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Cairo (CAI) – Istanbul (IST)

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Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
1,262 km
784 mi · 681 nm
Flight time
2 h 20 min
Estimate from distance
Time difference
1 h / none
January / July
CO2 per passenger
159 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (94 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
695,972
2024 · +11.2%
Flights / week
92
Both directions, average
Seats filled
80%
874,957 seats a year
Airlines nonstop
—
Not named in this source

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

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

The way there

Heading from CAI
350°
Heading from IST
168°
Halfway point
35.70, 30.16
Great-circle km
1,264 km (sphere, for EU261)
Clocks
1 h in January, none in July

The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 20 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (2024)Busiest: October 2024: 64,842 passengers
050K100KJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct64.8KNovDec
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Month Passengers
Jan 202453,242
Feb 202455,552
Mar 202447,961
Apr 202455,744
May 202458,839
Jun 202458,148
Jul 202459,159
Aug 202462,471
Sep 202460,155
Oct 202464,842
Nov 202461,242
Dec 202458,617
Flights per month, both directions (2024)Busiest: July 2024: 430 flights
0200400600JanFebMarAprMayJunJul430AugSepOctNovDec
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Month Flights
Jan 2024360
Feb 2024347
Mar 2024348
Apr 2024410
May 2024420
Jun 2024420
Jul 2024430
Aug 2024430
Sep 2024412
Oct 2024417
Nov 2024391
Dec 2024412

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 1,264 km.

Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).

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 Istanbul

ISTSAW
CAI1,2621,212

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

More routes from CAI

Route Distance Passengers / year
CAI → CDG3,213 km 403,360
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 IST

Route Distance Passengers / year
IST → IKA2,058 km 2,050,223
IST → ADB358 km 1,896,910
IST → AYT518 km 1,742,584
IST → ESB382 km 1,497,202
IST → DXB3,032 km 1,429,665
IST → LHR2,493 km 1,281,925
IST → VKO1,709 km 1,235,902
IST → JED2,383 km 1,184,492
IST → CDG2,217 km 1,010,453
IST → ATH553 km 981,717

Questions

Cairo (CAI) and Istanbul (IST) are 1,262 km (784 miles, 681 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.