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Best Flights from Cape Town to New York Today

Take a look at the list of non stop flights and flights with layovers from Cape Town to New York with the lowest price of $480. Take a look at the list of flights with layovers from Cape Town to New York from $480. There’re no direct flights. The fastest connecting flight – 19h 43m.

Price	Departure	Arrival	Flight Duration	Airline	Flight
from $480 Find flight	14:35 Cape Town Cape Town Int.	07:35+1 день New York John F Kennedy Intl	23h 0m layover 1h 15m - Nairobi	Kenya Airways	KQ793 KQ2
from $545 Find flight	13:00 Cape Town Cape Town Int.	09:00+1 день New York John F Kennedy Intl	26h 0m layover 2h 15m - Doha	Qatar Airways	QR1370 QR703
from $486 Find flight	18:35 Cape Town Cape Town Int.	09:00+2 дня New York John F Kennedy Intl	44h 25m layover 13h 0m - Johannesburg 6h 50m - Abu Dhabi	Safair (FlySafair)	FA359 EY748 EY1
from $525 Find flight	15:20 Cape Town Cape Town Int.	16:45+2 дня New York John F Kennedy Intl	55h 25m layover 18h 45m - Johannesburg 15h 30m - Nairobi	South African Airlink	4Z924 KQ761 KQ4

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Prices indicated for one-way flights. Information updated on September 15, 2025

Flight Schedule Cape Town to New York (New York)

Full flight schedule will help you in detecting at what time planes fly from Cape Town to New York. You can also specify the concrete flights and airlines on the route and how long the flight actually is. Use the calendar for today, tomorrow or other specific date as some flights are available only on certain days of the week.

Departure	Flight Details	Flight Duration	Price
05:50 — 09:00 +1 day	05:50 — 07:55 FA128 Safair (FlySafair) Cape Town — Johannesburg 1h 55m stop 09:55 — 19:45 EY748 Etihad Airways Johannesburg — Abu Dhabi 6h 50m stop 02:50 — 08:40 EY1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi — New York	33h 10m including layover	Find flight from$508
11:30 — 09:00 +2 days	11:30 — 13:30 FA306 Safair (FlySafair) Cape Town — Johannesburg 20h 20m stop 09:50 — 19:45 EY748 Etihad Airways Johannesburg — Abu Dhabi 6h 50m stop 02:35 — 09:00 EY1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi — New York	51h 30m including layover	Find flight from$492
13:00 — 09:00 +1 day	12:35 — 23:05 QR1370 Qatar Airways Cape Town — Doha 2h 15m stop 01:20 — 08:00 QR703 Qatar Airways Doha — New York	26h including layover	Find flight from$545
14:20 — 07:35 +1 day	14:20 — 21:05 KQ785 Kenya Airways Cape Town — Nairobi 2h 30m stop 23:35 — 07:35 KQ2 Kenya Airways Nairobi — New York	23h 15m including layover	Find flight from$576
14:30 — 07:35 +1 day	14:30 — 22:20 KQ783 Kenya Airways Cape Town — Nairobi 1h 15m stop 23:35 — 07:35 KQ2 Kenya Airways Nairobi — New York	23h 5m including layover	Find flight from$482
14:30 — 16:45 +1 day	14:30 — 22:20 KQ783 Kenya Airways Cape Town — Nairobi 10h 25m stop 08:45 — 16:45 KQ4 Kenya Airways Nairobi — New York	32h 15m including layover	Find flight from$484
14:35 — 07:35 +1 day	14:30 — 22:20 KQ793 Kenya Airways Cape Town — Nairobi 1h 15m stop 23:35 — 06:35 KQ2 Kenya Airways Nairobi — New York	23h including layover	Find flight from$480
14:35 — 16:45 +1 day	14:35 — 22:20 KQ793 Kenya Airways Cape Town — Nairobi 10h 25m stop 08:45 — 16:45 KQ4 Kenya Airways Nairobi — New York	32h 10m including layover	Find flight from$579
15:00 — 09:00 +2 days	15:00 — 17:15 FA353 Safair (FlySafair) Cape Town — Johannesburg 16h 35m stop 09:50 — 19:45 EY748 Etihad Airways Johannesburg — Abu Dhabi 6h 50m stop 02:35 — 09:00 EY1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi — New York	48h including layover	Find flight from$504
16:35 — 10:55 +1 day	17:15 — 05:35 TK45 Turkish Airlines Cape Town — Istanbul 2h 40m stop 07:50 — 11:10 TK3 Turkish Airlines Istanbul — New York	24h 20m including layover	Find flight from$593
17:05 — 09:00 +2 days	17:05 — 19:15 FA316 Safair (FlySafair) Cape Town — Johannesburg 14h 35m stop 09:50 — 19:45 EY748 Etihad Airways Johannesburg — Abu Dhabi 6h 50m stop 02:35 — 09:00 EY1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi — New York	45h 55m including layover	Find flight from$498
18:35 — 09:00 +2 days	18:35 — 20:50 FA359 Safair (FlySafair) Cape Town — Johannesburg 13h stop 09:50 — 19:45 EY748 Etihad Airways Johannesburg — Abu Dhabi 6h 50m stop 02:35 — 09:00 EY1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi — New York	44h 25m including layover	Find flight from$486
19:00 — 15:10 +1 day	12:35 — 23:05 QR1370 Qatar Airways Cape Town — Doha 2h 25m stop 08:20 — 15:00 QR701 Qatar Airways Doha — New York	26h 10m including layover	Find flight from$548
19:00 — 22:30 +1 day	13:00 — 23:35 QR1370 Qatar Airways Cape Town — Doha 9h 45m stop 15:20 — 22:30 QR705 Qatar Airways Doha — New York	33h 30m including layover	Find flight from$551
19:50 — 09:00 +2 days	19:50 — 22:05 FA304 Safair (FlySafair) Cape Town — Johannesburg 11h 45m stop 09:50 — 19:45 EY748 Etihad Airways Johannesburg — Abu Dhabi 6h 50m stop 02:35 — 09:00 EY1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi — New York	43h 10m including layover	Find flight from$509

