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✈ KUL → CAI

KUALA LUMPUR → CAIRO: 10H 14M, 4,949 MILES. WELCOME TO THE LONG GAME.

Flight time
10h 14m
Distance
4,949 mi
Or
7,964 km
Jet lag
5h

Flight from Kuala Lumpur to Cairo

From KLIA (KUL), Malaysia Asia  →  Cairo International (CAI), Egypt Africa

↔ Flying the other way? Cairo → Kuala Lumpur

How long is the flight from Kuala Lumpur to Cairo?

A nonstop flight from Kuala Lumpur (KUL) to Cairo (CAI) takes about 10 hours 14 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,949 miles (7,964 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

10h 14m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

4,949 mi

7,964 km · great-circle

Avg speed

778 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Kuala Lumpur timezone

UTC+8

Asia/Kuala_Lumpur

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.

✈ Flight 1179 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1362 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 327 kg CO₂

This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.

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