✈ CPT → KIX
17H 46M, 8,879 MILES. YOUR ANCESTORS WALKED LESS THAN THIS.
Flight from Cape Town to Osaka
From Cape Town International (CPT), South Africa Africa → Kansai (KIX), Japan Asia
↔ Flying the other way? Osaka → Cape Town
How long is the flight from Cape Town to Osaka?
A nonstop flight from Cape Town (CPT) to Osaka (KIX) takes about 17 hours 46 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 8,879 miles (14,290 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
17h 46m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
8,879 mi
14,290 km · great-circle
Avg speed
805 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Cape Town timezone
UTC+2
Africa/Johannesburg
Osaka timezone
UTC+9
Asia/Tokyo
Time difference
+7h
7 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~7d
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.
Flights from Cape Town
Nearest destinations
- Cape Town → Johannesburg
- Cape Town → Nairobi
- Cape Town → Rio de Janeiro
- Cape Town → São Paulo
- Cape Town → Buenos Aires
- Cape Town → Cairo
- Cape Town → Doha
- Cape Town → Abu Dhabi
- Cape Town → Tel Aviv
- Cape Town → Dubai
Long-haul from Cape Town
- Cape Town → San Francisco
- Cape Town → Vancouver
- Cape Town → Seattle
- Cape Town → Los Angeles
- Cape Town → Las Vegas
- Cape Town → Tokyo
- Cape Town → Dallas
- Cape Town → Mexico City
- Cape Town → Chicago
- Cape Town → Seoul
More flights to Asia
Flights to Osaka
Nearest origins
- Tokyo → Osaka
- Seoul → Osaka
- Shanghai → Osaka
- Taipei → Osaka
- Beijing → Osaka
- Hong Kong → Osaka
- Manila → Osaka
- Bangkok → Osaka
- Singapore → Osaka
- Kuala Lumpur → Osaka
Long-haul to Osaka
- São Paulo → Osaka
- Buenos Aires → Osaka
- Rio de Janeiro → Osaka
- Santiago → Osaka
- Johannesburg → Osaka
- Cancun → Osaka
- Miami → Osaka
- Mexico City → Osaka
- Casablanca → Osaka
- Atlanta → Osaka