JFK - CPT

Find cheap flights from New York John F Kennedy Airport to Cape Town from R9 468

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight departing on 24/11. Fares are subject to change and may not be available on all flights or dates of travel. Click the price to replicate the search for this deal.
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How much is the cheapest flight from John F Kennedy Intl to Cape Town?

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from John F Kennedy Intl to Cape Town that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
13:45 - 12:45JFK-CPT
40h 00m1 stop
14:30 - 6:35CPT-JFK
23h 05m2 stops
R16 314Kenya Airways
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to., feb. 22 - on., feb. 28
13:45 - 21:40JFK-CPT
24h 55m1 stop
14:30 - 6:35CPT-JFK
22h 05m2 stops
R16 410Kenya Airways
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on., mar. 6 - fr., mar. 22
13:45 - 12:45JFK-CPT
40h 00m1 stop
14:25 - 6:35CPT-JFK
23h 10m2 stops
R16 430Kenya Airways
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to., feb. 1 - to., feb. 15
13:45 - 19:55JFK-CPT
23h 10m1 stop
14:25 - 6:35CPT-JFK
23h 10m2 stops
R16 545Kenya Airways
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ma., jan. 29 - sø., feb. 4
13:45 - 12:45JFK-CPT
40h 00m1 stop
14:25 - 6:35CPT-JFK
23h 10m2 stops
R16 603Kenya Airways
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to., feb. 22 - to., feb. 29
13:45 - 19:55JFK-CPT
23h 10m1 stop
14:25 - 6:35CPT-JFK
23h 10m2 stops
R16 661Kenya Airways
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ma., feb. 19 - sø., feb. 25
13:45 - 8:30JFK-CPT
35h 45m2 stops
14:30 - 6:35CPT-JFK
23h 05m2 stops
R17 085Multiple Airlines
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to., feb. 22 - on., feb. 28
12:50 - 12:00JFK-CPT
40h 10m1 stop
18:00 - 23:00CPT-JFK
35h 00m1 stop
R17 799Turkish Airlines
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sø., feb. 4 - ti., mar. 12
12:50 - 12:00JFK-CPT
40h 10m1 stop
18:00 - 22:00CPT-JFK
35h 00m1 stop
R17 895Turkish Airlines
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ma., jan. 22 - ma., feb. 19
23:40 - 12:00JFK-CPT
29h 20m1 stop
18:00 - 22:00CPT-JFK
35h 00m1 stop
R18 454Turkish Airlines
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to., feb. 22 - on., feb. 28

Good to know

Low season

June

High season

March

Cheapest flight

R9 468
Best time to beat the crowds (0% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 14% lower on average.
Flight from New York John F Kennedy Airport to Cape Town

When to book flights from John F Kennedy Intl to Cape Town

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from John F Kennedy Intl to Cape Town based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
Estimated return price
KAYAK looks at all historical flight data for each date to provide a predicted price for one-way trips or returns with a duration up to 40 days. While we try to provide actual minimum prices for each date, some prices are predictions and actual prices may differ.
Average price per month
To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from New York to Cape Town, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.
Flight prices as travel date approaches
To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights from New York to Cape Town, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each month.

Top tips for finding a cheap flight from New York John F Kennedy Airport to Cape Town

  • The cheapest flight from New York John F Kennedy Airport to Cape Town was found, on average, 71 days before departure.
  • Book at least 2 weeks before departure in order to get a below-average price.
  • High season is considered to be November, December and January. The cheapest month to fly is November.
  • Morning departure is around 4% cheaper than an evening flight, on average*.
*Average of the lowest prices shown in KAYAK’s search results for departures within the next 30 days

FAQs for booking New York John F Kennedy Airport to Cape Town flights

  • How long does a flight from New York John F Kennedy Airport to Cape Town take?

    There are no direct flights from New York John F Kennedy Airport to Cape Town. The quickest journey takes 23h 10m.

  • Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from New York John F Kennedy Airport to Cape Town?

    In the last 3 days, Kenya Airways offered the best one-way deal for that route, at R9 468. KAYAK users also found New York John F Kennedy Airport to Cape Town return flights on Kenya Airways from R16 314 and on Turkish Airlines from R17 799.

  • What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from New York John F Kennedy Airport to Cape Town?

