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Best Flights from New York to Cape Town Today

Take a look at the list of non stop flights and flights with layovers from New York to Cape Town with the lowest price of $609. Take a look at the list of flights with layovers from New York to Cape Town from $609. There’re no direct flights. The fastest connecting flight – 18h 20m.

Price	Departure	Arrival	Flight Duration	Airline	Flight
from $609 Find flight	13:45 New York John F Kennedy Intl	21:40+1 день Cape Town Cape Town Int.	24h 55m layover 5h 40m - Nairobi	Kenya Airways	KQ3 KQ784
from $687 Find flight	18:15 New York John F Kennedy Intl	09:50+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	32h 35m layover 14h 30m - London	Z0	Z0702 Z0795
from $783 Find flight	20:55 New York John F Kennedy Intl	13:00+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	33h 5m layover 9h 50m - Addis Ababa	Ethiopian Airlines	ET515 ET845
from $792 Find flight	20:55 New York John F Kennedy Intl	13:45+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	33h 50m layover 10h 40m - Addis Ababa	Ethiopian Airlines	ET513 ET847
from $845 Find flight	23:20 New York John F Kennedy Intl	09:50+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	27h 30m layover 9h 15m - London	British Airways	BA182 Z0795
from $662 Find flight	13:45 New York John F Kennedy Intl	13:35+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	40h 50m layover 20h 10m - Nairobi 0h 45m - Victoria Falls	Kenya Airways	KQ3 KQ792 KQ792
from $725 Find flight	23:45 New York John F Kennedy Intl	09:50+3 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	51h 5m layover 5h 35m - Barcelona 24h 25m - London	Vueling	VY9798 VY6652 Z0795
from $762 Find flight	19:25 New York John F Kennedy Intl	09:50+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	31h 25m layover 1h 25m - Reykjavik 9h 40m - London	Icelandair	FI614 FI450 Z0795
from $765 Find flight	12:45 New York John F Kennedy Intl	16:20+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	44h 35m layover 16h 55m - Cairo 6h 55m - Johannesburg	EGYPTAIR	MS986 MS839 FA305
from $775 Find flight	12:45 New York John F Kennedy Intl	12:05+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	40h 20m layover 16h 55m - Cairo 2h 35m - Johannesburg	EGYPTAIR	MS986 MS839 FA119
from $783 Find flight	12:45 New York John F Kennedy Intl	14:25+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	42h 40m layover 16h 55m - Cairo 4h 55m - Johannesburg	EGYPTAIR	MS986 MS839 FA352
from $804 Find flight	12:45 New York John F Kennedy Intl	17:20+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	45h 35m layover 16h 55m - Cairo 7h 55m - Johannesburg	EGYPTAIR	MS986 MS839 4Z931
from $824 Find flight	22:00 New York John F Kennedy Intl	09:50+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	28h 50m layover 3h 10m - Lisbon 4h 45m - London	TAP Portugal	TP210 TP1336 Z0795
from $853 Find flight	22:50 New York La Guardia	12:00+3 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	54h 10m layover 20h 30m - Atlanta 9h 15m - Istanbul	Frontier Airlines	F94347 TK32 TK44
from $873 Find flight	22:00 New York John F Kennedy Intl	16:20+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	35h 20m layover 6h 50m - Abu Dhabi 5h 30m - Johannesburg	Etihad Airways	EY4 EY747 FA305
from $873 Find flight	22:00 New York John F Kennedy Intl	08:15+3 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	51h 15m layover 6h 50m - Abu Dhabi 21h 20m - Johannesburg	Etihad Airways	EY4 EY747 FA200

