Cheap Flights from New York, NY to Cape Town from $717

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On Cheapflightsplus.com you will find 2 connecting flights from New York to Cape Town. You can compare airfare deals from 2 airlines and multiple travel sites from $717, book and save on cheap plane tickets and last minute offers. Also check out NYC-CPT flight schedule to find best flight time, convenient departure and arrival airports.

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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 $717. Take a look at the list of flights with layovers from New York to Cape Town from $717. There’re no direct flights. The fastest connecting flight – 24h 55m.

Price	Departure	Arrival	Flight Duration	Airline	Flight
from $717 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 $758 Find flight	00:10 New York John F Kennedy Intl	12:00+1 день Cape Town Cape Town Int.	28h 50m layover 8h 0m - Istanbul	Turkish Airlines	TK12 TK44

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Prices indicated for one-way flights. Information updated on May 10, 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	Arrival	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$758
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$717

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Updated on May 10, 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 13:45 from 16 New York airports and arrive 00:10 to 13:45 to 1 Cape Town airport. Average flight time is 26h 53m.

The fastest flight 24h 55m
Average flight time 26h 53m
The earliest flight 00:10
The latest flight 13:45
Distance 7818 ml

The cheapest months to travel to Cape Town are may (from 717 $), january (from 772 $), november (from 774 $).

The most expensive months are december (from 1 891 $), october (from 1 445 $), february (from 1 395 $).

What is the lowest airfare New York to Cape Town?

The cheapest plane ticket found by our users is $717. This airfare is for economy class on one-way KQ3 flight by Kenya Airways for May 15, 2025 which leaves John F Kennedy Intl in New York at 13:45 am and arrives at Cape Town Cape Town Int. at 21:40.

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Popular Airlines on the Route

The flight New York — Cape Town is served by 2 regular airlines . Most of the flights on this route are operated by Kenya Airways - 1 departures per week at the price of from $ 717 . And the most expensive tickets are offered by Turkish Airlines airline - from $ 758.

Direct flights

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

Connecting Flights

There are 2 flights with layovers on the route. The fastest connecting flight is KQ3 by Kenya Airways takes 24h 55m and the cheapest is KQ3 by Kenya Airways for $717.

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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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Cape Town airports

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Airplanes

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

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