✈ HND → CPT
TOKYO → CAPE TOWN: 18H 17M. BUSINESS CLASS OR THERAPY. PICK ONE.
Flight from Tokyo to Cape Town
From Haneda (HND), Japan Asia → Cape Town International (CPT), South Africa Africa
↔ Flying the other way? Cape Town → Tokyo
How long is the flight from Tokyo to Cape Town?
A nonstop flight from Tokyo (HND) to Cape Town (CPT) takes about 18 hours 17 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 9,147 miles (14,721 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
18h 17m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
9,147 mi
14,721 km · great-circle
Avg speed
806 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Tokyo timezone
UTC+9
Asia/Tokyo
Cape Town timezone
UTC+2
Africa/Johannesburg
Time difference
-7h
7 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~4.9d
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 Tokyo
Nearest destinations
- Tokyo → Osaka
- Tokyo → Seoul
- Tokyo → Shanghai
- Tokyo → Beijing
- Tokyo → Taipei
- Tokyo → Hong Kong
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- Tokyo → Bangkok
- Tokyo → Singapore
- Tokyo → Kuala Lumpur
Long-haul from Tokyo
- Tokyo → Rio de Janeiro
- Tokyo → São Paulo
- Tokyo → Buenos Aires
- Tokyo → Santiago
- Tokyo → Johannesburg
- Tokyo → Cancun
- Tokyo → Miami
- Tokyo → Casablanca
- Tokyo → Mexico City
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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
- Osaka → Cape Town
- Dallas → Cape Town
- Mexico City → Cape Town
- Chicago → Cape Town
- Seoul → Cape Town