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Best Flights from San Francisco to Cape Town Today

Take a look at the list of non stop flights and flights with layovers from San Francisco to Cape Town with the lowest price of $664. Take a look at the list of flights with layovers from San Francisco to Cape Town from $664. There’re no direct flights. The fastest connecting flight – 26h 49m.

Price	Departure	Arrival	Flight Duration	Airline	Flight
from $711 Find flight	18:10 San Francisco San Francisco	11:20+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	32h 10m layover 8h 40m - Istanbul	Turkish Airlines	TK80 TK44
from $797 Find flight	17:05 San Francisco San Francisco	11:35+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	33h 30m layover 8h 10m - Dubai	Emirates	EK226 EK772
from $1494 Find flight	19:15 San Francisco San Francisco	10:00+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	29h 45m layover 7h 0m - Frankfurt	United Airlines	UA926 UA9574
from $664 Find flight	22:50 San Francisco San Francisco	13:45+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	29h 55m layover 3h 59m - Washington D.C. 1h 0m - Addis Ababa	Ethiopian Airlines	ET1359 ET501 ET847
from $719 Find flight	23:51 San Francisco San Francisco	11:40+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	26h 49m layover 2h 45m - New York 1h 30m - Johannesburg	South African Airways	SA7383 SA204 SA2011
from $719 Find flight	22:50 San Francisco San Francisco	11:40+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	27h 50m layover 3h 45m - New York 1h 30m - Johannesburg	South African Airways	SA7397 SA204 SA2011
from $772 Find flight	23:51 San Francisco San Francisco	12:05+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	27h 14m layover 2h 45m - New York 1h 55m - Johannesburg	South African Airways	SA7383 SA204 SA323
from $791 Find flight	23:51 San Francisco San Francisco	12:05+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	27h 14m layover 2h 45m - New York 1h 55m - Johannesburg	JetBlue	B61516 SA204 SA323
from $834 Find flight	12:35 San Francisco San Francisco	11:35+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	38h 0m layover 2h 25m - Seattle 9h 20m - Dubai	Emirates	EK3211 EK230 EK772
from $834 Find flight	12:35 San Francisco San Francisco	16:45+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	43h 10m layover 2h 25m - Seattle 14h 35m - Dubai	Emirates	EK3211 EK230 EK770
from $987 Find flight	05:52 San Francisco San Francisco	10:55+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	44h 3m layover 6h 31m - New York 9h 25m - Doha	Qatar Airways	QR3908 QR702 QR1369
from $1080 Find flight	13:50 San Francisco San Francisco	08:05+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	33h 15m layover 1h 25m - Amsterdam 8h 35m - Johannesburg	KLM	KL606 KL591 JE123

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Prices indicated for one-way flights. Information updated on April 26, 2024

