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✈ CPT → HKG

14H 51M IN A METAL TUBE. 7,355 MILES. EARN THE LEG.

Flight time
14h 51m
Distance
7,355 mi
Or
11,837 km
Jet lag
6h

Flight from Cape Town to Hong Kong

From Cape Town International (CPT), South Africa Africa  →  Hong Kong International (HKG), Hong Kong Asia

↔ Flying the other way? Hong Kong → Cape Town

How long is the flight from Cape Town to Hong Kong?

A nonstop flight from Cape Town (CPT) to Hong Kong (HKG) takes about 14 hours 51 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 7,355 miles (11,837 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

14h 51m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

7,355 mi

11,837 km · great-circle

Avg speed

798 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Cape Town timezone

UTC+2

Africa/Johannesburg

Hong Kong timezone

UTC+8

Asia/Hong_Kong

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 1752 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 2024 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 485 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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