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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 $517. Take a look at the list of flights with layovers from New York to Cape Town from $517. There’re no direct flights. The fastest connecting flight – 18h 20m.

Price	Departure	Arrival	Flight Duration	Airline	Flight
from $517 Find flight	13:45 New York John F Kennedy Intl	13:45+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	42h 0m layover 20h 50m - Nairobi	Kenya Airways	KQ3 KQ792
from $616 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 $660 Find flight	22:00 New York John F Kennedy Intl	13:45+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	33h 45m layover 10h 35m - Addis Ababa	Ethiopian Airlines	ET513 ET847
from $549 Find flight	13:45 New York John F Kennedy Intl	22:50+1 день Cape Town Cape Town Int.	27h 5m layover 1h 50m - Nairobi 4h 45m - Johannesburg	Kenya Airways	KQ3 KQ762 4Z937
from $572 Find flight	23:55 New York John F Kennedy Intl	11:50+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	29h 55m layover 5h 45m - Oslo 2h 10m - Istanbul	N0	N02 TK1754 TK44
from $588 Find flight	18:15 New York John F Kennedy Intl	13:00+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	36h 45m layover 13h 30m - Hagersten 0h 55m - Addis Ababa	Air France	AF3593 ET715 ET845
from $594 Find flight	06:30 New York La Guardia	11:50+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	47h 20m layover 12h 37m - Atlanta 10h 5m - Istanbul	Frontier Airlines	F93287 TK32 TK44
from $594 Find flight	06:20 New York John F Kennedy Intl	11:50+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	47h 30m layover 12h 42m - Atlanta 10h 5m - Istanbul	Frontier Airlines	F94817 TK32 TK44
from $596 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
from $601 Find flight	09:00 New York John F Kennedy Intl	11:50+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	44h 50m layover 10h 5m - Atlanta 10h 5m - Istanbul	Frontier Airlines	F91871 TK32 TK44
from $608 Find flight	21:28 New York La Guardia	11:50+3 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	56h 22m layover 21h 48m - Atlanta 10h 5m - Istanbul	Spirit Airlines	NK2640 TK32 TK44
from $609 Find flight	18:20 New York John F Kennedy Intl	13:00+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	36h 40m layover 14h 40m - London 0h 45m - Addis Ababa	Z0	Z0702 ET701 ET845
from $613 Find flight	12:55 New York John F Kennedy Intl	19:00+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	48h 5m layover 17h 30m - Cairo 9h 30m - Johannesburg	EGYPTAIR	MS986 MS839 FA204
from $614 Find flight	00:30 New York John F Kennedy Intl	13:45+1 день Cape Town Cape Town Int.	31h 15m layover 8h 30m - Rome 2h 35m - Addis Ababa	N0	N0402 ET713 ET847
from $614 Find flight	11:30 New York La Guardia	11:50+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	42h 20m layover 7h 43m - Atlanta 10h 5m - Istanbul	Frontier Airlines	F94347 TK32 TK44
from $618 Find flight	12:55 New York John F Kennedy Intl	12:00+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	41h 5m layover 17h 30m - Cairo 2h 30m - Johannesburg	EGYPTAIR	MS986 MS839 FA292

