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✈ CPT → PEK

16H 11M FLIGHT. YOU WILL FORGET WHAT GRASS LOOKS LIKE.

Flight time
16h 11m
Distance
8,057 mi
Or
12,966 km
Jet lag
6h

Flight from Cape Town to Beijing

From Cape Town International (CPT), South Africa Africa  →  Beijing Capital (PEK), China Asia

↔ Flying the other way? Beijing → Cape Town

How long is the flight from Cape Town to Beijing?

A nonstop flight from Cape Town (CPT) to Beijing (PEK) 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

Cape Town timezone

UTC+2

Africa/Johannesburg

Beijing timezone

UTC+8

Asia/Shanghai

Time difference

+6h

6 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~6d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1919 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 2217 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 532 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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