Travel By Air From Miami To Cape Town

Posted on November 23, 2009 @ 11:30 pm

If you want to fly from Miami to Cape Town South Africa you have three options to choose from. These are The South African Airways, Delta Airlines and British Airways. There is no direct flight and all of the flights make 2 stops before getting to their destination.

The routes of some of these flights includes via Washington, New York,Baltimore and Johannesburg. With each stop you have to switch flights but this is normal for long flights.

South African Airways

Destined for South Africa it leaves Miami at 13.25hrs and makes its first stop in Washington Dulles arriving at around 16.05hrs. After about 90 minutes it takes off this time heading for Johannesburg where it arrives at 15:50 the following day.

It then departs for its final destination Cape Town at about 17.40hrs and arriving at approximately 1950hrs, the whole journey is about 20 hrs long

Delta Airlines

Departs from Miami heading for Baltimore at 0600hrs. It arrives there at 10:34 and takes off at 11:00 heading to New York, specifically to the JFK airport. It gets there at about 12:10 and takes off at 16:00 heading straight for Cape Town South Africa.

Compared to the South African Airways flight this one is longer being 23hrs in total.

British Airways

British Airways will leave Miami heading for London at 20.50hrs and will arrive the next day at 10.05hrs. The waiting period for the next connecting flight is quite long as it will leave London at 17.50 for Johannesburg

It gets there at 06:35 on the second day. You are then switched to another flight i.e. the SA317, which lives Johannesburg at 09:00 and gets to Cape Town at 11:10. The total flight time is about 21 hours - better than using Delta Airlines.

If you are going to be comparing prices then South African Airways comes out as the cheapest.You will be able to access current airfares and ways you can book your travel tickets from one of the these:







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