Airport · Egypt
Cairo International Airport
A large airport with scheduled flights, serving Cairo.
- Codes
- CAI · HECA
- Serves
- Cairo
- 17 km in a straight line
- Local time
- Africa/Cairo
- Elevation
- 98 m
- Runways
- 3 runways open
- Longest runway: 4,000 m
- From DXB
- 2,420 km
- 3 hrs 35 mins · Estimate
Facts
CAI at a glance
From OurAirports (public domain), with the time zone of the place it serves.
- Codes
- IATA CAIICAO HECA
- Size
- Large
- Serves
- Cairo
- To the city centre
- 17 km in a straight line
- Measured from the centre point of our guide.
- Elevation
- 98 m (322 ft)
- Runways
- 3 runways open
- Longest runway: 4,000 m
- Time zone
- Africa/Cairo
- Links
- Wikipedia
- When to go
- Cairo, month by month
How far it is from the UAE
CAI from the UAE
From DXBCAI
2,420 km
3 hrs 35 mins · Estimate
From AUHCAI
2,380 km
3 hrs 35 mins · Estimate
The great-circle distance, and a rough flying time: the distance at an average 850 km/h plus 45 minutes for take-off and landing. Real flights follow airways, meet headwinds and wait for traffic, so schedules differ.
Facts
Practical facts
The currency, plugs and emergency numbers of Egypt, where the airport is, and its clock right now.
- Local time
- Africa/Cairo
- Country
- Egypt
- Currency
- Egyptian Pound EGPToday's indicative rate: EGP 10 ≈ USD 0.187Indicative, from the day's reference rates; a bank or card will charge its own.
- Plugs
- Type C and F220 V · 50 HzAs recorded in Wikidata.
- Emergency numbers
- 122police123ambulance180fireAs recorded in Wikidata. Check them locally on arrival; they are not the only safety information you need.
- Calling code · Driving
- +20 · On the right
From the journal
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Flights
Flights to or from CAI
Tell us the dates and who is flying, and a person comes back with the options. This page shows no fares or schedules.