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Prices indicated for one-way flights. Information updated on July 03, 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
00:35 — 11:50 +1 day	00:35 — 17:15 TK12 Turkish Airlines New York — Istanbul 8h 30m stop 01:45 — 11:50 TK44 Turkish Airlines Istanbul — Cape Town	29h 15m including layover	Find flight from$728
01:20 — 10:50 +1 day	01:20 — 20:45 QR706 Qatar Airways New York — Doha 5h 20m stop 02:05 — 10:50 QR1369 Qatar Airways Doha — Cape Town	27h 30m including layover	Find flight from$717
06:00 — 15:20 +1 day	06:00 — 07:27 UA3656 United Airlines New York — Washington D.C. 11h 3m stop 18:30 — 15:20 UA1011 United Airlines Washington D.C. — Cape Town	27h 20m including layover	Find flight from$930
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$729
07:50 — 11:00 +1 day	07:50 — 19:45 IB3564 Iberia New York — London 2h 40m stop 22:25 — 11:00 BA59 British Airways London — Cape Town	21h 10m including layover	Find flight from$2559
07:50 — 11:00 +1 day	07:50 — 19:45 IB3564 Iberia New York — London 2h 40m stop 22:25 — 11:00 IB3515 Iberia London — Cape Town	21h 10m including layover	Find flight from$3285
10:25 — 15:20 +1 day	10:25 — 11:54 UA6123 United Airlines New York — Washington D.C. 6h 36m stop 18:30 — 15:20 UA1011 United Airlines Washington D.C. — Cape Town	22h 55m including layover	Find flight from$930
10:29 — 15:20 +1 day	10:29 — 11:55 UA3631 United Airlines New York — Washington D.C. 6h 35m stop 18:30 — 15:20 UA1011 United Airlines Washington D.C. — Cape Town	22h 51m including layover	Find flight from$948
11:20 — 10:50 +2 days	11:20 — 06:40 QR704 Qatar Airways New York — Doha 19h 25m stop 02:05 — 10:50 QR1369 Qatar Airways Doha — Cape Town	41h 30m including layover	Find flight from$720
11:20 — 16:50 +1 day	11:20 — 07:55 EK204 Emirates New York — Dubai 1h 15m stop 09:10 — 16:50 EK770 Emirates Dubai — Cape Town	23h 30m including layover	Find flight from$894
12:50 — 11:50 +2 days	12:50 — 05:30 TK4 Turkish Airlines New York — Istanbul 20h 15m stop 01:45 — 11:50 TK44 Turkish Airlines Istanbul — Cape Town	41h including layover	Find flight from$732
13:45 — 13:45 +2 days	13:45 — 10:45 KQ3 Kenya Airways New York — Nairobi 20h 50m stop 07:35 — 13:45 KQ792 Kenya Airways Nairobi — Cape Town	42h including layover	Find flight from$517
15:00 — 15:20 +1 day	14:59 — 16:26 UA3688 United Airlines New York — Washington D.C. 2h 3m stop 18:30 — 15:20 UA1011 United Airlines Washington D.C. — Cape Town	18h 20m including layover	Find flight from$969
15:45 — 09:30 +2 days	15:45 — 05:20 LH401 Lufthansa New York — Frankfurt 16h 55m stop 22:15 — 09:30 LH576 Lufthansa Frankfurt — Cape Town	35h 45m including layover	Find flight from$906
16:15 — 10:00 +2 days	16:15 — 06:10 LX17 SWISS International Air Lines New York — Zurich 16h 25m stop 22:35 — 10:00 LX8084 SWISS International Air Lines Zurich — Cape Town	35h 45m including layover	Find flight from$880
18:20 — 11:00 +2 days	18:20 — 06:20 Z0702 Z0 New York — London 16h 5m stop 22:25 — 11:00 BA59 British Airways London — Cape Town	34h 40m including layover	Find flight from$1056
18:45 — 09:30 +2 days	18:45 — 08:40 VS3810 Virgin Atlantic Airways New York — Frankfurt 13h 35m stop 22:15 — 09:30 LH576 Lufthansa Frankfurt — Cape Town	32h 45m including layover	Find flight from$866
19:29 — 15:20 +2 days	19:29 — 21:02 UA6305 United Airlines New York — Washington D.C. 21h 28m stop 18:30 — 15:20 UA1011 United Airlines Washington D.C. — Cape Town	37h 51m including layover	Find flight from$980
19:50 — 11:50 +2 days	19:50 — 12:55 TK2 Turkish Airlines New York — Istanbul 12h 50m stop 01:45 — 11:50 TK44 Turkish Airlines Istanbul — Cape Town	34h including layover	Find flight from$729
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$616
20:00 — 13:45 +2 days	20:00 — 17:00 KQ5 Kenya Airways New York — Nairobi 14h 35m stop 07:35 — 13:45 KQ792 Kenya Airways Nairobi — Cape Town	35h 45m including layover	Find flight from$750
21:50 — 09:30 +2 days	21:50 — 11:45 LH405 Lufthansa New York — Frankfurt 10h 30m stop 22:15 — 09:30 LH576 Lufthansa Frankfurt — Cape Town	29h 40m including layover	Find flight from$870
21:50 — 09:30 +2 days	21:50 — 11:45 UA8842 United Airlines New York — Frankfurt 10h 30m stop 22:15 — 09:30 UA9574 United Airlines Frankfurt — Cape Town	29h 40m including layover	Find flight from$971
22:00 — 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$660
22:00 — 10:50 +2 days	22:00 — 17:25 QR702 Qatar Airways New York — Doha 8h 40m stop 02:05 — 10:50 QR1369 Qatar Airways Doha — Cape Town	30h 50m including layover	Find flight from$717
23:00 — 11:35 +2 days	23:00 — 19:45 EK202 Emirates New York — Dubai 8h 5m stop 03:50 — 11:35 EK772 Emirates Dubai — Cape Town	30h 35m including layover	Find flight from$894
23:00 — 16:50 +2 days	23:00 — 19:45 EK202 Emirates New York — Dubai 13h 25m stop 09:10 — 16:50 EK770 Emirates Dubai — Cape Town	35h 50m including layover	Find flight from$894
13:45 — 22:50 +1 day	13:45 — 10:45 KQ3 Kenya Airways New York — Nairobi 1h 50m 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$549

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Updated on July 3, 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 23:59 from 16 New York airports and arrive 00:15 to 23:59 to 1 Cape Town airport. Average flight time is 34h 10m.

The fastest flight 18h 20m
Average flight time 34h 10m
The earliest flight 00:15
The latest flight 23:59
Distance 7818 ml

The cheapest months to travel to Cape Town are september (from 690 $), june (from 732 $), may (from 737 $).

The most expensive months are december (from 2 375 $), october (from 1 556 $), february (from 1 369 $).

What is the lowest airfare New York to Cape Town?

The cheapest plane ticket found by our users is $517. 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 13:45 am and arrives at Cape Town Cape Town Int. at 13:45.

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Popular Airlines on the Route

The flight New York — Cape Town is served by 38 regular airlines and 5 low-cost airlines. Most of the flights on this route are operated by Condor Airlines - 6 departures per week at the price of from $ 727 . And the most expensive tickets are offered by Lufthansa airline - from $ 5407.

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Connecting Flights

There are 702 flights with layovers on the route. The fastest connecting flight is UA3688 by United Airlines takes 18h 20m and the cheapest is KQ3 by Kenya Airways for $517.

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VY - Vueling

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LO - LOT

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LX - SWISS International Air Lines

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UA - United Airlines

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Z0 - Z0

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SK - SAS

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IB - Iberia

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SQ - Singapore Airlines

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KL - KLM

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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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Downtown Manhattan H/p-JRB

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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 38 airlines that use 0 aircraft brands. They range from huge modern airplanes to small-sized.

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