✈ ATL → CAI
12H 56M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.
Flight from Atlanta to Cairo
From Hartsfield-Jackson (ATL), USA North America → Cairo International (CAI), Egypt Africa
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.