✈ CPT → SCL

10H 14M. CAPE TOWN TO SANTIAGO. YOUR BACK WILL FILE A COMPLAINT.

Flight time
10h 14m
Distance
4,950 mi
Or
7,967 km
Jet lag
6h

Flight from Cape Town to Santiago

From Cape Town International (CPT), South Africa Africa  →  Arturo Merino Benítez (SCL), Chile South America

↔ Flying the other way? Santiago → Cape Town

How long is the flight from Cape Town to Santiago?

A nonstop flight from Cape Town (CPT) to Santiago (SCL) takes about 10 hours 14 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,950 miles (7,967 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

10h 14m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

4,950 mi

7,967 km · great-circle

Avg speed

778 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Cape Town timezone

UTC+2

Africa/Johannesburg

Santiago timezone

UTC-4

America/Santiago

Time difference

-6h

6 hours behind

Jet lag (rough)

~4.2d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1179 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1362 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 327 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.