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Cape Town International Airport
At present, there are no direct flights from San Francisco to Cape Town.
However, there are several flights from SFO to CPT with a stopover.
Select a stopover airport from the list below to see which airlines operate flights from SFO to CPT, and to see what flight schedules are available.
In total there are 11 airlines that cover the full route from San Francisco SFO to Cape Town CPT. These airlines are:
All other flights from San Francisco to Cape Town are operated by a combination of multiple carriers, which are listed below:
In total there are 3 alliances that cover the full route from San Francisco SFO to Cape Town CPT. These alliances are:
You can fly from SFO to CPT in Economy, Premium Economy, Business or First Class on this 1 stop route.
In total there are 6 aircraft types that cover the full route from San Francisco to Cape Town. These aircrafts are:
All other flights from San Francisco to Cape Town are operated by a combination of multiple aircraft types.
The distance between San Francisco and Cape Town is 10,263 miles (16,517 kilometers).
However, because there are no direct flights between SFO and CPT, the distance of the full journey varies between 10,263 and 12,697 miles (or 16,517 and 20,434 kilometers), depending on your stopover airport.
Flights from San Francisco to Cape Town take from 19 hours and 40 minutes up to 25 hours and 20 minutes, depending on your stopover airport.
Please note that these times refer to the actual flight times, excluding the stopover time in between connecting flights, as this depends on your stopover airport as well as your date(s) of travel.
There is 1 airport in Cape Town: Cape Town International Airport (CPT).
From 19 hours and 40 minutes up to 25 hours and 20 minutes, depending on your stopover airport.
Note that this excludes the layover time in between connecting flights.
Because there are no direct flights between SFO and CPT, the total distance of the full journey varies between 10,263 and 12,697 miles (or 16,517 and 20,434 kilometers), depending on your stopover airport.
Delta, United Airlines, KLM, Air France, Virgin Atlantic, British Airways, Lufthansa, Condor, Turkish Airlines, Emirates and Qatar Airways are flying the full route from San Francisco to Cape Town.
Frontier Airlines, Alaska, Swiss and Edelweiss Air operate several connecting flights, but only partly.
Oneworld, SkyTeam and Star Alliance are flying from San Francisco to Cape Town.
You can fly the full route from San Francisco to Cape Town (with 1 stopover) in Economy, Premium Economy, Business Class and First Class.
Aircraft types that fly the full route from San Francisco to Cape Town (with 1 stopover):
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