Cheap Flights from Washington D.C., DC to Cape Town from $480

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On Cheapflightsplus.com you will find 1 direct and 347 connecting flights from Washington D.C. to Cape Town. You can compare airfare deals from 15 airlines and multiple travel sites from $480, book and save on cheap plane tickets and last minute offers. Also check out WAS-CPT flight schedule to find best flight time, convenient departure and arrival airports.

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Best Flights from Washington D.C. to Cape Town Today

Take a look at the list of non stop flights and flights with layovers from Washington D.C. to Cape Town with the lowest price of $480. The fastest direct flight takes 14h 20m and the fastest connecting – 16h 50m.

Price	Departure	Arrival	Flight Duration	Airline	Flight
from $1138 Find flight	18:50 Washington D.C. Dulles International	16:10+1 день Cape Town Cape Town Int.	14h 20m	United Airlines	UA1011
from $480 Find flight	22:20 Washington D.C. Dulles International	07:40+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	26h 20m layover 7h 20m - Munich	United Airlines	UA8784 UA9513
from $489 Find flight	22:20 Washington D.C. Dulles International	07:40+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	26h 20m layover 7h 20m - Munich	Lufthansa	LH415 LH574
from $672 Find flight	20:05 Washington D.C. Dulles International	17:25+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	38h 20m layover 16h 0m - Doha	Qatar Airways	QR708 QR1371
from $734 Find flight	21:25 Washington D.C. Dulles International	12:00+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	31h 35m layover 10h 35m - Istanbul	Turkish Airlines	TK8 TK44
from $510 Find flight	22:05 Washington D.C. Dulles International	07:40+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	26h 35m layover 2h 25m - Frankfurt 4h 15m - Munich	Lufthansa	LH9253 LH108 LH574
from $562 Find flight	12:00 Washington D.C. Dulles International	16:20+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	45h 20m layover 17h 30m - Cairo 6h 55m - Johannesburg	EGYPTAIR	MS982 MS839 FA305
from $748 Find flight	21:25 Washington D.C. Dulles International	20:45+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	40h 20m layover 10h 35m - Istanbul 7h 40m - Johannesburg	Turkish Airlines	TK8 TK42 FA691
from $748 Find flight	21:25 Washington D.C. Dulles International	21:50+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	41h 25m layover 10h 30m - Istanbul 8h 50m - Johannesburg	Turkish Airlines	TK8 TK42 FA115
from $748 Find flight	21:25 Washington D.C. Dulles International	22:05+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	41h 40m layover 10h 30m - Istanbul 9h 5m - Johannesburg	Turkish Airlines	TK8 TK42 FA317
from $748 Find flight	21:25 Washington D.C. Dulles International	22:30+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	42h 5m layover 10h 30m - Istanbul 9h 35m - Johannesburg	Turkish Airlines	TK8 TK42 FA103
from $748 Find flight	21:25 Washington D.C. Dulles International	22:45+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	42h 20m layover 10h 35m - Istanbul 9h 40m - Johannesburg	Turkish Airlines	TK8 TK42 FA806
from $754 Find flight	21:25 Washington D.C. Dulles International	19:00+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	38h 35m layover 10h 30m - Istanbul 5h 55m - Johannesburg	Turkish Airlines	TK8 TK42 FA204
from $754 Find flight	21:25 Washington D.C. Dulles International	20:05+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	39h 40m layover 10h 35m - Istanbul 6h 55m - Johannesburg	Turkish Airlines	TK8 TK42 FA602
from $754 Find flight	21:25 Washington D.C. Dulles International	20:20+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	39h 55m layover 10h 35m - Istanbul 7h 10m - Johannesburg	Turkish Airlines	TK8 TK42 FA624
from $760 Find flight	21:25 Washington D.C. Dulles International	17:30+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	37h 5m layover 10h 30m - Istanbul 4h 25m - Johannesburg	Turkish Airlines	TK8 TK42 FA216

