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JNB Johannesburg ⇄ CPT Cape Town

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

Distance1,272 km790 mi687 nautical miles
JNB → CPT2 h 35 minestimated block time
CPT → JNB2 h 25 minestimated block time
Clock change±0 hCape Town vs Johannesburg, today
Great-circle route from Johannesburg (JNB) to Cape Town (CPT)JNBJohannesburgCPTCape Town
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

JNB → CPT

2 h 35 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 224° (SW).

Leave Johannesburg Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Cape Town Sat 7 Nov, 12:35 local.

CPT → JNB

2 h 25 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 49° (NE).

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

The two directions differ by 11 minutes in our estimate: this route is short, so the wind has little effect on the total. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance1,272 km · 790 mi · 687 nmi
Initial heading224° (SW) from JNB; 49° (NE) from CPT
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

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

Jet lag, flying JNB → CPT. 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

JNB O.R. Tambo International AirportJohannesburg, South Africa · longest runway 14,495 ft4,418 m CPT Cape Town International AirportCape Town, South Africa · longest runway 10,502 ft3,201 m

More routes from JNB and CPT

JNBDUR Johannesburg – Durban 478 km297 mi · 1 h 35 min JNBMRU Johannesburg – Mauritius 3,066 km1,905 mi · 4 h 20 min ISTJNB Istanbul – Johannesburg 7,496 km4,658 mi · 9 h 35 min FRAJNB Frankfurt – Johannesburg 8,690 km5,400 mi · 10 h 50 min JNBSYD Johannesburg – Sydney 11,024 km6,850 mi · 12 h 35 min ATLJNB Atlanta – Johannesburg 13,583 km8,440 mi · 15 h 55 min CPTDUR Cape Town – Durban 1,277 km794 mi · 2 h 25 min LHRCPT London – Cape Town 9,682 km6,016 mi · 11 h 55 min

Routes of a similar length

LHRVIE London – Vienna 1,275 km792 mi · 2 h 25 min DELHYD Delhi – Hyderabad 1,267 km787 mi · 2 h 30 min CAIIST Cairo – Istanbul 1,264 km786 mi · 2 h 30 min MEXCUN Mexico City – Cancún 1,285 km798 mi · 2 h 25 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).