✈ BOS → CAI

11H 8M, 5,418 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.

Flight time
11h 8m
Distance
5,418 mi
Or
8,720 km
Jet lag
7h

Flight from Boston to Cairo

From Logan (BOS), USA North America  →  Cairo International (CAI), Egypt Africa

How long is the flight from Boston to Cairo?

A nonstop flight from Boston (BOS) to Cairo (CAI) takes about 11 hours 8 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,418 miles (8,720 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

11h 8m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,418 mi

8,720 km · great-circle

Avg speed

783 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Boston 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.

✈ Flight 1291 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1491 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 358 kg CO₂

This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.