✈ AUH → CAI
3H 35M, 1,478 MI. ONE MOVIE. ONE NAP. ONE QUESTIONABLE MEAL.
Flight from Abu Dhabi to Cairo
From Abu Dhabi International (AUH), UAE Middle East → Cairo International (CAI), Egypt Africa
↔ Flying the other way? Cairo → Abu Dhabi
How long is the flight from Abu Dhabi to Cairo?
A nonstop flight from Abu Dhabi (AUH) to Cairo (CAI) takes about 3 hours 35 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 1,478 miles (2,378 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
3h 35m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
1,478 mi
2,378 km · great-circle
Avg speed
664 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Abu Dhabi timezone
UTC+4
Asia/Dubai
Cairo timezone
UTC+3
Africa/Cairo
Time difference
-1h
1 hour behind
Jet lag (rough)
~0.7d
Westward — easier
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.7× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from Abu Dhabi
Nearest destinations
- Abu Dhabi → Dubai
- Abu Dhabi → Doha
- Abu Dhabi → Mumbai
- Abu Dhabi → Tel Aviv
- Abu Dhabi → Delhi
- Abu Dhabi → Istanbul
- Abu Dhabi → Athens
- Abu Dhabi → Bucharest
- Abu Dhabi → Nairobi
- Abu Dhabi → Budapest
Long-haul from Abu Dhabi
- Abu Dhabi → Santiago
- Abu Dhabi → Mexico City
- Abu Dhabi → Auckland
- Abu Dhabi → Buenos Aires
- Abu Dhabi → Los Angeles
- Abu Dhabi → Cancun
- Abu Dhabi → Las Vegas
- Abu Dhabi → San Francisco
- Abu Dhabi → Dallas
- Abu Dhabi → Miami
More flights to Africa
Flights to Cairo
Nearest origins
- Tel Aviv → Cairo
- Athens → Cairo
- Istanbul → Cairo
- Bucharest → Cairo
- Doha → Cairo
- Rome → Cairo
- Budapest → Cairo
- Vienna → Cairo
- Dubai → Cairo
- Warsaw → Cairo