✈ CPT → DFW
17H 35M IN ECONOMY = A FELONY AGAINST YOURSELF. UPGRADE.
Flight from Cape Town to Dallas
From Cape Town International (CPT), South Africa Africa → Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW), USA North America
↔ Flying the other way? Dallas → Cape Town
How long is the flight from Cape Town to Dallas?
A nonstop flight from Cape Town (CPT) to Dallas (DFW) takes about 17 hours 35 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 8,790 miles (14,146 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
17h 35m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
8,790 mi
14,146 km · great-circle
Avg speed
804 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Cape Town timezone
UTC+2
Africa/Johannesburg
Dallas timezone
UTC-5
America/Chicago
Time difference
-7h
7 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~4.9d
Westward — easier
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from Cape Town
- Cape Town → Johannesburg
- Cape Town → Nairobi
- Cape Town → Rio de Janeiro
- Cape Town → São Paulo
- Cape Town → Buenos Aires
- Cape Town → Cairo
- Cape Town → Doha
- Cape Town → Abu Dhabi
- Cape Town → Tel Aviv
- Cape Town → Dubai
- Cape Town → Santiago
- Cape Town → Casablanca
- Cape Town → Athens
- Cape Town → Mumbai
- Cape Town → Istanbul
- Cape Town → Rome
- Cape Town → Barcelona
- Cape Town → Lisbon
- Cape Town → Madrid
- Cape Town → Bucharest
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