✈ CAI → AMS
4H 40M, 2,042 MI. ONE MOVIE. ONE NAP. ONE QUESTIONABLE MEAL.
Flight from Cairo to Amsterdam
From Cairo International (CAI), Egypt Africa → Schiphol (AMS), Netherlands Europe
↔ Flying the other way? Amsterdam → Cairo
How long is the flight from Cairo to Amsterdam?
A nonstop flight from Cairo (CAI) to Amsterdam (AMS) 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
Cairo timezone
UTC+3
Africa/Cairo
Amsterdam timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Amsterdam
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 Cairo
Nearest destinations
- Cairo → Tel Aviv
- Cairo → Athens
- Cairo → Istanbul
- Cairo → Bucharest
- Cairo → Doha
- Cairo → Rome
- Cairo → Budapest
- Cairo → Vienna
- Cairo → Abu Dhabi
- Cairo → Dubai
Long-haul from Cairo
- 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
More flights to Europe
Flights to Amsterdam
Nearest origins
- Brussels → Amsterdam
- Frankfurt → Amsterdam
- London → Amsterdam
- Paris → Amsterdam
- Manchester → Amsterdam
- Berlin → Amsterdam
- Zurich → Amsterdam
- Copenhagen → Amsterdam
- Munich → Amsterdam
- Edinburgh → Amsterdam
Long-haul to Amsterdam
- Auckland → Amsterdam
- Sydney → Amsterdam
- Melbourne → Amsterdam
- Bali (Denpasar) → Amsterdam
- Santiago → Amsterdam
- Buenos Aires → Amsterdam
- Singapore → Amsterdam
- Manila → Amsterdam
- Kuala Lumpur → Amsterdam
- São Paulo → Amsterdam