Flights to Pyramids of Giza
The only ancient wonder still standing, 20 km from downtown Cairo.
Things to do
Everyone knows it, and it still deserves the trip. Here is every nonstop that gets you there — and a quieter place nearby when you're ready.
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111 airports have scheduled nonstop service to CAI (Cairo International Airport).
All 111 nonstop origins
| From | Airport | Airlines | Flight time |
|---|---|---|---|
| AqabaJordan | AQJ | Royal Jordanian | ~1h 2m |
| Sharm El SheikhEgypt | SSH | Air Cairo, EgyptAir, Nile Air | ~1h 4m |
| HurghadaEgypt | HRG | Egyptair | ~1h 6m |
| AmmanJordan | AMM | Air Cairo, Egyptair, Royal Jordanian | ~1h 11m |
| LuxorEgypt | LXR | Air Cairo, Egyptair | ~1h 14m |
| TabukSaudi Arabia | TUU | Air Arabia Egypt, Air Cairo, Egyptair, Nile Air | ~1h 17m |
| BeirutLebanon | BEY | EgyptAir, Middle East Airlines | ~1h 18m |
| LarnacaCyprus | LCA | Egyptair | ~1h 19m |
| Marsa AlamEgypt | RMF | Egyptair | ~1h 21m |
| AswanEgypt | ASW | Air Cairo, Egyptair, Nile Air | ~1h 29m |
| AntalyaTurkey | AYT | SunExpress | ~1h 33m |
| Al-JawfSaudi Arabia | AJF | Air Cairo, Nile Air | ~1h 39m |
| ArarSaudi Arabia | RAE | Nile Air | ~1h 47m |
| YenboSaudi Arabia | YNB | Air Cairo, Nile Air | ~1h 47m |
| MadinahSaudi Arabia | MED | Air Cairo, EgyptAir, Saudi Arabian Airlines, flyadeal, flynas | ~1h 54m |
| HailSaudi Arabia | HAS | Air Arabia Egypt, Nile Air | ~1h 55m |
| BenghaziLibya | BEN | BERNIQ AIRWAYS dba BERNIQ AIRWAYS, Egyptair | ~1h 58m |
| AthensGreece | ATH | Aegean Airlines, Egyptair | ~2h |
| AnkaraTurkey | ESB | AJet | ~2h 1m |
| IstanbulTurkey | SAW | AJet, Air Arabia Egypt, Air Cairo, Nile Air | ~2h 8m |
| JeddahSaudi Arabia | JED | Air Arabia Egypt, Air Cairo, AlMasria Universal Airlines, Egyptair, Faso Airways, Flynas, Nile Air, Saudia | ~2h 9m |
| BaghdadIraq | BGW | Egyptair, Nile Air | ~2h 12m |
| IstanbulTurkey | IST | Egyptair, Turkish Airlines | ~2h 12m |
| GassimSaudi Arabia | ELQ | Air Arabia Egypt, Air Cairo, Egyptair, Nile Air | ~2h 14m |
| Port SudanSudan | PZU | Egyptair, Turan Air | ~2h 17m |
| TaifSaudi Arabia | TIF | Air Arabia Egypt, Egyptair, Nile Air | ~2h 17m |
| ErbilIraq | EBL | Egyptair | ~2h 19m |
| Hafr Al-batinSaudi Arabia | AQI | Nile Air | ~2h 26m |
| KuwaitKuwait | KWI | Air Arabia Egypt, Egyptair, Jazeera Airways, Kuwait Airways, Nile Air | ~2h 38m |
| RiyadhSaudi Arabia | RUH | Air Arabia Egypt, Air Cairo, Egyptair, Faso Airways, Flynas, Nile Air, Saudia | ~2h 39m |
| YerevanArmenia | EVN | Air Cairo | ~2h 40m |
| BucharestRomania | OTP | Tarom | ~2h 44m |
| AbhaSaudi Arabia | AHB | Air Arabia Egypt, Air Cairo, Nile Air | ~2h 49m |
| TripoliLibya | MJI | Air Cairo, BERNIQ AIRWAYS dba BERNIQ AIRWAYS, Egyptair, El-Buraq Air Transport, Fly OYA International dba Fly Oya | ~2h 49m |
| AsmaraEritrea | ASM | Egyptair | ~2h 55m |
| DammamSaudi Arabia | DMM | Air Arabia Egypt, Air Cairo, EgyptAir, Nesma Airlines, Nile Air, flyadeal, flynas | ~2h 57m |
| GizanSaudi Arabia | GIZ | Air Arabia Egypt, Air Cairo, Nile Air | ~2h 58m |
| NejranSaudi Arabia | EAM | Nile Air | ~3h 2m |
| BahrainBahrain | BAH | EgyptAir, Gulf Air | ~3h 3m |
| BakuAzerbaijan | GYD | Azerbaijan Airlines | ~3h 12m |
| DohaQatar | DOH | Egyptair, Qatar Airways | ~3h 13m |
| TunisTunisia | TUN | EgyptAir, Tunisair | ~3h 16m |
| RomeItaly | FCO | Egyptair, ITA Airways | ~3h 20m |
| BudapestHungary | BUD | Egyptair | ~3h 23m |
| ViennaAustria | VIE | Austrian Airlines, Egyptair | ~3h 37m |
| Abu DhabiUnited Arab Emirates | AUH | Air Arabia Abu Dhabi, Egyptair, Etihad Airways | ~3h 38m |
| VeniceItaly | VCE | Egyptair | ~3h 38m |
| DjiboutiDjibouti | JIB | Egyptair | ~3h 39m |
| DubaiUnited Arab Emirates | DXB | Egyptair, Emirates | ~3h 41m |
| SharjahUnited Arab Emirates | SHJ | Air Arabia, Air Cairo, Egyptair, Nile Air | ~3h 42m |
| Ras Al KhaimahUnited Arab Emirates | RKT | Air Arabia | ~3h 44m |
| Al AinUnited Arab Emirates | AAN | Nile Air | ~3h 45m |
| Addis AbabaEthiopia | ADD | Egyptair, Ethiopian Airlines | ~3h 45m |
| BergamoItaly | BGY | Air Arabia Egypt, Nile Air | ~3h 52m |
| WarsawPoland | WAW | LOT Polish Airlines | ~3h 55m |
| MilanoItaly | MXP | Air Cairo, Egyptair | ~3h 56m |
| N'djamenaChad | NDJ | Egyptair | ~3h 56m |
| MunichGermany | MUC | Egyptair, Lufthansa | ~3h 57m |
| PragueCzech Republic | PRG | Egyptair | ~3h 58m |
| AlgierAlgeria | ALG | Air Algérie, Egyptair | ~4h 3m |
| MarseilleFrance | MRS | Transavia France | ~4h 6m |
| ZurichSwitzerland | ZRH | Egyptair, Swiss International Air Lines | ~4h 6m |
| MuscatOman | MCT | Air Arabia Egypt, Egyptair, Oman Air | ~4h 7m |
| JubaSouth Sudan | JUB | Egyptair | ~4h 11m |
| GenevaSwitzerland | GVA | Egyptair | ~4h 12m |
| MoscowRussia | DME | Egyptair | ~4h 15m |
| LyonFrance | LYS | Transavia France | ~4h 15m |
| BarcelonaSpain | BCN | Egyptair, Vueling Airlines | ~4h 19m |
| MoscowRussia | SVO | Aeroflot | ~4h 19m |
| FrankfurtGermany | FRA | Condor Flugdienst, Egyptair, Lufthansa | ~4h 20m |
| CologneGermany | CGN | Air Cairo | ~4h 30m |
| KanoNigeria | KAN | Egyptair | ~4h 33m |
| DuesseldorfGermany | DUS | Egyptair, Eurowings | ~4h 34m |
| CopenhagenDenmark | CPH | Egyptair | ~4h 41m |
| BrusselsBelgium | BRU | Egyptair | ~4h 42m |
| ParisFrance | CDG | Air France, Egyptair | ~4h 42m |
| ParisFrance | ORY | Transavia France | ~4h 42m |
| AmsterdamNetherlands | AMS | Egyptair, Transavia Holland | ~4h 48m |
| EntebbeUganda | EBB | EgyptAir | ~4h 52m |
| MadridSpain | MAD | Egyptair, Iberia Airlines | ~4h 53m |
| AbujaNigeria | ABV | EgyptAir | ~4h 59m |
| StockholmSweden | ARN | Nile Air | ~4h 59m |
| LondonUnited Kingdom | LHR | British Airways, Egyptair | ~5h 7m |
| NairobiKenya | NBO | EgyptAir | ~5h 8m |
| KigaliRwanda | KGL | Egyptair | ~5h 10m |
| CasablancaMorocco | CMN | Egyptair, Royal Air Maroc | ~5h 18m |
| DoualaCameroon | DLA | Egyptair | ~5h 19m |
| ManchesterUnited Kingdom | MAN | Egyptair | ~5h 23m |
| LagosNigeria | LOS | EgyptAir | ~5h 37m |
| DublinIreland | DUB | Egyptair | ~5h 41m |
| Dar Es SalaamTanzania | DAR | EgyptAir | ~5h 58m |
| KinshasaCongo (Kinshasa) | FIH | Egyptair | ~5h 58m |
| AccraGhana | ACC | EgyptAir | ~6h 4m |
| MumbaiIndia | BOM | Egyptair | ~6h 9m |
| DelhiIndia | DEL | Egyptair | ~6h 14m |
| AbidjanCote d'Ivoire | ABJ | EgyptAir | ~6h 30m |
| DhakaBangladesh | DAC | EgyptAir | ~8h 3m |
| JohannesburgSouth Africa | JNB | Egyptair | ~8h 37m |
| BeijingChina | PEK | Air China, Egyptair | ~10h 14m |
| GuangzhouChina | CAN | Egyptair | ~10h 50m |
| ShenzhenChina | SZX | Hainan Airlines | ~10h 56m |
| HangzhouChina | HGH | Egyptair | ~11h 13m |
| ShanghaiChina | PVG | China Eastern Airlines, Egyptair | ~11h 19m |
| JakartaIndonesia | CGK | Egyptair | ~12h 3m |
| New YorkUnited States | JFK | Egyptair | ~12h 9m |
| NewarkUnited States | EWR | Egyptair | ~12h 10m |
| TorontoCanada | YYZ | Egyptair | ~12h 25m |
| WashingtonUnited States | IAD | Egyptair | ~12h 37m |
| TokyoJapan | NRT | Egyptair | ~12h 53m |
| ChicagoUnited States | ORD | Egyptair | ~13h 15m |
| Los AngelesUnited States | LAX | Egyptair | ~16h 15m |
Routings from major airports
| From | Stops | Via | Door to door |
|---|---|---|---|
Dallas-Fort WorthDFW
| 1 stop | CDG | ~16h 32m |
New YorkJFK
| nonstop | — | ~13h 13m |
Los AngelesLAX
| nonstop | — | ~17h 19m |
MiamiMIA
| 1 stop | BCN | ~15h 38m |
ChicagoORD
| nonstop | — | ~14h 19m |
LondonLHR
| nonstop | — | ~6h 11m |
TorontoYYZ
| nonstop | — | ~13h 29m |
Why the world goes
Khufu's pyramid, the Sphinx and the new Grand Egyptian Museum next door; Cairo now has nonstops from New York, Washington and most of Europe.
What to know
Enter from the Mena House side at opening; hire a licensed guide at the gate, not in the parking lot. