✈ IST → CAI
ISTANBUL → CAIRO: 2H 36M. SHORT ENOUGH TO SKIP THE MOVIE.
Flight from Istanbul to Cairo
From Istanbul Airport (IST), Turkey Europe → Cairo International (CAI), Egypt Africa
↔ Flying the other way? Cairo → Istanbul
How long is the flight from Istanbul to Cairo?
A nonstop flight from Istanbul (IST) to Cairo (CAI) takes about 2 hours 36 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 785 miles (1,263 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
2h 36m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
785 mi
1,263 km · great-circle
Avg speed
485 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Istanbul timezone
UTC+3
Europe/Istanbul
Cairo timezone
UTC+3
Africa/Cairo
Time difference
Same
Same time zone
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3.8× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from Istanbul
Nearest destinations
- Istanbul → Bucharest
- Istanbul → Athens
- Istanbul → Budapest
- Istanbul → Tel Aviv
- Istanbul → Vienna
- Istanbul → Warsaw
- Istanbul → Rome
- Istanbul → Prague
- Istanbul → Munich
- Istanbul → Milan
Long-haul from Istanbul
- Istanbul → Auckland
- Istanbul → Sydney
- Istanbul → Melbourne
- Istanbul → Santiago
- Istanbul → Buenos Aires
- Istanbul → Mexico City
- Istanbul → Los Angeles
- Istanbul → San Francisco
- Istanbul → Las Vegas
- Istanbul → São Paulo
More flights to Africa
Flights to Cairo
Nearest origins
- Tel Aviv → Cairo
- Athens → Cairo
- Bucharest → Cairo
- Doha → Cairo
- Rome → Cairo
- Budapest → Cairo
- Vienna → Cairo
- Abu Dhabi → Cairo
- Dubai → Cairo
- Warsaw → 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