Flight Schedule San Francisco (California) to Cape Town

Full flight schedule will help you in detecting at what time planes fly from San Francisco 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
17:05 — 11:35 +2 days	17:05 — 19:40 EK226 Emirates San Francisco — Dubai 8h 10m stop 03:50 — 11:35 EK772 Emirates Dubai — Cape Town	33h 30m including layover	Find flight from$797
18:10 — 11:20 +2 days	18:10 — 17:15 TK80 Turkish Airlines San Francisco — Istanbul 8h 40m stop 01:55 — 11:20 TK44 Turkish Airlines Istanbul — Cape Town	32h 10m including layover	Find flight from$711
19:15 — 10:00 +2 days	19:15 — 15:15 UA926 United Airlines San Francisco — Frankfurt 7h stop 22:15 — 10:00 UA9574 United Airlines Frankfurt — Cape Town	29h 45m including layover	Find flight from$1494
05:52 — 10:55 +2 days	05:52 — 14:29 QR3908 Qatar Airways San Francisco — New York 6h 31m stop 21:00 — 16:15 QR702 Qatar Airways New York — Doha 9h 25m stop 01:40 — 10:55 QR1369 Qatar Airways Doha — Cape Town	44h 3m including layover	Find flight from$987
12:35 — 11:35 +2 days	12:35 — 14:50 EK3211 Emirates San Francisco — Seattle 2h 25m stop 17:15 — 18:30 EK230 Emirates Seattle — Dubai 9h 20m stop 03:50 — 11:35 EK772 Emirates Dubai — Cape Town	38h including layover	Find flight from$834
12:35 — 16:45 +2 days	12:35 — 14:50 EK3211 Emirates San Francisco — Seattle 2h 25m stop 17:15 — 18:30 EK230 Emirates Seattle — Dubai 14h 35m stop 09:05 — 16:45 EK770 Emirates Dubai — Cape Town	43h 10m including layover	Find flight from$834
13:50 — 08:05 +2 days	13:50 — 09:10 KL606 KLM San Francisco — Amsterdam 1h 25m stop 10:35 — 21:20 KL591 KLM Amsterdam — Johannesburg 8h 35m stop 05:55 — 08:05 JE123 Mango Airlines Johannesburg — Cape Town	33h 15m including layover	Find flight from$1080
22:50 — 13:45 +2 days	22:50 — 07:01 ET1359 Ethiopian Airlines San Francisco — Washington D.C. 3h 59m stop 11:00 — 07:15 ET501 Ethiopian Airlines Washington D.C. — Addis Ababa 1h stop 08:15 — 13:45 ET847 Ethiopian Airlines Addis Ababa — Cape Town	29h 55m including layover	Find flight from$664
22:50 — 11:40 +2 days	22:50 — 07:30 SA7397 South African Airways San Francisco — New York 3h 45m stop 11:15 — 08:00 SA204 South African Airways New York — Johannesburg 1h 30m stop 09:30 — 11:40 SA2011 South African Airways Johannesburg — Cape Town	27h 50m including layover	Find flight from$719
23:51 — 11:40 +2 days	23:51 — 08:30 SA7383 South African Airways San Francisco — New York 2h 45m stop 11:15 — 08:00 SA204 South African Airways New York — Johannesburg 1h 30m stop 09:30 — 11:40 SA2011 South African Airways Johannesburg — Cape Town	26h 49m including layover	Find flight from$719
23:51 — 12:05 +2 days	23:51 — 08:30 SA7383 South African Airways San Francisco — New York 2h 45m stop 11:15 — 08:00 SA204 South African Airways New York — Johannesburg 1h 55m stop 09:55 — 12:05 SA323 South African Airways Johannesburg — Cape Town	27h 14m including layover	Find flight from$772
23:51 — 12:05 +2 days	23:51 — 08:30 B61516 JetBlue San Francisco — New York 2h 45m stop 11:15 — 08:00 SA204 South African Airways New York — Johannesburg 1h 55m stop 09:55 — 12:05 SA323 South African Airways Johannesburg — Cape Town	27h 14m including layover	Find flight from$791

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Updated on April 26, 2024

Flight Information

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

Distance between San Francisco and Cape Town is 16497 miles. Time difference between the cities is 10h. Airplanes depart 05:52 to 23:51 from 3 San Francisco airports and arrive 05:52 to 23:51 to 1 Cape Town airport. Average flight time is 31h 3m.

The fastest flight 26h 49m
Average flight time 31h 3m
The earliest flight 05:52
The latest flight 23:51
Distance 10251 ml

What is the lowest airfare San Francisco to Cape Town?

The cheapest plane ticket found by our users is $664. This airfare is for economy class on one-way ET1359 flight by Ethiopian Airlines for August 16, 2020 which leaves San Francisco in San Francisco at 22:50 am and arrives at Cape Town Cape Town Int. at 13:45.

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Popular Airlines on the Route

The flight San Francisco — Cape Town is served by 8 regular airlines and 1 low-cost airline. Most of the flights on this route are operated by Qatar Airways - 1 departures per week at the price of from $ 987 . And the most expensive tickets are offered by United Airlines airline - from $ 1494.

Direct flights

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Connecting Flights

There are 12 flights with layovers on the route. The fastest connecting flight is SA7383 by South African Airways takes 26h 49m and the cheapest is ET1359 by Ethiopian Airlines for $664.

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B6 - JetBlue

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EK - Emirates

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TK - Turkish Airlines

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SA - South African Airways

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Airports

You can fly from San Francisco to Cape Town from 3 airports (San Francisco, Embarkadero, China Basin Heliport).

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Cape Town airports

Cape Town Int.-CPT

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Airplanes

There are flights to Cape Town from San Francisco by 8 airlines that use 8 aircraft brands. They range from huge modern airplanes to small-sized.

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Airbus A380-800

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