Durban to Stellenbosch flight

Flights from Durban to Stellenbosch start at €127.57 and take 6h 3m at their fastest.

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The Flights from Durban to Stellenbosch starts at €127.57 and takes 6h 3m door to door, run by 4 operators over 1,357 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked September 23, 2026Priced for October 7, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 6h 3mDoor to door
  • 2h 48mMoving
  • €127.57 to €306.94From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 2Per day
  • 221.6 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 7, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€127.57 to €306.94 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €293.96Thu24
  2. about €306.94Fri25
  3. about €269.18Sat26
  4. about €209.00Sun27
  5. about €188.34Mon28
  6. about €226.11Tue29
  7. about €209.58Wed30
  8. about €206.63Thu1
  9. about €206.05Fri2
  10. about €214.90Sat3
  11. about €154.12Sun4
  12. about €174.77Mon5
  13. about €158.25Tue6
  14. about €127.57Wed7

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 7, 2026

Cheapest€127.57
  1. CemAir CA903207:302h 20m09:50King Shaka International Airport DURCape Town International Airport CPT
  2. Metrorail M418011:0828m11:36Cape Town railway stationStellenbosch

Changes at Cape Town, with 78 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 6h 3mCO2 275.3 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Lowest CO2€171.83
  1. Airlink (SAA) AS945007:301h 22m08:52King Shaka International Airport DURChief Dawid Stuurman International Airport PLZ
  2. Shosholoza Meyl SM850810:054h 22m14:27RedhouseStellenbosch

Changes at Gqeberha, with 73 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 8h 54mCO2 167.9 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Airlines

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Airlink (SAA)740 km/hFixed fareNot published
Shosholoza Meyl140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi
CemAir740 km/hFixed fareNot published
Metrorail140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi

The flight gets you into Stellenbosch. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Stellenbosch for the night the flight gets in

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Booking window

When to book Durban to Stellenbosch

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €140.5590 days
  2. €133.4760 days
  3. €126.3945 days
  4. €138.7830 days
  5. €130.5221 days
  6. €127.5714 days
  7. €209.587 days
  8. €269.183 days
  9. €293.961 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €126.39.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 133 percent. The most expensive point is €293.96, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €159.43Sun
  2. €174.77Mon
  3. €158.25Tue
  4. €130.52Wed
  5. €206.63Thu
  6. €206.05Fri
  7. €214.90Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Durban

Air
  • DUR
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 1,357 km against 1,233 km in a straight line, a detour of 9 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Gqeberha, Cape Town. The gap between arriving and leaving is 73 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Durban at 07:30 and the last at 07:30, across 2 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Durban to Stellenbosch

The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Flight from Durban to Stellenbosch take?

The Flight from Durban to Stellenbosch takes 6h 3m door to door, of which 2h 48m is spent moving. The route runs 1,357 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Flight from Durban to Stellenbosch cost?

The Flight from Durban to Stellenbosch starts at €127.57 for one passenger, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare is €149.70. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Flight from Durban to Stellenbosch?

4 operators run the Flight from Durban to Stellenbosch: Airlink (SAA), Shosholoza Meyl, CemAir, Metrorail. Between them they file around 2 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Flight from Durban to Stellenbosch use?

The Flight from Durban to Stellenbosch leaves from King Shaka International Airport DUR and arrives at Stellenbosch. Allow about 1h 57m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Flight from Durban to Stellenbosch?

Fares for the Flight from Durban to Stellenbosch bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €126.39. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 133 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from Durban to Stellenbosch produce?

The Flight from Durban to Stellenbosch produces about 221.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1357 km, which works out at roughly 163 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Flight from Durban to Stellenbosch?

Operators on the Flight from Durban to Stellenbosch publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 4 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 3m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Durban to Stellenbosch on September 23, 2026: 1357 km of route against 1233 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €127.57, and 6h 3m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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