There are 5 ways to get from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Cairo by plane, car, car train, bus, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from London Heathrow Airport
best- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)LHR - CAI
8h 3m$185–656Bus to London Gatwick Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the bus from Heathrow Terminal 5 to South Terminal Bus Station
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)LGW - CAI
11h$183–398Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Cairo
2d 4hFly from London Stansted Airport
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)STN - CAI
12h 5m$227–458Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Cairo
2d 5h$973–1,498
London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Cairo International Airport (CAI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Cairo is to bus and fly which costs $180 - $400 and takes 11h.
The fastest way to get from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Cairo is to fly which takes 8h 3m and costs $180 - $700.
The distance between Heathrow Terminal 5 and Cairo is 3570 km.
It takes approximately 8h 3m to get from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Cairo, including transfers.
Cairo is 2h ahead of Heathrow Terminal 5. It is currently 9:22 AM in Heathrow Terminal 5 and 11:22 AM in Cairo.
There are 7469+ hotels available in Cairo.
What companies run services between Heathrow Terminal 5, England and Cairo, Egypt?
British Airways, Egyptair, and Aegean Airlines fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Cairo International Airport (CAI) every 4 hours.
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–420
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–490
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–600
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Cairo International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–650
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–380
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–650
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 2m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–490
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–380
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–460
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Cairo International Airport via Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–390
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Cairo International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–420
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–410
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Cairo International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–440
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Cairo International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $110–390
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Heathrow Terminal 5 to South Terminal Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $19–26
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Heathrow Terminal 5 to South Terminal Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- $16–21
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +44 1865 785400
- info@oxfordbus.co.uk
- Website
- oxfordbus.co.uk
Bus from Heathrow Terminal 5 to South Terminal Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $10–14
- Website
- https://www.oxfordbus.co.uk/
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–50
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- $90–220
- On Foot
- $40–50
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