✈ CAI → JFK
11H 29M, 5,602 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.
Flight from Cairo to New York
From Cairo International (CAI), Egypt Africa → JFK (JFK), USA North America
How long is the flight from Cairo to New York?
A nonstop flight from Cairo (CAI) to New York (JFK) takes about 11 hours 29 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,602 miles (9,016 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
11h 29m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
5,602 mi
9,016 km · great-circle
Avg speed
785 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Cairo timezone
UTC+3
Africa/Cairo
New York timezone
UTC-4
America/New_York
Time difference
-7h
7 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~4.9d
Westward — easier
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.