    When flying from New York John F Kennedy Airport to Cape Town, you should consider leaving on a Thursday and avoid Mondays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to New York John F Kennedy Airport, you’ll find the best rates on Sundays and the most expensive ones on Wednesdays.

  • What’s the earliest departure time from New York John F Kennedy Airport to Cape Town?

    The earliest departure to Cape Town leaves New York John F Kennedy Airport at 0:00.

  • What’s the latest departure time from New York John F Kennedy Airport to Cape Town?

    The last departure to Cape Town leaves New York John F Kennedy Airport at 23:50.

  • Which airlines fly direct between New York John F Kennedy Airport and Cape Town?

    There are no direct flights connecting New York John F Kennedy Airport to Cape Town.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from New York John F Kennedy Airport to Cape Town?

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from New York John F Kennedy Airport to Cape Town?

    SkyTeam, Star Alliance, and oneworld are the airline alliances operating flights between New York John F Kennedy Airport and Cape Town, with SkyTeam being the most commonly used for this route.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from New York John F Kennedy Airport to Cape Town?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from New York John F Kennedy Airport to Cape Town.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from New York John F Kennedy Airport to Cape Town?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Cape Town from New York John F Kennedy Airport is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from New York John F Kennedy Airport to Cape Town?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly to Cape Town with an airline and back to New York John F Kennedy Airport with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from New York John F Kennedy Airport to Cape Town?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Cape Town from New York John F Kennedy Airport up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Top 3 airlines serving from John F Kennedy Intl to Cape Town