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Updated on September 15, 2025

Flight Information

Below we will explain in detail what the flights cost on the destination from Cape Town to New York depends on and how to choose the most interesting flight option for you.

Distance between Cape Town and New York is 12581 miles. Time difference between the cities is 7h. Airplanes depart 00:30 to 23:35 from 1 Cape Town airport and arrive 00:30 to 23:35 to 16 New York airports. Average flight time is 34h 25m.

The fastest flight 19h 43m
Average flight time 34h 25m
The earliest flight 00:30
The latest flight 23:35
Distance 7818 ml

The cheapest months to travel to New York are june (from 475 $), may (from 480 $), october (from 482 $).

The most expensive months are january (from 798 $), december (from 708 $), february (from 671 $).

What is the lowest airfare Cape Town to New York?

The cheapest plane ticket found by our users is $480. This airfare is for economy class on one-way KQ793 flight by Kenya Airways for July 4, 2025 which leaves Cape Town Int. in Cape Town at 14:35 am and arrives at New York John F Kennedy Intl at 07:35.

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Popular Airlines on the Route

The flight Cape Town — New York is served by 20 regular airlines . Most of the flights on this route are operated by Qatar Airways - 54 departures per week at the price of from $ 545 . And the most expensive tickets are offered by Lufthansa airline - from $ 1707.

Direct flights

There’re no direct flights on this route. Try flights with stops.

Connecting Flights

There are 1000 flights with layovers on the route. The fastest connecting flight is UA2023 by United Airlines takes 19h 43m and the cheapest is KQ793 by Kenya Airways for $480.

QR - Qatar Airways

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DE - Condor Airlines

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KL - KLM

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5Z - Bismillah Airlines

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KQ - Kenya Airways

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4Z - South African Airlink

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EK - Emirates

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MS - EGYPTAIR

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LX - SWISS International Air Lines

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UA - United Airlines

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SA - South African Airways

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ET - Ethiopian Airlines

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Airports

You can fly from Cape Town to New York from 1 airports (Cape Town Int.).

Cape Town airports

Cape Town Int.-CPT

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New York airports

39th Street Ferry-XNY

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Pier 11/Wall St. SPB-NWS

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Flushing-FLU

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East 34th St Heliport-TSS

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West 30th St Heliport-JRA

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Downtown Manhattan H/p-JRB

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East 60th Street H/P-JRE

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Battery Pk City/N. Cov-NBP

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East 34th St Landing-NES

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Marine Air Terminal-QNY

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Airplanes

There are flights to New York from Cape Town by 20 airlines that use 1 aircraft brands. They range from huge modern airplanes to small-sized.

Boeing 777-300ER

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