KL 597Amsterdam to Cape Town

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines🇳🇱AMS🇿🇦CPTAmsterdam Airport Schiphol to Cape Town International Airport

Departs

09:55

local to Amsterdam

Operates

Daily

S26 schedule

Distance

9,688 km

6,020 miles

Typical delay

24 min

31 departures

The route

Great circle, 9,688 km

9,688 km (6,020 miles) great-circle, measured between the two airports' published coordinates. The line is the shortest path over the globe, which on a flat map bows away from a straight line.

How delayed is KL 597?

Measured over months

This flight leaves Amsterdam Airport Schiphol a typical 24 minutes late (likely 21 to 29), across 31 departures we tracked between 2026-03-28 and 2026-06-25.

median delay of tracked departures on this leg. Flight Owl's own resolved departure predictions (flights our users tracked), not a census of all flights at the airport.

Where it goes

AMS → CPTAmsterdam to Cape TownEvery airline on this route AMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholDeparture airport CPTCape Town International AirportArrival airport

How these numbers are measured