✈ CAI → ICN
CAIRO → SEOUL IN 10H 47M. CONSIDER BUSINESS CLASS. NO, REALLY.
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.
This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.