✈ AMS → CAI
AMSTERDAM → CAIRO IN 4H 40M. PACK SNACKS. PACK PATIENCE.
Flight from Amsterdam to Cairo
From Schiphol (AMS), Netherlands Europe → Cairo International (CAI), Egypt Africa
↔ Flying the other way? Cairo → Amsterdam
How long is the flight from Amsterdam to Cairo?
A nonstop flight from Amsterdam (AMS) to Cairo (CAI) takes about 4 hours 40 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 2,042 miles (3,287 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
4h 40m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
2,042 mi
3,287 km · great-circle
Avg speed
705 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Amsterdam timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Amsterdam
Cairo timezone
UTC+3
Africa/Cairo
Time difference
+1h
1 hour ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~1d
Eastward — worse
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 Amsterdam
Nearest destinations
- Amsterdam → Brussels
- Amsterdam → Frankfurt
- Amsterdam → London
- Amsterdam → Paris
- Amsterdam → Manchester
- Amsterdam → Berlin
- Amsterdam → Zurich
- Amsterdam → Copenhagen
- Amsterdam → Munich
- Amsterdam → Edinburgh
Long-haul from Amsterdam
- Amsterdam → Auckland
- Amsterdam → Sydney
- Amsterdam → Melbourne
- Amsterdam → Bali (Denpasar)
- Amsterdam → Santiago
- Amsterdam → Buenos Aires
- Amsterdam → Singapore
- Amsterdam → Manila
- Amsterdam → Kuala Lumpur
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Flights to Cairo
Nearest origins
- Tel Aviv → Cairo
- Athens → Cairo
- Istanbul → Cairo
- Bucharest → Cairo
- Doha → Cairo
- Rome → Cairo
- Budapest → Cairo
- Vienna → Cairo
- Abu Dhabi → Cairo
- Dubai → Cairo
Long-haul to Cairo
- Auckland → Cairo
- Sydney → Cairo
- Melbourne → Cairo
- Santiago → Cairo
- Mexico City → Cairo
- Los Angeles → Cairo
- San Francisco → Cairo
- Las Vegas → Cairo
- Buenos Aires → Cairo
- Cancun → Cairo