✈ CPT → SCL
CAPE TOWN → SANTIAGO: 10H 14M, 4,950 MILES. WELCOME TO THE LONG GAME.
Flight from Cape Town to Santiago
From Cape Town International (CPT), South Africa Africa → Arturo Merino Benítez (SCL), Chile South America
↔ Flying the other way? Santiago → Cape Town
How long is the flight from Cape Town to Santiago?
A nonstop flight from Cape Town (CPT) to Santiago (SCL) takes about 10 hours 14 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,950 miles (7,967 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
10h 14m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
4,950 mi
7,967 km · great-circle
Avg speed
778 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Cape Town timezone
UTC+2
Africa/Johannesburg
Santiago timezone
UTC-4
America/Santiago
Time difference
-6h
6 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~4.2d
Westward — easier
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
Flights to Santiago
Nearest origins
- Buenos Aires → Santiago
- São Paulo → Santiago
- Rio de Janeiro → Santiago
- Cancun → Santiago
- Mexico City → Santiago
- Miami → Santiago
- Atlanta → Santiago
- Dallas → Santiago
- New York → Santiago
- Boston → Santiago
Long-haul to Santiago
- Beijing → Santiago
- Shanghai → Santiago
- Hong Kong → Santiago
- Taipei → Santiago
- Seoul → Santiago
- Bangkok → Santiago
- Osaka → Santiago
- Manila → Santiago
- Tokyo → Santiago
- Delhi → Santiago