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

Flight Schedule Washington D.C. (District of Columbia) to Cape Town

Full flight schedule will help you in detecting at what time planes fly from Washington D.C. 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
18:50 — 16:10 +1 day	18:50 — 16:10 UA1011 United Airlines Washington D.C. — Cape Town	14h 20m	Find flight from$1138
20:05 — 17:25 +2 days	20:05 — 16:40 QR708 Qatar Airways Washington D.C. — Doha 16h stop 08:40 — 17:25 QR1371 Qatar Airways Doha — Cape Town	38h 20m including layover	Find flight from$672
20:05 — 10:30 +2 days	20:25 — 16:00 QR708 Qatar Airways Washington D.C. — Doha 9h 5m stop 01:55 — 11:10 QR1369 Qatar Airways Doha — Cape Town	31h 25m including layover	Find flight from$711
21:25 — 12:00 +2 days	21:25 — 15:20 TK8 Turkish Airlines Washington D.C. — Istanbul 10h 35m stop 01:55 — 12:00 TK44 Turkish Airlines Istanbul — Cape Town	31h 35m including layover	Find flight from$734
22:20 — 07:40 +2 days	22:30 — 12:45 UA8784 United Airlines Washington D.C. — Munich 7h 20m stop 19:35 — 07:50 UA9513 United Airlines Munich — Cape Town	26h 20m including layover	Find flight from$480
22:20 — 07:40 +2 days	22:30 — 12:45 LH415 Lufthansa Washington D.C. — Munich 7h 20m stop 19:35 — 07:50 LH574 Lufthansa Munich — Cape Town	26h 20m including layover	Find flight from$489
10:35 — 19:55 +1 day	10:35 — 07:10 QR710 Qatar Airways Washington D.C. — Doha 1h 5m stop 08:15 — 15:35 QR1377 Qatar Airways Doha — Johannesburg 2h 5m stop 17:40 — 19:55 4Z929 South African Airlink Johannesburg — Cape Town	26h 20m including layover	Find flight from$805
10:35 — 20:30 +1 day	10:35 — 07:10 QR710 Qatar Airways Washington D.C. — Doha 1h 5m stop 08:15 — 15:35 QR1377 Qatar Airways Doha — Johannesburg 2h 40m stop 18:15 — 20:30 FA113 Safair (FlySafair) Johannesburg — Cape Town	26h 55m including layover	Find flight from$828
12:00 — 16:20 +2 days	12:00 — 05:20 MS982 EGYPTAIR Washington D.C. — Cairo 17h 30m stop 22:50 — 07:10 MS839 EGYPTAIR Cairo — Johannesburg 6h 55m stop 14:05 — 16:20 FA305 Safair (FlySafair) Johannesburg — Cape Town	45h 20m including layover	Find flight from$562
12:00 — 19:00 +2 days	12:00 — 05:20 MS982 EGYPTAIR Washington D.C. — Cairo 17h 30m stop 22:50 — 07:10 MS839 EGYPTAIR Cairo — Johannesburg 9h 35m stop 16:45 — 19:00 FA303 Safair (FlySafair) Johannesburg — Cape Town	48h including layover	Find flight from$562
19:40 — 09:50 +2 days	19:40 — 06:35 FI644 Icelandair Washington D.C. — Reykjavik 1h 5m stop 07:40 — 10:55 FI470 Icelandair Reykjavik — London 9h 35m stop 20:30 — 09:50 Z0795 Z0 London — Cape Town	31h 10m including layover	Find flight from$762
19:40 — 09:50 +2 days	19:40 — 06:35 FI644 Icelandair Washington D.C. — Reykjavik 1h stop 07:35 — 10:50 FI450 Icelandair Reykjavik — London 9h 40m stop 20:30 — 09:50 Z0795 Z0 London — Cape Town	31h 10m including layover	Find flight from$783
21:25 — 20:45 +2 days	21:25 — 15:20 TK8 Turkish Airlines Washington D.C. — Istanbul 10h 35m stop 01:50 — 10:45 TK42 Turkish Airlines Istanbul — Johannesburg 7h 40m stop 18:30 — 20:45 FA691 Safair (FlySafair) Johannesburg — Cape Town	40h 20m including layover	Find flight from$748

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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 Washington D.C. to Cape Town depends on and how to choose the most interesting flight option for you.

Distance between Washington D.C. and Cape Town is 12728 miles. Time difference between the cities is 7h. Airplanes depart 06:02 to 22:50 from 2 Washington D.C. airports and arrive 06:02 to 22:50 to 1 Cape Town airport. Average flight time is 14h 20m.

The fastest flight 14h 20m
Average flight time 14h 20m
The earliest flight 06:02
The latest flight 22:50
Distance 7909 ml

The cheapest months to travel to Cape Town are january (from 480 $), february (from 562 $), november (from 571 $).

The most expensive months are december (from 740 $), november (from 571 $), february (from 562 $).

What is the lowest airfare Washington D.C. to Cape Town?

The cheapest plane ticket found by our users is $480. This airfare is for economy class on one-way UA8784 flight by United Airlines for January 16, 2025 which leaves Dulles International in Washington D.C. at 22:20 am and arrives at Cape Town Cape Town Int. at 07:40.

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Popular Airlines on the Route

The flight Washington D.C. — Cape Town is served by 15 regular airlines . Most of the flights on this route are operated by Qatar Airways - 65 departures per week at the price of from $ 672 . And the most expensive tickets are offered by Austrian Airlines airline - from $ 6844.

Direct flights

There are 1 nonstop flights on the route. The fastest direct flight is UA1011 by United Airlines takes 14h 20m and the cheapest is UA8784 by United Airlines for $1138.

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Connecting Flights

There are 347 flights with layovers on the route. The fastest connecting flight is UA4180 by United Airlines takes 16h 50m and the cheapest is UA8784 by United Airlines for $480.

QR - Qatar Airways

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AC - Air Canada

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FI - Icelandair

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OS - Austrian Airlines

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MS - EGYPTAIR

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EK - Emirates

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UA - United Airlines

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LX - SWISS International Air Lines

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ET - Ethiopian Airlines

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EY - Etihad Airways

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TK - Turkish Airlines

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IB - Iberia

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Airports

You can fly from Washington D.C. to Cape Town from 2 airports (Dulles International, Ronald Reagan).

Washington D.C. airports

Dulles International-IAD

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Ronald Reagan-DCA

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Cape Town airports

Cape Town Int.-CPT

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Airplanes

There are flights to Cape Town from Washington D.C. by 15 airlines that use 4 aircraft brands. They range from huge modern airplanes to small-sized.

Airbus A330-300

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Boeing 777

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Boeing 777-300ER

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