✈ CPT → BRU

12H 6M, 5,927 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.

Flight time
12h 6m
Distance
5,927 mi
Or
9,538 km
Jet lag
None

Flight from Cape Town to Brussels

From Cape Town International (CPT), South Africa Africa  →  Zaventem (BRU), Belgium Europe

How long is the flight from Cape Town to Brussels?

A nonstop flight from Cape Town (CPT) to Brussels (BRU) 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

Cape Town timezone

UTC+2

Africa/Johannesburg

Brussels timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Brussels

Time difference

Same

Same time zone

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1412 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1631 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 391 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.