Live flights over Cape Town International Airport (CPT)
From 23 to 24 October 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 266 departures and 266 arrivals at Cape Town International Airport, 266 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Johannesburg (JNB), Johannesburg (HLA) and Dubai (DXB). The airline seen most often is Safair.
Airport data
- IATA code
- CPT
- ICAO code
- FACT
- City
- Cape Town
- Region
- Western Cape
- Country
- South Africa
- Elevation
- 46 m (151 ft)
- Coordinates
- -33.97403, 18.60433
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Cape Town International Airport that the network receives appears on the FlyItalyADSB live map: airliners on approach and departure, business and general aviation, and — where MLAT reaches — aircraft without full ADS-B. Nothing is filtered out; how much of the area is covered depends on the community's receivers near Cape Town.
Seen by the network
23–24 October 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 23 | 152 | 148 | 300 |
| Sat 24 | 114 | 118 | 232 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Johannesburg JNB 140 flights
- Johannesburg HLA 31 flights
- Dubai DXB United Arab Emirates 7 flights
- Amsterdam AMS Netherlands 3 flights
- São Paulo GRU Brazil 3 flights
- London LGW United Kingdom 2 flights
- Nairobi NBO Kenya 2 flights
- Atlanta ATL United States 1 flights
- Newark EWR United States 1 flights
- Paris CDG France 1 flights
- Zurich ZRH Switzerland 1 flights
- Doha DIA Qatar 1 flights
- Doha DOH Qatar 1 flights
Airlines
- SafairSFR 170
- AirlinkLNK 90
- South African AirwaysSAA 42
- LIFT AirlineGBB 23
- CemAirKEM 16
- EmiratesUAE 12
- Ethiopian AirlinesETH 8
- TAAG Angola AirlinesDTA 6
- KLMKLM 6
- Qatar AirwaysQTR 5
Aircraft
- Boeing 737-800 B738 154
- Embraer E190 E190 51
- Airbus A320 A320 50
- E295 27
- Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner B789 26
- Airbus A350-900 A359 18
- PA12 18
- CRJ2 14
- P28B 14
- Boeing 777-300ER B77W 12
How we count: a flight is a departure here when the network first sees it low near the airport (on the ground, or climbing away from it), an arrival when it last sees it low on approach. Where receivers don't reach low altitude the numbers stay below the real traffic. Connections and airlines come only from airline flights.
This data in your app
Every aircraft within 80 km of Cape Town International Airport, as JSON, with a free key that also allows commercial use:
curl -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.flyitalyadsb.com/v2/lat/-33.97403/lon/18.60433/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Cape Town right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Cape Town International Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Cape Town: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of CPT, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from Cape Town International Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (23–24 October 2026), the most frequent airlines were Safair, Airlink, South African Airways, LIFT Airline and CemAir.
What are the main connections from Cape Town International Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (23–24 October 2026), both ways: Johannesburg (JNB, 140), Johannesburg (HLA, 31), Dubai (DXB, 7), Amsterdam (AMS, 3) and São Paulo (GRU, 3). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Cape Town? +
Yes. Thanks to multilateration (MLAT) the network reconstructs the position of aircraft without full ADS-B too, including military and state flights, whenever they are received by feeders in the area. Nothing is filtered out.
What are the codes for Cape Town International Airport? +
Cape Town International Airport has IATA code CPT and ICAO code FACT. It lies in Western Cape, South Africa, at coordinates -33.97403, 18.60433.
Is the flight data free and open? +
Yes. The live map and the Free API plan cost nothing, and the data is published under the open CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; paid API plans for higher volumes help cover the infrastructure costs.
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