✈ HKG → CAI
10H 24M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.
Flight from Hong Kong to Cairo
From Hong Kong International (HKG), Hong Kong Asia → Cairo International (CAI), Egypt Africa
↔ Flying the other way? Cairo → Hong Kong
How long is the flight from Hong Kong to Cairo?
A nonstop flight from Hong Kong (HKG) to Cairo (CAI) takes about 10 hours 24 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,034 miles (8,101 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
10h 24m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
5,034 mi
8,101 km · great-circle
Avg speed
779 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Hong Kong timezone
UTC+8
Asia/Hong_Kong
Cairo timezone
UTC+3
Africa/Cairo
Time difference
-5h
5 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~3.5d
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 Hong Kong
Nearest destinations
- Hong Kong → Taipei
- Hong Kong → Manila
- Hong Kong → Shanghai
- Hong Kong → Bangkok
- Hong Kong → Beijing
- Hong Kong → Seoul
- Hong Kong → Osaka
- Hong Kong → Kuala Lumpur
- Hong Kong → Singapore
- Hong Kong → Tokyo
Long-haul from Hong Kong
- Hong Kong → Santiago
- Hong Kong → Buenos Aires
- Hong Kong → São Paulo
- Hong Kong → Rio de Janeiro
- Hong Kong → Cancun
- Hong Kong → Miami
- Hong Kong → Mexico City
- Hong Kong → Atlanta
- Hong Kong → Dallas
- Hong Kong → New York
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