✈ FRA → CAI
4H 14M FROM FRANKFURT TO CAIRO. THAT'S A WORK SHIFT.
Flight from Frankfurt to Cairo
From Frankfurt Airport (FRA), Germany Europe → Cairo International (CAI), Egypt Africa
↔ Flying the other way? Cairo → Frankfurt
How long is the flight from Frankfurt to Cairo?
A nonstop flight from Frankfurt (FRA) to Cairo (CAI) takes about 4 hours 14 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 1,816 miles (2,922 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
4h 14m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
1,816 mi
2,922 km · great-circle
Avg speed
691 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Frankfurt timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Berlin
Cairo timezone
UTC+3
Africa/Cairo
Time difference
+1h
1 hour ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~1d
Eastward — worse
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.7× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from Frankfurt
Nearest destinations
- Frankfurt → Zurich
- Frankfurt → Munich
- Frankfurt → Brussels
- Frankfurt → Amsterdam
- Frankfurt → Prague
- Frankfurt → Berlin
- Frankfurt → Paris
- Frankfurt → Milan
- Frankfurt → Vienna
- Frankfurt → London
Long-haul from Frankfurt
- Frankfurt → Auckland
- Frankfurt → Sydney
- Frankfurt → Melbourne
- Frankfurt → Santiago
- Frankfurt → Bali (Denpasar)
- Frankfurt → Buenos Aires
- Frankfurt → Manila
- Frankfurt → Singapore
- Frankfurt → Kuala Lumpur
- Frankfurt → São Paulo
More flights to Africa
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