✈ CPT → DEL
11H 48M, 5,768 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.
Flight from Cape Town to Delhi
From Cape Town International (CPT), South Africa Africa → Indira Gandhi (DEL), India Asia
How long is the flight from Cape Town to Delhi?
A nonstop flight from Cape Town (CPT) to Delhi (DEL) takes about 11 hours 48 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,768 miles (9,282 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
11h 48m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
5,768 mi
9,282 km · great-circle
Avg speed
787 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Cape Town timezone
UTC+2
Africa/Johannesburg
Delhi timezone
UTC+5:30
Asia/Kolkata
Time difference
+3.5h
3h 30m ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~3.5d
Eastward — worse
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.