✈ CPH → CPT
COPENHAGEN → CAPE TOWN IN 12H 38M. CONSIDER BUSINESS CLASS. NO, REALLY.
Flight from Copenhagen to Cape Town
From Kastrup (CPH), Denmark Europe → Cape Town International (CPT), South Africa Africa
↔ Flying the other way? Cape Town → Copenhagen
How long is the flight from Copenhagen to Cape Town?
A nonstop flight from Copenhagen (CPH) to Cape Town (CPT) takes about 12 hours 38 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,199 miles (9,977 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
12h 38m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
6,199 mi
9,977 km · great-circle
Avg speed
790 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Copenhagen timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Copenhagen
Cape Town timezone
UTC+2
Africa/Johannesburg
Time difference
Same
Same time zone
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 Copenhagen
Nearest destinations
- Copenhagen → Berlin
- Copenhagen → Oslo
- Copenhagen → Stockholm
- Copenhagen → Prague
- Copenhagen → Amsterdam
- Copenhagen → Warsaw
- Copenhagen → Frankfurt
- Copenhagen → Brussels
- Copenhagen → Munich
- Copenhagen → Vienna
Long-haul from Copenhagen
- Copenhagen → Auckland
- Copenhagen → Sydney
- Copenhagen → Melbourne
- Copenhagen → Santiago
- Copenhagen → Buenos Aires
- Copenhagen → Bali (Denpasar)
- Copenhagen → São Paulo
- Copenhagen → Rio de Janeiro
- Copenhagen → Singapore
- Copenhagen → Manila
More flights to Africa
Flights to Cape Town
Nearest origins
- 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 → Cape Town
Long-haul to Cape Town
- San Francisco → Cape Town
- Vancouver → Cape Town
- Seattle → Cape Town
- Los Angeles → Cape Town
- Las Vegas → Cape Town
- Tokyo → Cape Town
- Osaka → Cape Town
- Dallas → Cape Town
- Mexico City → Cape Town
- Chicago → Cape Town