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✈ CPT → IST

10H 47M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.

Flight time
10h 47m
Distance
5,239 mi
Or
8,431 km
Jet lag
1h

Flight from Cape Town to Istanbul

From Cape Town International (CPT), South Africa Africa  →  Istanbul Airport (IST), Turkey Europe

↔ Flying the other way? Istanbul → Cape Town

How long is the flight from Cape Town to Istanbul?

A nonstop flight from Cape Town (CPT) to Istanbul (IST) takes about 10 hours 47 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,239 miles (8,431 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

10h 47m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,239 mi

8,431 km · great-circle

Avg speed

782 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Cape Town timezone

UTC+2

Africa/Johannesburg

Istanbul timezone

UTC+3

Europe/Istanbul

Time difference

+1h

1 hour ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~1d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1248 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1442 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 346 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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