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Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Cairo International Airport
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1. Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)plane ORD - CAI
17h 14m
$394–957
Fly Chicago Midway International Airport to Cairo International Airport
1. Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)plane MDW - CAI
23h 8m
$464–1,407
Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Borg El Arab, bus
1. Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Borg El Arab (HBE)plane ORD - HBE
2. Take the bus from Borg El Arab Airport to Moharam Bek Bus Stnbus
3. Take the bus from Alexandria Moharam Bek to Gizabus
22h 3m

Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Cairo International Airport (CAI) flights

37Weekly Planes

15h 56mAverage Duration

$292Cheapest Price

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Map of how to get from Chicago to Giza.

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Distance: 9,949.9 km
Duration: 17h 14m

What companies run services between Chicago, IL, USA and Giza, Egypt?

Lufthansa, Egyptair, and four other airlines fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Cairo International Airport (CAI) 5 times a day.

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Giza(opens in a new window), Egypt(opens in a new window)

Giza is the third-largest city in Egypt by area after Cairo and Alexandria; and fourth-largest city in Africa by population after Kinshasa, Lagos, and Cairo. It is the capital of Giza Governorate with a total population of 4,872,448 in the 2017 census. It is located on the west bank of the Nile opposite central Cairo, and is a part of the Greater Cairo metropolis. Giza lies less than 30 km north of Memphis (Men-nefer, today the village of Mit Rahina), which was the capital city of the unified Egyptian state during the reign of pharaoh Narmer, roughly 3100 BC.

Things to do in Giza

Great Pyramid of Giza(Opens in a new window)

The Great Pyramid of Giza (also known as the Pyramid of Khufu or the Pyramid of Cheops) is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza pyramid complex bordering what is now El Giza, Egypt. It is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only one to remain largely intact.

Pyramid of Khafre(Opens in a new window)

The Pyramid of Khafre or of Chephren is the second-tallest and second-largest of the Ancient Egyptian Pyramids of Giza and the tomb of the Fourth-Dynasty pharaoh Khafre (Chefren), who ruled from to 2532 BC.

Great Sphinx of Giza(Opens in a new window)

The Great Sphinx of Giza (Arabic: أبو الهول Abū al-Haul, English: The Terrifying One; literally: Father of Dread), commonly referred to as the Sphinx of Giza or just the Sphinx, is a limestone statue of a reclining sphinx, a mythical creature with the body of a lion and the head of a human. Facing directly from West to East, it stands on the Giza Plateau on the west bank of the Nile in Giza, Egypt. The face of the Sphinx is generally believed to represent the Pharaoh Khafre.

Mosque of Ibn Tulun(Opens in a new window)

The Mosque of Ibn Tulun (Arabic: Masjid Ibn Ṭūlūn) is located in Cairo, Egypt. It is arguably the oldest mosque in the city surviving in its original form, and is the largest mosque in Cairo in terms of land area.

Places to stay in Giza

Four Seasons Cairo At The First Residence(Opens in a new window)

8.6Fabulous

Hor Moheb Hotel(Opens in a new window)

8.0Good

By the Nile - Room in Shared Apartment in the center of Cairo(Opens in a new window)

10.0Exceptional

Safir Hotel Cairo(Opens in a new window)

8.4Very Good

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