✈ SEA → CAI

13H 51M, 6,833 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.

Flight time
13h 51m
Distance
6,833 mi
Or
10,997 km
Jet lag
10h

Flight from Seattle to Cairo

From Sea-Tac (SEA), USA North America  →  Cairo International (CAI), Egypt Africa

↔ Flying the other way? Cairo → Seattle

How long is the flight from Seattle to Cairo?

A nonstop flight from Seattle (SEA) to Cairo (CAI) takes about 13 hours 51 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,833 miles (10,997 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

13h 51m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

6,833 mi

10,997 km · great-circle

Avg speed

794 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Seattle timezone

UTC-7

America/Los_Angeles

Cairo timezone

UTC+3

Africa/Cairo

Time difference

+10h

10 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~10d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.

✈ Flight 1628 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1880 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 451 kg CO₂

This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.