- Great circle
- 2,417 km
- 1,502 mi
- Estimated in the air
- 3h 30m
- block time
- Furthest from equator
- 30.1°N
- at 0% along
- One lap of Earth
- 6.0%
- of 40,075 km
Of the 292 routes catalogued here, this is the 185th longest.
What the aircraft actually flies over
From Cairo the path crosses Egypt, then Jordan, then Saudi Arabia, then 538 km of open water.
The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 30.1°N, 0% of the way along.
Holding a single compass bearing the whole way would cover almost exactly the same ground, so on this route the flat map and the globe agree.
Leaving Cairo the aircraft points east (97°); it arrives into Dubai heading east (108°). That is 11° of drift without a single turn — the compass moves because the path is a curve on a sphere, not because the aircraft does.
Cairo to Dubai, asked and answered
- How far is Cairo to Dubai?
- Cairo to Dubai (CAI to DXB) is 2,417 km, or 1,502 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.
- How long is the flight from Cairo to Dubai?
- About 3h 30m in the air. That is an estimate from the distance at a typical airliner block speed, plus half an hour for taxi, climb and descent; published schedules vary with winds and routing.
- What route does a Cairo to Dubai flight take?
- The great circle passes over Egypt, then Jordan, then Saudi Arabia, then 538 km of open water. It reaches 30.1°N at its furthest from the equator.
Where these numbers come from
Distances are computed from the two airports’ own coordinates, not looked up from published routes. Times are estimates, not schedules.
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