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CPT Cape Town ⇄ DUR Durban

Cape Town International Airport (South Africa) and King Shaka International Airport (South Africa): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance1,277 km794 mi690 nautical miles
CPT → DUR2 h 25 minestimated block time
DUR → CPT2 h 40 minestimated block time
Clock change±0 hDurban vs Cape Town, today
Great-circle route from Cape Town (CPT) to Durban (DUR)CPTCape TownDURDurban
The shortest path over the Earth’s surface (great circle), drawn on a Natural Earth projection. Real flight paths bend around weather, winds and closed airspace.

Flight time each way

CPT → DUR

2 h 25 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 71° (ENE).

Leave Cape Town Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Durban Sat 7 Nov, 12:25 local.

DUR → CPT

2 h 40 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 244° (WSW).

Leave Durban Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Cape Town Sat 7 Nov, 12:40 local.

The two directions differ by 15 minutes in our estimate: this route is short, so the wind has little effect on the total. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance1,277 km · 794 mi · 690 nmi
Initial heading71° (ENE) from CPT; 244° (WSW) from DUR
Farthest from the equator34.0°S
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip6% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

CPTAfrica/Johannesburg — UTC+2 now; UTC+2 all year (no daylight saving time)
DURAfrica/Johannesburg — UTC+2 now; UTC+2 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceDurban is on the same clock as Cape Town today.

Jet lag, flying CPT → DUR. No time-zone change, so no jet lag from the clock — only the usual tiredness of travel.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

CPT Cape Town International AirportCape Town, South Africa · longest runway 10,502 ft3,201 m DUR King Shaka International AirportDurban, South Africa · longest runway 12,139 ft3,700 m

More routes from CPT and DUR

JNBCPT Johannesburg – Cape Town 1,272 km790 mi · 2 h 35 min LHRCPT London – Cape Town 9,682 km6,016 mi · 11 h 55 min JNBDUR Johannesburg – Durban 478 km297 mi · 1 h 35 min

Routes of a similar length

LHRVIE London – Vienna 1,275 km792 mi · 2 h 25 min MEXCUN Mexico City – Cancún 1,285 km798 mi · 2 h 25 min DELHYD Delhi – Hyderabad 1,267 km787 mi · 2 h 30 min YVRSFO Vancouver – San Francisco 1,289 km801 mi · 2 h 30 min

Need a different pair? The flight-time calculator works for any two of 3,245 airports. Not covered: which airlines fly this route, schedules, fares and live status — that data is proprietary and we don’t guess it.

Photos on airport pages are credited there. Estimates are rounded to 5 minutes; typical error about 13 minutes (validation).