✈ ICN → CAI
10H 47M IN A METAL TUBE. 5,239 MILES. EARN THE LEG.
Flight from Seoul to Cairo
From Incheon (ICN), South Korea Asia → Cairo International (CAI), Egypt Africa
↔ Flying the other way? Cairo → Seoul
How long is the flight from Seoul to Cairo?
A nonstop flight from Seoul (ICN) to Cairo (CAI) takes about 10 hours 47 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,239 miles (8,431 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
10h 47m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
5,239 mi
8,431 km · great-circle
Avg speed
782 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Seoul timezone
UTC+9
Asia/Seoul
Cairo timezone
UTC+3
Africa/Cairo
Time difference
-6h
6 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~4.2d
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.
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Long-haul from Seoul
- Seoul → Buenos Aires
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Flights to Cairo
Nearest origins
- Tel Aviv → Cairo
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- Budapest → Cairo
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- Dubai → Cairo
Long-haul to Cairo
- Auckland → Cairo
- Sydney → Cairo
- Melbourne → Cairo
- Santiago → Cairo
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- Cancun → Cairo