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from New York to Cape Town. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from John F Kennedy Intl to Cape Town? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to KAYAK reviews.
7,8
KLMOverall score based on 3808 reviews
76comfort
72entertainment
85crew
79boarding
74food
80overall
Airline reviews
Pros: "The crew were great! The seats are not that comfortable, it happened that I had 3 seats raw for myself but the armrests were not going up so I could not utilize them and lie down to sleep."
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Pros: "The crew were great! The seats are not that comfortable, it happened that I had 3 seats raw for myself but the armrests were not going up so I could not utilize them and lie down to sleep."
Pros: "I liked how generous they were with food and drinks"
Cons: "Free WiFi could have made the flight a lot better"
Pros: "Boarding was efficient and the crew were nice."
Cons: "the seating is horrible. it was the tightest seating I've ever experienced."
Pros: "Food was great, movie selection too. Everything was great except for I couldn’t really get comfortable to sleep"
Cons: "Not sure how to make the seats more comfortable. I have some back issues though. However, some of my travel companions slept right through the flight."
Pros: "Nothing"
Cons: "Transavia does not serve anything complementary, not even water. A flight between two countries that is five hours long must be better than this. I was not aware of Transavia doing that before I booked. I will never fly with them again"
Cons: "When its rain we shouldn’t walk to the air plain"
Cons: "I paid for the preferred seat .and i found that people beside me didnt pay anything when i asked them ,"
Pros: "Like the overall KLM experience"
Cons: "Food could have had better quality and the stewardess served it all at once versus in the various courses."
Pros: "Friendly staff, great service on board. Way better value and service compared to the tacky Irish competition flying the route. Delta all the way"
Pros: "Gaps between seats are very narrow."
Cons: "when serving drinks, cabin crew limited to serve liquor only once and it was poor service."
Pros: "The crew was very attentive and willing to assist with everything."
Pros: "Seats had tv monitor"
Cons: "Check in was horrible and inefficient. The seats are smaller compared to most major airlines (Delta, AA, Air France, KLM)"
Cons: "I somehow made my 35 minute layover, however I can’t say the same for my luggage. Totally unacceptable."
Cons: "The configuration of seating in business class allows for no privacy and my connecting flight just had food and front seats for business class. Our three across seats were the same as everyone else."
Pros: "Gave me a bagel before landing."
Cons: "Boarding process was disorganized, no one helping adjust suitcases to maximize space (one guitar laid on its back instead of standing on its side took an entire bin instead of half), the flight attendant woke me up to lift my seat back because the person behind me wanted to eat. Their flawed design is not my problem."
Pros: "Crew was friendly"
Cons: "We had a 30 minute delay for technical reasons leaving JFK and then spent 60 minutes taxiing/waiting to takeoff. During the flight the pilot made up about 15minutes but then a Heathrow circled for 20 minutes this caused us to miss our connecting fight what are it worse is that BAnever todos we had issued our flight even though they knew but the time we landed that we could no take it through security in time . It wa very confusing trying to figure out that we had to reschedule and where and how to do it."
Pros: "very comfortable but because it was not a full flight"
Cons: "The only problem that I had with my flight is that my luggage did not arrive on the same flight. Possibly due to my connecting flight from DCA to JFK. Both American Airlines and British Airways reassured me that it would be at Gatwick Airport when I arrived. Unfortunately, it did not. It took approximately four days to get my luggage. This was definitely a lessons learned."
Pros: "Staff are friendly, accomodating for an unaccompanied child with me, upgraded me and helped to support the extra baggage needs"
Cons: "Old, dirty planes with bad enterainment systems and mediocre food and drink offerings. With the price of a ticket more than Emirates, KLM and other airlines, always really suprised the overall crappy hardware, infrastructure on planes etc. When can we get a decent plane to fly the long haul flights. And an actual entertainment system like to competitors?"
Pros: "Modern individual entertainment stations. Comfortable leather (or perhaps synthetic leather) seats. Friendly helpful crew."
Cons: "I was seated between 2 people, and it felt like very little space."
Pros: "Customer service was acceptable"
Cons: "Flights were cancelled and had to take another airline. Bags were also lost for 5 days!"
Cons: "I upgraded my seats, but we still didn’t get any extras for the price."
Cons: "Panasonic Wi-Fi does not come close to the value GoGo provides."
Pros: "Plane had a modern feel with exception of entertainment."
Cons: "No entertainment on the back of the screen. This is 2018, who doesn’t have that??? Sit length was a little small. I’m 5’10 and barely fit."
Cons: "We waited on the check - in line for 3 hours because only 2 customer service reps were there to check-in customers. In 3 hours, only 2 people were assisted, causing us to miss our flight. I was traveling with my infant daughter on her first flight, I wasn't able to nurse her or change her. What a terrible experience. Are you working with American Airlines to improve their customer service? Surely, because you offer their flights in your site you support their practices. I just wanted a comfortable and reliable flight for my family. It's been very frustrating so far..."
Cons: "We flew from Rome to JFK and arrived at 12:40 pm only to find out that our 3:30 pm flight had been cancelled a long time ago. No one had notified us of our new booking on a 9:10 flight to Boston. No one at American or British Airways could provide us with an earlier departure or compensate us to take alternative transportation. Our 9:10 flight was then delayed until 10:50 pm. We arrived in Boston at 12:02 am, 11 1/2 hours after our arrival at JFK from Rome. This was not a very friendly welcome home. We never would have booked such an extended delay as we only live 4 hours from New York City."
Pros: "Quite new plane, clean. Some of the staff were friendly."
Cons: "Flight was delayed vecause there was no pilot for one hour. We missed connecting flight and ended up with several delayed flights, so our 11 hour trip turned out to be 32 hour long. Also, they messed up with food order, but after some time they managed to bring suitable food from business class. Some of the staff was unfriendly and whining. And our party of three was scattered around the plane, other families sitting nearby too. A little bit greedy company selling seat selection option when they could arrangeit nicely, but just don’t do it in order to get few people to pay for otherwise normal thing."
Pros: "It was fine. Just not anything great."
Cons: "Many groups were not seated together. at the airport I asked if my husband and I could be put together . One worker seemed interested in helping, but another rudely butted in and said there "were no seats together, the flight was full." Come to find out the flight was not full, there were whole rows not full. The groups near our seats rearranged ourselves so we could be by our family members, so it worked out. No thanks to the person at the terminal. Really long walk from the gate to the plane. No food on a cross country flight. Only a few cups of water/soda and a cookie. which unfortunately is typical now days. The lights were off the whole trip. The captain kept turning on the seat belt sign for the turbulence. Which there was a lot of. But then he would announce for everyone to go back to their seats. It wasn't huge bumps, just a little rough. and it woke everyone up by announcing it multiple times."
Pros: "Check in staff were very good.Lots of entertainment choices. Very comfortable seating,was worth the extra price."
Cons: "I went to check in with Iberia airlines as the flight information said. Desk was closed. Went to American airlines as suggested by airport staff, which was correct. Completely different terminal,we were lucky we had 3 hours between connections, the whole process took over an hour. Very confusing. The plane was American Airlines, Iberia was not mentioned anywhere else,very confusing. Dinner was served within an hour of taking off at 11pm, which we didnt have, but then nothing until an hour before landing and very hurried. Staff had been very busy chatting in the galley. No snacks available. Had a group of rowdy and rude passengers near us, not alcohol related. I think staff shoud have had a word with them, it looked like they didnt want to know, another passenger finaly did after 5 patient hours. Arrived in London, our bags did not. Staff were good. They found the error straight away. They delivered them to our home the next day which was a very good service."
Pros: "Flight was supposed to leave 5:45 PM , they let us board the plane right on time, then we stayed waiting on board for half an hour, there was zero communication from staff or the captain, then suddenly they asked us to leave for no reason whatsoever, we waited and waited, they decided to move us to Gate 1 instead and had us wait for four hours, they served us little food, and told us wait for AA to provide a new plane. we were delayed for four hours, flight left 10PM. very very dissatisfied, never ride with AA or Iberia"
Cons: "I need a refund for this flight. it was a horror, 4 hours of delay with zero communication."

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from New York to Cape Town found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
24/11fr.
2 stopsKenya Airways
40h 50mJFK-CPT
R9 468
26/11sø.
2 stopsKenya Airways
40h 50mJFK-CPT
R9 815
18/3ma.
2 stopsKenya Airways
41h 50mJFK-CPT
R9 931
25/10on.
2 stopsMultiple Airlines
51h 00mJFK-CPT
R11 705
4/11lø.
2 stopsMultiple Airlines
27h 00mJFK-CPT
R11 859
10/11fr.
1 stopLufthansa
36h 00mJFK-CPT
R14 675
28/10lø.
1 stopTurkish Airlines
41h 10mJFK-CPT
R14 694
27/10fr.
1 stopTurkish Airlines
29h 40mJFK-CPT
R16 892
3/1on.
3 stopsLufthansa
34h 25mJFK-CPT
R18 686
17/12sø.
2 stopsKLM
23h 15mJFK-CPT
R23 179

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Last minute flights from John F Kennedy Intl to Cape Town

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

 
These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights from New York to Cape Town that are departing in the next 10 days.
8/10sø.
multi-stopEthiopian Air
33h 00mJFK-CPT
17/10ti.
multi-stopEthiopian Air
36h 10mCPT-JFK
R20 961
4/10on.
multi-stopQatar Airways
39h 10mJFK-CPT
11/10on.
multi-stopQatar Airways
26h 30mCPT-JFK
R25 512
8/10sø.
multi-stopEthiopian Air
33h 00mJFK-CPT
17/10ti.
multi-stopEthiopian Air
32h 40mCPT-JFK
R27 228
8/10sø.
multi-stopMultiple Airlines
43h 05mJFK-CPT
17/10ti.
multi-stopMultiple Airlines
26h 30mCPT-JFK
R27 440
4/10on.
multi-stopMultiple Airlines
43h 10mJFK-CPT
11/10on.
multi-stopMultiple Airlines
26h 30mCPT-JFK
R28 771
8/10sø.
multi-stopLufthansa
30h 05mJFK-CPT
17/10ti.
multi-stopLufthansa
26h 00mCPT-JFK
R30 796
5/10to.
multi-stopLufthansa
34h 25mJFK-CPT
12/10to.
multi-stopLufthansa
27h 15mCPT-JFK
R34 961
4/10on.
multi-stopTurkish Airlines
23h 15mJFK-CPT
10/10ti.
multi-stopTurkish Airlines
31h 30mCPT-JFK
R37 506
8/10sø.
multi-stopTurkish Airlines
29h 40mJFK-CPT
23/10ma.
multi-stopTurkish Airlines
25h 00mCPT-JFK
R41 537
4/10on.
multi-stopAir France
39h 15mJFK-CPT
12/10to.
multi-stopAir France
27h 10mCPT-JFK
R48 749

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New York John F Kennedy Airport - Cape Town Flights

Departure:

New York John F Kennedy Airport (JFK)United States

Destination:

Cape Town (CPT)South Africa

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Cape Town - New York John F Kennedy Airport

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