✈ SFO → CAI
15H 2M FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO CAIRO. THIS IS NOT TRAVEL. THIS IS ENDURANCE.
Flight from San Francisco to Cairo
From SFO (SFO), USA North America → Cairo International (CAI), Egypt Africa
How long is the flight from San Francisco to Cairo?
A nonstop flight from San Francisco (SFO) to Cairo (CAI) takes about 15 hours 2 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 7,459 miles (12,004 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
15h 2m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
7,459 mi
12,004 km · great-circle
Avg speed
798 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
San Francisco 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.
This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.