✈ DEL → CAI
6H IN ECONOMY. PACK MELATONIN. PACK A NECK PILLOW. PACK REGRETS.
Flight from Delhi to Cairo
From Indira Gandhi (DEL), India Asia → Cairo International (CAI), Egypt Africa
↔ Flying the other way? Cairo → Delhi
How long is the flight from Delhi to Cairo?
A nonstop flight from Delhi (DEL) to Cairo (CAI) takes about 6 hours, covering a great-circle distance of 2,736 miles (4,403 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
6h
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
2,736 mi
4,403 km · great-circle
Avg speed
735 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Delhi timezone
UTC+5:30
Asia/Kolkata
Cairo timezone
UTC+3
Africa/Cairo
Time difference
-2.5h
2h 30m behind
Jet lag (rough)
~1.8d
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 Delhi
Nearest destinations
- Delhi → Mumbai
- Delhi → Dubai
- Delhi → Abu Dhabi
- Delhi → Doha
- Delhi → Bangkok
- Delhi → Hong Kong
- Delhi → Beijing
- Delhi → Kuala Lumpur
- Delhi → Tel Aviv
- Delhi → Singapore
Long-haul from Delhi
- Delhi → Santiago
- Delhi → Buenos Aires
- Delhi → Mexico City
- Delhi → São Paulo
- Delhi → Cancun
- Delhi → Rio de Janeiro
- Delhi → Miami
- Delhi → Dallas
- Delhi → Los Angeles
- Delhi → Atlanta
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Flights to Cairo
Nearest origins
- Tel Aviv → Cairo
- Athens → Cairo
- Istanbul → Cairo
- Bucharest → Cairo
- Doha → Cairo
- Rome → Cairo
- Budapest → Cairo
- Vienna → Cairo
- Abu Dhabi → Cairo
- Dubai → Cairo
Long-haul to Cairo
- Auckland → Cairo
- Sydney → Cairo
- Melbourne → Cairo
- Santiago → Cairo
- Mexico City → Cairo
- Los Angeles → Cairo
- San Francisco → Cairo
- Las Vegas → Cairo
- Buenos Aires → Cairo
- Cancun → Cairo