✈ EDI → CAI
5H 27M, 2,456 MI. ONE MOVIE. ONE NAP. ONE QUESTIONABLE MEAL.
Flight from Edinburgh to Cairo
From Edinburgh Airport (EDI), United Kingdom Europe → Cairo International (CAI), Egypt Africa
↔ Flying the other way? Cairo → Edinburgh
How long is the flight from Edinburgh to Cairo?
A nonstop flight from Edinburgh (EDI) to Cairo (CAI) takes about 5 hours 27 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 2,456 miles (3,953 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
5h 27m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
2,456 mi
3,953 km · great-circle
Avg speed
725 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Edinburgh timezone
UTC+1
Europe/London
Cairo timezone
UTC+3
Africa/Cairo
Time difference
+2h
2 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~2d
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.
Flights from Edinburgh
Nearest destinations
- Edinburgh → Manchester
- Edinburgh → Dublin
- Edinburgh → London
- Edinburgh → Amsterdam
- Edinburgh → Brussels
- Edinburgh → Paris
- Edinburgh → Oslo
- Edinburgh → Copenhagen
- Edinburgh → Frankfurt
- Edinburgh → Berlin
Long-haul from Edinburgh
- Edinburgh → Auckland
- Edinburgh → Melbourne
- Edinburgh → Sydney
- Edinburgh → Bali (Denpasar)
- Edinburgh → Santiago
- Edinburgh → Buenos Aires
- Edinburgh → Singapore
- Edinburgh → Kuala Lumpur
- Edinburgh → Manila
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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