✈ CAI → SCL
16H 1M FROM CAIRO TO SANTIAGO. THIS IS NOT TRAVEL. THIS IS ENDURANCE.
Flight from Cairo to Santiago
From Cairo International (CAI), Egypt Africa → Arturo Merino Benítez (SCL), Chile South America
↔ Flying the other way? Santiago → Cairo
How long is the flight from Cairo to Santiago?
A nonstop flight from Cairo (CAI) to Santiago (SCL) takes about 16 hours 1 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 7,972 miles (12,830 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
16h 1m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
7,972 mi
12,830 km · great-circle
Avg speed
801 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Cairo timezone
UTC+3
Africa/Cairo
Santiago timezone
UTC-4
America/Santiago
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.
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 → Mexico City
- Cairo → Los Angeles
- Cairo → San Francisco
- Cairo → Las Vegas
- Cairo → Buenos Aires
- Cairo → Cancun
- Cairo → Dallas
More flights to South America
Flights to Santiago
Nearest origins
- Buenos Aires → Santiago
- São Paulo → Santiago
- Rio de Janeiro → Santiago
- Cancun → Santiago
- Mexico City → Santiago
- Miami → Santiago
- Atlanta → Santiago
- Dallas → Santiago
- Cape Town → Santiago
- New York → Santiago
Long-haul to Santiago
- Beijing → Santiago
- Shanghai → Santiago
- Hong Kong → Santiago
- Taipei → Santiago
- Seoul → Santiago
- Bangkok → Santiago
- Osaka → Santiago
- Manila → Santiago
- Tokyo → Santiago
- Delhi → Santiago