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

Flight Schedule New York (New York) to Cape Town

Full flight schedule will help you in detecting at what time planes fly from New York to Cape Town. 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
00:10 — 12:00 +1 day	00:10 — 16:50 TK12 Turkish Airlines New York — Istanbul 8h stop 01:55 — 11:20 TK44 Turkish Airlines Istanbul — Cape Town	28h 50m including layover	Find flight from$953
01:30 — 17:25 +1 day	01:30 — 21:45 QR706 Qatar Airways New York — Doha 10h 55m stop 08:40 — 17:25 QR1371 Qatar Airways Doha — Cape Town	32h 55m including layover	Find flight from$1073
08:05 — 12:10 +1 day	08:05 — 20:00 BA178 British Airways New York — London 2h 25m stop 22:25 — 12:10 BA59 British Airways London — Cape Town	21h 5m including layover	Find flight from$4765
10:20 — 17:25 +1 day	10:20 — 06:35 QR704 Qatar Airways New York — Doha 2h 5m stop 08:40 — 17:25 QR1371 Qatar Airways Doha — Cape Town	24h 5m including layover	Find flight from$1073
10:20 — 10:30 +2 days	10:20 — 06:35 QR704 Qatar Airways New York — Doha 19h 10m stop 01:45 — 10:30 QR1369 Qatar Airways Doha — Cape Town	41h 10m including layover	Find flight from$1076
13:45 — 21:40 +1 day	13:45 — 10:30 KQ3 Kenya Airways New York — Nairobi 5h 40m stop 16:55 — 21:40 KQ784 Kenya Airways Nairobi — Cape Town	24h 55m including layover	Find flight from$609
13:45 — 13:35 +2 days	13:45 — 11:15 KQ3 Kenya Airways New York — Nairobi 20h 10m stop 07:25 — 13:35 KQ792 Kenya Airways Nairobi — Cape Town	40h 50m including layover	Find flight from$609
14:50 — 16:10 +1 day	14:50 — 16:18 UA3452 United Airlines New York — Washington D.C. 2h 32m stop 18:50 — 16:10 UA1011 United Airlines Washington D.C. — Cape Town	18h 20m including layover	Find flight from$1140
15:45 — 10:55 +2 days	15:45 — 05:25 LH401 Lufthansa New York — Frankfurt 16h 50m stop 22:15 — 10:55 LH576 Lufthansa Frankfurt — Cape Town	36h 10m including layover	Find flight from$1315
15:45 — 09:35 +2 days	15:45 — 05:25 LH401 Lufthansa New York — Frankfurt 15h 15m stop 21:55 — 10:50 DE2290 Condor Airlines Frankfurt — Cape Town	34h 50m including layover	Find flight from$6125
16:25 — 09:35 +2 days	16:25 — 05:55 DE2017 Condor Airlines New York — Frankfurt 14h 45m stop 21:55 — 10:50 DE2290 Condor Airlines Frankfurt — Cape Town	34h 10m including layover	Find flight from$1214
17:30 — 07:40 +2 days	17:30 — 07:05 LH411 Lufthansa New York — Munich 12h 25m stop 19:25 — 07:40 LH574 Lufthansa Munich — Cape Town	31h 10m including layover	Find flight from$1079
18:15 — 09:50 +2 days	18:15 — 06:00 Z0702 Z0 New York — London 14h 30m stop 20:30 — 09:50 Z0795 Z0 London — Cape Town	32h 35m including layover	Find flight from$687
18:30 — 08:00 +2 days	18:30 — 06:30 BA112 British Airways New York — London 11h 55m stop 18:25 — 08:00 BA43 British Airways London — Cape Town	30h 30m including layover	Find flight from$4768
19:15 — 08:00 +2 days	19:15 — 07:10 BA176 British Airways New York — London 11h 15m stop 18:25 — 08:00 BA43 British Airways London — Cape Town	29h 45m including layover	Find flight from$4768
19:15 — 10:20 +2 days	19:15 — 07:10 BA176 British Airways New York — London 13h 30m stop 20:40 — 10:20 BA45 British Airways London — Cape Town	32h 5m including layover	Find flight from$4768
20:55 — 13:00 +2 days	20:55 — 21:40 ET515 Ethiopian Airlines New York — Addis Ababa 9h 50m stop 07:30 — 13:00 ET845 Ethiopian Airlines Addis Ababa — Cape Town	33h 5m including layover	Find flight from$783
20:55 — 14:30 +2 days	20:55 — 21:40 ET515 Ethiopian Airlines New York — Addis Ababa 11h 20m stop 09:00 — 14:30 ET847 Ethiopian Airlines Addis Ababa — Cape Town	34h 35m including layover	Find flight from$783
21:30 — 17:25 +2 days	21:30 — 17:45 QR702 Qatar Airways New York — Doha 14h 55m stop 08:40 — 17:25 QR1371 Qatar Airways Doha — Cape Town	36h 55m including layover	Find flight from$908
21:30 — 10:30 +2 days	21:30 — 17:45 QR702 Qatar Airways New York — Doha 8h stop 01:45 — 10:30 QR1369 Qatar Airways Doha — Cape Town	30h including layover	Find flight from$1075
22:20 — 11:40 +2 days	22:20 — 23:00 EK206 Emirates New York — Dubai 4h 50m stop 03:50 — 11:40 EK772 Emirates Dubai — Cape Town	30h 20m including layover	Find flight from$1151
22:20 — 16:45 +2 days	22:20 — 23:00 EK206 Emirates New York — Dubai 10h 10m stop 09:10 — 16:45 EK770 Emirates Dubai — Cape Town	35h 25m including layover	Find flight from$1151
23:00 — 11:40 +2 days	23:00 — 20:25 EK202 Emirates New York — Dubai 7h 25m stop 03:50 — 11:40 EK772 Emirates Dubai — Cape Town	29h 40m including layover	Find flight from$1151
23:20 — 09:50 +2 days	23:20 — 11:15 BA182 British Airways New York — London 9h 15m stop 20:30 — 09:50 Z0795 Z0 London — Cape Town	27h 30m including layover	Find flight from$845

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

Flight Information

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

Distance between New York and Cape Town is 12581 miles. Time difference between the cities is 7h. Airplanes depart 00:10 to 23:45 from 16 New York airports and arrive 00:10 to 23:45 to 1 Cape Town airport. Average flight time is 33h 35m.

The fastest flight 18h 20m
Average flight time 33h 35m
The earliest flight 00:10
The latest flight 23:45
Distance 7818 ml

The cheapest months to travel to Cape Town are january (from 566 $), november (from 611 $), february (from 687 $).

The most expensive months are december (from 1 296 $), october (from 901 $), february (from 687 $).

What is the lowest airfare New York to Cape Town?

The cheapest plane ticket found by our users is $609. This airfare is for economy class on one-way KQ3 flight by Kenya Airways for January 22, 2025 which leaves John F Kennedy Intl in New York at 13:45 am and arrives at Cape Town Cape Town Int. at 13:35.

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Popular Airlines on the Route

The flight New York — Cape Town is served by 25 regular airlines and 2 low-cost airlines. Most of the flights on this route are operated by Condor Airlines - 1 departures per week at the price of from $ 1214 . And the most expensive tickets are offered by SWISS International Air Lines airline - from $ 6450.

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Connecting Flights

There are 260 flights with layovers on the route. The fastest connecting flight is UA3452 by United Airlines takes 18h 20m and the cheapest is KQ3 by Kenya Airways for $609.

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VY - Vueling

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Z0 - Z0

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IB - Iberia

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QR - Qatar Airways

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Airports

You can fly from New York to Cape Town from 16 airports (39th Street Ferry, Newyork Airport, Newyork Airport, La Guardia, Westchester County, World Trade Center, Pier 11/Wall St. SPB, John F Kennedy Intl, Flushing, East 34th St Heliport, West 30th St Heliport, Downtown Manhattan H/p, East 60th Street H/P, Battery Pk City/N. Cov, East 34th St Landing, Marine Air Terminal).

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La Guardia-LGA

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World Trade Center-WTC

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Pier 11/Wall St. SPB-NWS

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John F Kennedy Intl-JFK

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Downtown Manhattan H/p-JRB

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Cape Town airports

Cape Town Int.-CPT

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Airplanes

There are flights to Cape Town from New York by 25 airlines that use 2 aircraft brands. They range from huge modern airplanes to small-sized.

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Boeing 777-300ER

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