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✈ CAI → JNB

8H 12M FLIGHT. TWO MOVIES, NO SLEEP, ONE EXISTENTIAL CRISIS.

Flight time
8h 12m
Distance
3,893 mi
Or
6,265 km
Jet lag
1h

Flight from Cairo to Johannesburg

From Cairo International (CAI), Egypt Africa  →  O.R. Tambo (JNB), South Africa Africa

↔ Flying the other way? Johannesburg → Cairo

How long is the flight from Cairo to Johannesburg?

A nonstop flight from Cairo (CAI) to Johannesburg (JNB) takes about 8 hours 12 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 3,893 miles (6,265 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

8h 12m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

3,893 mi

6,265 km · great-circle

Avg speed

763 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Cairo timezone

UTC+3

Africa/Cairo

Johannesburg timezone

UTC+2

Africa/Johannesburg

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.

✈ Flight 927 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1071 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 257 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.

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