

Time difference

+5h

5 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~5d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1502 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1735 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 416 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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