✈ ATL → CAI
ATLANTA → CAIRO IN 12H 56M. CONSIDER BUSINESS CLASS. NO, REALLY.
Flight from Atlanta to Cairo
From Hartsfield-Jackson (ATL), USA North America → Cairo International (CAI), Egypt Africa
↔ Flying the other way? Cairo → Atlanta
How long is the flight from Atlanta to Cairo?
A nonstop flight from Atlanta (ATL) to Cairo (CAI) takes about 12 hours 56 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,360 miles (10,236 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
12h 56m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
6,360 mi
10,236 km · great-circle
Avg speed
791 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Atlanta timezone
UTC-4
America/New_York
Cairo timezone
UTC+3
Africa/Cairo
Time difference
+7h
7 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~7d
Eastward — worse
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from Atlanta
Nearest destinations
- Atlanta → Miami
- Atlanta → Chicago
- Atlanta → Dallas
- Atlanta → Toronto
- Atlanta → New York
- Atlanta → Cancun
- Atlanta → Boston
- Atlanta → Mexico City
- Atlanta → Las Vegas
- Atlanta → Los Angeles
Long-haul from Atlanta
- Atlanta → Bali (Denpasar)
- Atlanta → Singapore
- Atlanta → Kuala Lumpur
- Atlanta → Melbourne
- Atlanta → Sydney
- Atlanta → Bangkok
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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
- 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