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Cairo (CAI) – Paris (CDG)

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Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
3,213 km
1,996 mi · 1,735 nm
Flight time
4 h 35 min
Estimate from distance
Time difference
1 h
CO2 per passenger
404 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (239 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
403,360
2024 · −4.3%
Flights / week
36
Both directions, average
Seats filled
78%
518,220 seats a year
Airlines nonstop
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Not named in this source

Traffic: Eurostat (avia_par_fr), reported by the airport in France, 2024. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources

Great circle from CAI to CDGCAICDG
Shortest path over the earth's surface (great circle). Real flights bend around weather, winds and airspace.

The way there

Heading from CAI
319°
Heading from CDG
120°
Halfway point
40.46, 18.99
Great-circle km
3,210 km (sphere, for EU261)
Clocks
Paris is 1 h behind Cairo

The estimate for a route without real times is 4 h 35 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (2024)Busiest: August 2024: 35,902 passengers
020K40KJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug35.9KSepOctNovDec
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Month Passengers
Jan 202432,435
Feb 202433,741
Mar 202431,635
Apr 202433,195
May 202432,799
Jun 202432,402
Jul 202435,899
Aug 202435,902
Sep 202431,699
Oct 202435,620
Nov 202433,621
Dec 202434,412
Flights per month, both directions (2024)Busiest: August 2024: 186 flights
0100200JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug186SepOctNovDec
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Month Flights
Jan 2024136
Feb 2024133
Mar 2024150
Apr 2024144
May 2024147
Jun 2024163
Jul 2024181
Aug 2024186
Sep 2024163
Oct 2024156
Nov 2024148
Dec 2024151

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 3,210 km.

CAI Cairo → CDG Paris

EU261€400 for arriving 3 hours or more late.

Covers EU, EEA or Swiss airlines only.

CDG Paris → CAI Cairo

EU261€400 for arriving 3 hours or more late.

Covers any airline.

Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.

Every airport pair between Cairo and Paris

CDGORYBVA
CAI3,2133,2103,265

Kilometres. Linked numbers have a page of their own. All Paris airports

More routes from CAI

Route Distance Passengers / year
CAI → IST1,262 km 695,972
CAI → ATH1,107 km 339,549
CAI → FRA2,923 km 305,793
CAI → FCO2,152 km 288,783
CAI → MXP2,619 km 271,315
CAI → MAD3,356 km 247,602
CAI → VIE2,365 km 172,687
CAI → MUC2,624 km 172,031
CAI → SAW1,212 km 164,458
CAI → BGY2,558 km 132,111

More routes from CDG

Route Distance Passengers / year
CDG → JFK5,850 km 1,852,909
CDG → YUL5,540 km 1,361,014
CDG → BCN858 km 1,291,815
CDG → DXB5,245 km 1,268,474
CDG → AMS399 km 1,125,321
CDG → LHR348 km 1,121,802
CDG → NCE694 km 1,106,876
CDG → MAD1,063 km 1,052,407
CDG → ALG1,369 km 1,047,213
CDG → IST2,217 km 1,010,453

Questions

Cairo (CAI) and Paris (CDG) are 3,213 km (1,996 miles, 1,735 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.