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Cape Town to London

1 operator run this water, from 12 h 36.

Getting from Cape Town to London

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Every way across

One row per operator and speed. Where a service is sold as fast and its average does not clear 45 km/h, the word appears in quotation marks — the boat is fast craft, the crossing is not.

American Airlines, British Airways CPT → LHR 9681 km non-stop 744 777 in the air 14 h 06 est. rate not held 768 km/h average

Other ways to reach London

If this crossing does not suit, these quays also reach London without a change. It is the question a single-route page cannot answer about itself and an atlas can.

Toronto – London 41 min Air Canada, Air Transat

Manchester, Greater Manchester – London 48 min American Airlines

Saint Peter Port – London 49 min Aurigny Air Services

St. Peter – London 49 min British Airways, Skynet Airlines

Leeds, West Yorkshire – London 51 min American Airlines

Paris (Roissy-en-France, Val-d'Oise) – London 53 min Air France, easyJet

Rotterdam – London 53 min Air France

Amsterdam – London 55 min Air France, American Airlines

Zaventem – London 55 min American Airlines, easyJet

Newquay – London 56 min British Airways

And other ways to reach Cape Town

George – Cape Town 56 min South African Airways

Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) – Cape Town 1 h 19 British Airways

Upington – Cape Town 1 h 20 South African Airways

Kimberley – Cape Town 1 h 31 South African Airways

East London – Cape Town 1 h 35 South African Airways

Bloemfontein – Cape Town 1 h 38 Mango

Gaborone – Cape Town 2 h 05 Air Botswana

Johannesburg – Cape Town 2 h 05 AmaWaterways, Asiana Airlines

Durban – Cape Town 2 h 06 British Airways, MSC Cruises

Walvis Bay(Rooikop) – Cape Town 2 h 06 South African Airways

Where else these quays go

Also from Cape Town

Amsterdam · Antalya · Auckland · Barcelona · Bloemfontein · Buenos Aires · Civitavecchia-Rome · Colombo · Corfu · Dakar · Doha · Dubai · Durban · East London

Also from London

Aalborg · Aberdeen · Abu Dhabi · Abuja · Accra · Addis Ababa · Agadir (Temsia) · Ajaccio · Algiers · Alicante · Almaty · Almería · Amman · Amsterdam

Which months this runs

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for the Cape Town–London crossing were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.

What we do not know

No fares. Not for this crossing, not for any crossing, not for any mode.

No departure times. No rate is held for this pair either, so we cannot say how often it runs.