✈ CAI → ICN

CAIRO → SEOUL IN 10H 47M. CONSIDER BUSINESS CLASS. NO, REALLY.

Flight time
10h 47m
Distance
5,239 mi
Or
8,431 km
Jet lag
6h

Flight from Cairo to Seoul

From Cairo International (CAI), Egypt Africa  →  Incheon (ICN), South Korea Asia

How long is the flight from Cairo to Seoul?

A nonstop flight from Cairo (CAI) to Seoul (ICN) takes about 10 hours 47 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,239 miles (8,431 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

10h 47m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,239 mi

8,431 km · great-circle

Avg speed

782 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Cairo timezone

UTC+3

Africa/Cairo

Seoul timezone

UTC+9

Asia/Seoul

Time difference

+6h

6 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~6d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.

✈ Flight 1248 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1442 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 346 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.