CAI → IADCairo to Washington

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Direct flights from Cairo (CAI) to Washington (IAD): 3 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. The median arrival is 6 minutes late. No cancellations were recorded across the 3 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 9,382 km, an estimated 12 hours 32 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Cairo and Washington. Updated 12 September 2026 at 06:09 UTC.

CAI Cairo tracking
IAD Washington smooth · +0
9,382 km · ~12h 32m est.
departs 00:203x weekly
Running clean · 1 airline · 3x weekly · nonstop
100 / 100

route health from live CAI and IAD delay boards

Median arrival delay is +6 min. 0 of 3 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →

Median arrival+6 minacross the last 3 operated legs
Flight time~12h 32mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures3x1 direct airline on the leg

The week

scheduled departures · origin local time
06121824
Mon
Tue
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Thu
Fri
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Sun
EgyptAir

Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time, observed operating in the last 7 days. Today is highlighted.

Who flies it

observed on the boards · 7 days
EgyptAirMS

Flights MS981 00:20 Tu Th Sa

History

operated legs · board outcomes
09-12MS981arrived+0
09-10MS981arrived+32
09-08MS981arrived+6

Actual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.

Full board history, day by day →

Airports right now

live boards
CAICairo tracking 🌤 clear · NE 6 kt Full CAI delay board →
IADWashington +0 min smooth ⛅ overcast · S 4 kt Full IAD delay board →

Weather lens

Current conditions put the pressure at CAI and IAD: 35% odds of a 15+ minute delay and around +4 min expected when it bites, measured from this route's own weather-matched delay history. See live delays → · Weather risk by airport →

How the Cairo to Washington route actually runs

Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop CAI to IAD flights through the day: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises.

Planning around a delay? Live airport delays · Weather delay risk map · Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure

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CAI to IAD questions

Is CAI–IAD running on time right now?

Smooth skies ahead. Both endpoints currently score the same, route health score 100/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.

How long is the flight from CAI to IAD?

Great-circle distance is 9,382 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 692–834 min gate-to-gate on this route.

How often does CAI–IAD fly?

EgyptAir runs the route with about 3 flights a week (tue, thu, sat). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.

What does the route health score measure?

A blend of departure-side delay at CAI and arrival-side delay at IAD, computed from rolling delay windows (refreshed every 40 minutes) with a daily-rollup fallback. Current MVFR, IFR, or LIFR endpoint weather caps the score when flight rules can limit throughput. Higher is healthier: 100 means operations are clean at both ends.