✈ IST → CPT
10H 47M IN A METAL TUBE. 5,239 MILES. EARN THE LEG.
Flight from Istanbul to Cape Town
From Istanbul Airport (IST), Turkey Europe → Cape Town International (CPT), South Africa Africa
↔ Flying the other way? Cape Town → Istanbul
How long is the flight from Istanbul to Cape Town?
A nonstop flight from Istanbul (IST) to Cape Town (CPT) 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
Istanbul timezone
UTC+3
Europe/Istanbul
Cape Town timezone
UTC+2
Africa/Johannesburg
Time difference
-1h
1 hour behind
Jet lag (rough)
~0.7d
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 Istanbul
Nearest destinations
- Istanbul → Bucharest
- Istanbul → Athens
- Istanbul → Budapest
- Istanbul → Tel Aviv
- Istanbul → Vienna
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- Istanbul → Warsaw
- Istanbul → Rome
- Istanbul → Prague
- Istanbul → Munich
Long-haul from Istanbul
- Istanbul → Auckland
- Istanbul → Sydney
- Istanbul → Melbourne
- Istanbul → Santiago
- Istanbul → Buenos Aires
- Istanbul → Mexico City
- Istanbul → Los Angeles
- Istanbul → San Francisco
- Istanbul → Las Vegas
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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