✈ ZRH → CAI
4H 1M IN THE SKY. THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU WILL TALK.
Flight from Zurich to Cairo
From Zurich Airport (ZRH), Switzerland Europe → Cairo International (CAI), Egypt Africa
How long is the flight from Zurich to Cairo?
A nonstop flight from Zurich (ZRH) to Cairo (CAI) takes about 4 hours 1 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 1,706 miles (2,745 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
4h 1m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
1,706 mi
2,745 km · great-circle
Avg speed
683 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Zurich timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Zurich
Cairo timezone
UTC+3
Africa/Cairo
Time difference
+1h
1 hour ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~1d
Eastward — worse
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.7× a car driven alone over the same distance.