✈ CPT → AKL

14H 44M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.

Flight time
14h 44m
Distance
7,299 mi
Or
11,747 km
Jet lag
10h

Flight from Cape Town to Auckland

From Cape Town International (CPT), South Africa Africa  →  Auckland Airport (AKL), New Zealand Oceania

↔ Flying the other way? Auckland → Cape Town

How long is the flight from Cape Town to Auckland?

A nonstop flight from Cape Town (CPT) to Auckland (AKL) takes about 14 hours 44 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 7,299 miles (11,747 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

14h 44m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

7,299 mi

11,747 km · great-circle

Avg speed

797 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Cape Town timezone

UTC+2

Africa/Johannesburg

Auckland timezone

UTC+12

Pacific/Auckland

Time difference

+10h

10 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~10d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.

✈ Flight 1739 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 2009 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 482 kg CO₂

This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.