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Good to know

Distance to Cairo15.3km
Distance to Giza18.8km
Most popular destinationSydney

Flight delays and cancellations

Check our Cairo Airport live flight tracker to see whether today’s Cairo Airport flight arrivals or departures are on time. If your flight is cancelled, it’s best to contact your airline to see what your options are.

Cairo arrivals information

Cairo Airport is 15.3km from the centre of Cairo. If you don’t want to reach your final destination by train or bus, you could take a taxi from the Cairo Airport Arrivals area, or see more of Egypt by hiring a car.

Car hire from Cairo Airport

If you want to see more of Egypt after you touch down, consider hiring a car from Cairo Airport. Providers like Auto-Union have pick-up spots at CAI Arrivals – find out more here.


Cairo Airport FAQs

Yes, EgyptAir operates to and from both Cairo Airport Arrivals and Departures.
Yes, Emirates operates to and from both Cairo Airport Arrivals and Departures.
Yes, Aegean Airlines operates to and from both Cairo Airport Arrivals and Departures.
Yes. There are Auto-Union, Hertz, Alamo, Green Motion, Budget, Maadi Car, Sixt, drivus and Rental24 pick-up points in or near to Cairo Airport’s Arrivals or Departures areas.
For international arrivals, it usually takes around an hour to clear Cairo Airport’s passport control and claim your baggage if you checked any in. Domestic arrivals to Cairo Airport don’t need to pass through passport control, so take a little less time.

If you’re heading to Cairo Airport arrivals to pick up a family member or friend, consider arriving half an hour after their flight is due to touch down.
We recommend you leave at least two and a half hours between your inbound and outbound flights, especially if you are self-transferring on an international flight. When you self-transfer, you may need to clear customs, claim any luggage and then check it back on to your next flight yourself. Take into account that you might need to change terminals, or it could take longer than necessary to navigate Cairo Airport’s departure lounge.
Le Meridien Cairo Airport is the highest-rated hotel near Cairo Airport, just 0.4km away. Other great hotels nearby include Ocean Apartments (2.1km from the airport), and Radisson Blu Hotel, Cairo Heliopolis (2.5km away).
Check-in and bag drop often close an hour before your scheduled departure time for domestic flights, and sometimes an hour and a half before for longer-haul international flights. As a rule of thumb, you should try to arrive at Cairo Airport two hours before you fly but check with the airline you’re flying with.
Don’t worry if there’s no information available on our live flight tracker. We try our best to pull it directly from each airline but sometimes this might not work properly. Try contacting the airline directly, or checking their website to see if you can get an update.
Don’t panic! If you are not already at Cairo Airport, try contacting the airline directly to see if you can get on the next flight out, or a refund.

If you’re already inside Cairo Airport Departures when you find out, head to the airline’s desk to speak directly with someone.

If there are no more flights to your destination with the same airline and you really need to get there soon, we recommend searching for a new flight with Skyscanner and booking as soon as possible. You can then try to claim a refund for the original cancelled flight.

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