CAI → IADCairo to Washington

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Direct flights from Cairo (CAI) to Washington (IAD): 5 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. The median arrival is 17 minutes early. 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 3 November 2026 at 11:18 UTC.

CAI Cairo tracking
IAD Washington smooth · +0
9,382 km · ~12h 32m est.
departs 23:555x weekly
Running clean · 1 airline · 5x weekly · nonstop
100 / 100

route health from live CAI and IAD delay boards

Median arrival delay is −17 min. 0 of 3 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →

Median arrival−17 minacross the last 3 arrivals
Flight time~12h 32mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures5x1 direct airline on the leg

Who flies it

observed on the boards · 7 days
EgyptAirMS

Flights MS981 varies Mo We Th Fr Sa

History

operated legs · board outcomes
11-02MS981arrived+2
10-30MS981arrived−24
10-28MS981arrived−17

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 8 kt Full CAI delay board →
IADWashington +0 min smooth 🌤 clear · SSE 5 kt Full IAD delay board →

Weather lens

Conditions are tightest at IAD: a 31% chance of a 15+ minute delay. In this weather, the more delayed of the two airports is typically about +4 min. Both figures come from the two airports' delay records in similar weather. 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 5 flights a week (mon, wed, thu, fri, 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.