CPT → LGWCape Town to London

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Direct flights from Cape Town (CPT) to London (LGW): 2 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. The median arrival is 12 minutes early. No cancellations were recorded across the 3 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 9,641 km, an estimated 12 hours 52 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Cape Town and London. Updated 2 November 2026 at 08:07 UTC.

Today, CPT → LGW

Mon 2 Nov · local times
  1. 11:30 Z0752Norse Atlantic UK On schedule LGW 21:15scheduled

Checked CPT board 08:59 · LGW board 08:07

CPT Cape Town busy · +15
LGW London smooth · +5
9,641 km · ~12h 52m est.
departs 11:302x weekly
Running clean · 1 airline · 2x weekly · nonstop
85 / 100

route health from live CPT and LGW delay boards

Median arrival delay is −12 min. 0 of 3 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →

Median arrival−12 minacross the last 3 arrivals
Flight time~12h 52mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures2x1 direct airline on the leg

The week

scheduled departures · origin local time
06121824
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
Norse Atlantic UK

Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time, observed operating in the last 7 days. Today is highlighted.

Who flies it

observed on the boards · 7 days
Norse Atlantic UKZ0

Flights Z0752 11:30 Mo Th

History

operated legs · board outcomes
10-30Z0754dep +32 → arr+30
10-29Z0752dep +18 → arr−23
10-26Z0752dep +6 → arr−12

Actual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.

Full board history, day by day →

Airports right now

live boards
CPTCape Town +15 min busy 🌤 few clouds · S 19 kt Full CPT delay board →
LGWLondon +5 min smooth 🌤 clear · N 9 kt Full LGW delay board →

Weather lens

Conditions are tightest at LGW: a 82% chance of a 15+ minute delay. In this weather, the more delayed of the two airports is typically about +40 min. Both figures come from the two airports' delay records in similar weather. See live delays → · Weather risk by airport →

How the Cape Town to London route actually runs

Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop CPT to LGW flights through the day: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises.

Planning around a delay? Live airport delays · Weather delay risk map · Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure

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How we measure this →

CPT to LGW questions

Is CPT–LGW running on time right now?

Smooth skies ahead. The departure side at CPT is the weaker end, route health score 85/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.

How long is the flight from CPT to LGW?

Great-circle distance is 9,641 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 711–856 min gate-to-gate on this route.

How often does CPT–LGW fly?

Norse Atlantic UK runs the route with about 2 flights a week (mon, thu). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.

What does the route health score measure?

A blend of departure-side delay at CPT and arrival-side delay at LGW, computed from rolling delay windows (refreshed every 40 minutes) with a daily-rollup fallback. Current MVFR, IFR, or LIFR endpoint weather caps the score when flight rules can limit throughput. Higher is healthier: 100 means operations are clean at both ends.