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✈ CPT → CPH

12H 38M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.

Flight time
12h 38m
Distance
6,199 mi
Or
9,977 km
Jet lag
None

Flight from Cape Town to Copenhagen

From Cape Town International (CPT), South Africa Africa  →  Kastrup (CPH), Denmark Europe

↔ Flying the other way? Copenhagen → Cape Town

How long is the flight from Cape Town to Copenhagen?

A nonstop flight from Cape Town (CPT) to Copenhagen (CPH) takes about 12 hours 38 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,199 miles (9,977 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

12h 38m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

6,199 mi

9,977 km · great-circle

Avg speed

790 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Cape Town timezone

UTC+2

Africa/Johannesburg

Copenhagen timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Copenhagen

Time difference

Same

Same time zone

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1477 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1706 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 409 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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