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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 $642. Take a look at the list of flights with layovers from New York to Cape Town from $642. There’re no direct flights. The fastest connecting flight – 18h 15m.

Price	Departure	Arrival	Flight Duration	Airline	Flight
from $642 Find flight	12:45 New York John F Kennedy Intl	13:35+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	41h 50m layover 21h 10m - Nairobi	Kenya Airways	KQ3 KQ792
from $765 Find flight	20:00 New York John F Kennedy Intl	13:00+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	35h 0m layover 15h 15m - Nairobi	Kenya Airways	KQ5 KQ784
from $682 Find flight	12:45 New York John F Kennedy Intl	22:50+1 день Cape Town Cape Town Int.	27h 5m layover 2h 20m - Nairobi 4h 45m - Johannesburg	Kenya Airways	KQ3 KQ762 4Z937
from $740 Find flight	11:10 New York John F Kennedy Intl	14:35+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	45h 25m layover 16h 0m - Mumbai 2h 5m - Addis Ababa	Air India	AI116 ET611 ET847

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

Flight Schedule New York (New York) to Cape Town

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Departure	Flight Details	Flight Duration	Price
00:20 — 11:50 +1 day	00:35 — 17:15 TK12 Turkish Airlines New York — Istanbul 7h 45m stop 01:45 — 11:50 TK44 Turkish Airlines Istanbul — Cape Town	28h 30m including layover	Find flight from$905
06:45 — 11:50 +1 day	06:45 — 23:25 TK112 Turkish Airlines New York — Istanbul 2h 20m stop 01:45 — 11:50 TK44 Turkish Airlines Istanbul — Cape Town	23h 5m including layover	Find flight from$904
12:45 — 13:35 +2 days	13:45 — 10:45 KQ3 Kenya Airways New York — Nairobi 21h 10m stop 07:35 — 13:45 KQ792 Kenya Airways Nairobi — Cape Town	41h 50m including layover	Find flight from$642
12:45 — 22:50 +1 day	13:45 — 10:45 KQ3 Kenya Airways New York — Nairobi 2h 20m stop 12:35 — 15:50 KQ762 Kenya Airways Nairobi — Johannesburg 4h 45m stop 20:35 — 22:50 4Z937 South African Airlink Johannesburg — Cape Town	27h 5m including layover	Find flight from$682
12:45 — 14:35 +2 days	13:45 — 10:45 KQ3 Kenya Airways New York — Nairobi 10h 55m stop 21:00 — 00:15 KQ764 Kenya Airways Nairobi — Johannesburg 11h 55m stop 12:20 — 14:35 4Z923 South African Airlink Johannesburg — Cape Town	42h 50m including layover	Find flight from$682
12:45 — 14:35 +2 days	13:45 — 10:45 KQ3 Kenya Airways New York — Nairobi 2h 20m stop 12:35 — 15:50 KQ762 Kenya Airways Nairobi — Johannesburg 20h 30m stop 12:20 — 14:35 4Z923 South African Airlink Johannesburg — Cape Town	42h 50m including layover	Find flight from$682
12:45 — 17:20 +2 days	13:45 — 10:45 KQ3 Kenya Airways New York — Nairobi 10h 55m stop 21:00 — 00:15 KQ764 Kenya Airways Nairobi — Johannesburg 14h 40m stop 15:05 — 17:20 4Z931 South African Airlink Johannesburg — Cape Town	45h 35m including layover	Find flight from$685
12:45 — 17:20 +2 days	13:45 — 10:45 KQ3 Kenya Airways New York — Nairobi 2h 20m stop 12:35 — 15:50 KQ762 Kenya Airways Nairobi — Johannesburg 23h 15m stop 15:05 — 17:20 4Z931 South African Airlink Johannesburg — Cape Town	45h 35m including layover	Find flight from$685
12:45 — 17:20 +2 days	13:45 — 10:45 KQ3 Kenya Airways New York — Nairobi 21h 30m stop 07:45 — 10:55 KQ760 Kenya Airways Nairobi — Johannesburg 4h 10m stop 15:05 — 17:20 4Z931 South African Airlink Johannesburg — Cape Town	45h 35m including layover	Find flight from$685
12:50 — 11:50 +2 days	12:50 — 05:30 TK4 Turkish Airlines New York — Istanbul 19h 10m stop 01:45 — 11:50 TK44 Turkish Airlines Istanbul — Cape Town	40h including layover	Find flight from$910
13:45 — 09:45 +2 days	13:45 — 10:45 KQ3 Kenya Airways New York — Nairobi 10h 25m stop 21:00 — 00:15 KQ764 Kenya Airways Nairobi — Johannesburg 7h 5m stop 07:30 — 09:45 4Z921 South African Airlink Johannesburg — Cape Town	38h including layover	Find flight from$682
13:45 — 09:45 +2 days	13:45 — 10:45 KQ3 Kenya Airways New York — Nairobi 1h 50m stop 12:35 — 15:50 KQ762 Kenya Airways Nairobi — Johannesburg 15h 40m stop 07:30 — 09:45 4Z921 South African Airlink Johannesburg — Cape Town	38h including layover	Find flight from$682
19:40 — 11:50 +2 days	19:50 — 12:55 TK2 Turkish Airlines New York — Istanbul 12h 10m stop 01:45 — 11:50 TK44 Turkish Airlines Istanbul — Cape Town	33h 10m including layover	Find flight from$907
20:00 — 13:00 +2 days	20:00 — 17:00 KQ5 Kenya Airways New York — Nairobi 15h 15m stop 08:15 — 13:00 KQ784 Kenya Airways Nairobi — Cape Town	35h including layover	Find flight from$765
21:00 — 13:45 +2 days	20:55 — 21:35 ET513 Ethiopian Airlines New York — Addis Ababa 10h 35m stop 08:15 — 13:45 ET847 Ethiopian Airlines Addis Ababa — Cape Town	33h 45m including layover	Find flight from$841

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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 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 00:15 to 23:55 from 16 New York airports and arrive 00:15 to 23:55 to 1 Cape Town airport. Average flight time is 33h 28m.

The fastest flight 18h 15m
Average flight time 33h 28m
The earliest flight 00:15
The latest flight 23:55
Distance 7818 ml

The cheapest months to travel to Cape Town are september (from 642 $), october (from 716 $), august (from 740 $).

The most expensive months are december (from 2 210 $), october (from 1 448 $), february (from 1 274 $).

What is the lowest airfare New York to Cape Town?

The cheapest plane ticket found by our users is $642. This airfare is for economy class on one-way KQ3 flight by Kenya Airways for September 27, 2025 which leaves John F Kennedy Intl in New York at 12:45 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 30 regular airlines and 3 low-cost airlines. Most of the flights on this route are operated by Condor Airlines - 2 departures per week at the price of from $ 1480 . And the most expensive tickets are offered by Lufthansa airline - from $ 6710.

Direct flights

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

Connecting Flights

There are 288 flights with layovers on the route. The fastest connecting flight is UA3688 by United Airlines takes 18h 15m and the cheapest is KQ3 by Kenya Airways for $642.

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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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John F Kennedy Intl-JFK

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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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Cape Town airports

Cape Town Int.-CPT

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Airplanes

There are flights to Cape Town from New York by 30 airlines that use 0 aircraft brands. They range from huge modern airplanes to small-sized.

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