✈ LAX → CAI

15H 18M FLIGHT. YOU WILL FORGET WHAT GRASS LOOKS LIKE.

Flight time
15h 18m
Distance
7,592 mi
Or
12,218 km
Jet lag
10h

Flight from Los Angeles to Cairo

From LAX (LAX), USA North America  →  Cairo International (CAI), Egypt Africa

How long is the flight from Los Angeles to Cairo?

A nonstop flight from Los Angeles (LAX) to Cairo (CAI) takes about 15 hours 18 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 7,592 miles (12,218 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

15h 18m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

7,592 mi

12,218 km · great-circle

Avg speed

799 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Los Angeles timezone

UTC-7

America/Los_Angeles

Cairo timezone

UTC+3

Africa/Cairo

Time difference

+10h

10 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~10d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.

✈ Flight 1808 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 2089 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 501 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.