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LHR London ⇄ CAI Cairo

London Heathrow Airport (United Kingdom) and Cairo International Airport (Egypt): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance3,533 km2,195 mi1,908 nautical miles
LHR → CAI4 h 45 minestimated block time
CAI → LHR5 h 25 minestimated block time
Clock change+2 hCairo vs London, today
Great-circle route from London (LHR) to Cairo (CAI)LHRLondonCAICairo
The shortest path over the Earth’s surface (great circle), drawn on a Natural Earth projection. Real flight paths bend around weather, winds and closed airspace.

Flight time each way

LHR → CAI

4 h 45 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 120° (ESE).

Leave London Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Cairo Sat 7 Nov, 16:45 local.

CAI → LHR

5 h 25 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 321° (NW).

Leave Cairo Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive London Sat 7 Nov, 13:25 local.

LHR-bound flights are the slower direction by about 35 minutes in our estimate: the route runs mostly east–west through latitudes where the prevailing westerly winds at cruise height are strong, so heading east rides a tailwind and heading west fights a headwind. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance3,533 km · 2,195 mi · 1,908 nmi
Initial heading120° (ESE) from LHR; 321° (NW) from CAI
Farthest from the equator51.5°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip18% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

LHREurope/London — UTC+0 now; UTC+0 standard time, UTC+1 during daylight saving time
CAIAfrica/Cairo — UTC+2 now; UTC+2 standard time, UTC+3 during daylight saving time
DifferenceCairo is 2 hours ahead of London today.

Jet lag, flying LHR → CAI. Your body clock has to move 2 hours earlier, like an eastward trip. A shift this small rarely causes much jet lag; most people feel normal within a day or so. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

LHR London Heathrow AirportLondon, United Kingdom · longest runway 12,799 ft3,901 m CAI Cairo International AirportCairo, Egypt · longest runway 13,124 ft4,000 m

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Need a different pair? The flight-time calculator works for any two of 3,245 airports. Not covered: which airlines fly this route, schedules, fares and live status — that data is proprietary and we don’t guess it.

Photos on airport pages are credited there. Estimates are rounded to 5 minutes; typical error about 13 minutes (validation).