There are 5 ways to get from Washington to Cairo by plane, subway, or train
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 Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
best- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)DCA - CAI
18h 43m$626–1,829Train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly
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
17h 2m$356–1,428Subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly
- 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
14h 20m$384–660Train to Newark Liberty International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)EWR - CAI
16h 30m$422–1,040Train to Philadelphia International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Station
- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)PHL - CAI
19h 44m$721–1,935
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Cairo International Airport (CAI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Washington to Cairo is to subway and fly which costs $380 - $700 and takes 14h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Washington to Cairo is to subway and fly which takes 14h 20m and costs $380 - $700.
The distance between Washington and Cairo is 9386 km.
It takes approximately 18h 43m to get from Washington to Cairo, including transfers.
Cairo is 7h ahead of Washington. It is currently 11:37 PM in Washington and 6:37 AM in Cairo.
There are 7734+ hotels available in Cairo.
What companies run services between Washington, DC, USA and Cairo, Egypt?
JetBlue Airways, ITA Airways, and four other airlines fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Cairo International Airport (CAI) 3 times a day.
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Cairo International Airport via Boston, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,200
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–600
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–550
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Cairo International Airport via Boston, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,100
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–600
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Cairo International Airport via Boston, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,400
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Cairo International Airport via Boston, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
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
- $350–1,300
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–950
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Cairo International Airport via Boston, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
- 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
- $350–1,200
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–950
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 24m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
- Website
- rj.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,100
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 24m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
- 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
- 47 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
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Northeast Regional
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Washington Union Station to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $29–290
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $29–290
- Business Class
- $90–350
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
Train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18–250
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $18–250
- Business Class
- $70–300
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
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
Train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–650
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $30–470
- First Class
- $150–650
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Washington Union Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–460
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $26–270
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
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