There are 6 ways to get from Silver Spring to Alexandria by subway, plane, bus, or train
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Subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to Cairo International Airport, bus
best- Take the subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)IAD - CAI
- Take the bus from Cairo Airport to Alexandria
17h 54m$386–715Train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to Cairo International Airport, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Washington Union Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)JFK - CAI
- Take the bus from Cairo Airport to Alexandria
20h 43m$357–1,325Subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to Borg El Arab, bus
- Take the subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Borg El Arab (HBE)IAD - HBE
- Take the bus from Borg El Arab Airport to Moharam Bek Bus Stn
17h 51mFly Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Borg El Arab, bus
- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Borg El Arab (HBE)DCA - HBE
- Take the bus from Borg El Arab Airport to Moharam Bek Bus Stn
19h 25mFly Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Cairo International Airport, bus
- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)DCA - CAI
- Take the bus from Cairo Airport to Alexandria
24h 38m$606–1,910Train to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, fly to Cairo International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Fly from Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)BWI - CAI
- Take the bus from Cairo Airport to Alexandria
20h 5m$556–1,356
Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Cairo International Airport (CAI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Silver Spring to Alexandria is to subway and fly and bus which costs $380 - $750 and takes 17h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Silver Spring to Alexandria is to subway and fly and bus which takes 17h 54m and costs $380 - $750.
The distance between Silver Spring and Alexandria is 9654 km.
It takes approximately 17h 54m to get from Silver Spring to Alexandria, including transfers.
Alexandria is 7h ahead of Silver Spring. It is currently 2:52 AM in Silver Spring and 9:52 AM in Alexandria.
There are 1260+ hotels available in Alexandria.
What companies run services between Silver Spring, MD, USA and Alexandria, Egypt?
There is no direct connection from Silver Spring to Alexandria. However, you can take the subway to Farragut North, Red Line Center Platform, walk to Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform, take the subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform, walk to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) airport, fly to Cairo International Airport (CAI), walk to Cairo Airport, then take the bus to Alexandria. Alternatively, you can take the subway to Farragut North, Red Line Center Platform, walk to Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform, take the subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform, walk to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) airport, fly to Borg El Arab (HBE), walk to Borg El Arab Airport, then take the bus to Moharam Bek Bus Stn.
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- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,100
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Borg El Arab via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Borg El Arab via Montreal, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–3,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Borg El Arab via John F. Kennedy International Airport, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,900
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Borg El Arab via Boston, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,900
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Cairo International Airport via Boston, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Cairo International Airport via Boston, Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,300
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Cairo International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,400
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–950
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Cairo International Airport via London Heathrow, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 28m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,400
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–500
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Borg El Arab via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,600
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Borg El Arab via John F. Kennedy International Airport, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 31m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,100
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Borg El Arab via Boston, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,100
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,000
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Borg El Arab via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Borg El Arab via Montreal, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–3,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Borg El Arab via John F. Kennedy International Airport, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,900
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Borg El Arab via Boston, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,900
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Cairo International Airport via Boston, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Cairo International Airport via London Heathrow, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 28m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,400
- Website
- saudia.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Borg El Arab via Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Cairo International Airport via Boston, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 43m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–550
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Cairo International Airport via Boston, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,400
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Cairo International Airport via Boston, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 43m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–950
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Cairo International Airport via Boston, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 43m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–550
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–900
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,000
- Website
- airarabia.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Borg El Arab via John F. Kennedy International Airport, Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,700
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Cairo International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,400
- Phone
- +1 202 466 3876
- Website
- wmata.com
Subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–8
- Website
- https://www.wmata.com
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- $2–3
- standard fare 5 a.m - 9:30 p.m.
- $5–8
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $4–200
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $4–200
- Business Class
- $45–230
Train from Washington Union Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–300
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $30–300
- Business Class
- $95–350
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $10–60
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Washington Union Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–450
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- 1-866-743-3682
- Website
- mta.maryland.gov
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–9
- Website
- https://www.mta.maryland.gov
- Standard Fare
- $2–9
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6–550
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $6–440
- First Class
- $100–550
Train from Washington Union Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $50–750
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $50–490
- First Class
- $200–750
- Phone
- +20 2 25752157
- Website
- westmidbus-eg.com
Bus from Cairo Airport to Alexandria
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2
- Schedules at
- westmidbus-eg.com
- Phone
- +2 01200003533
- info@egyptbus.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Borg El Arab Airport to Moharam Bek Bus Stn
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
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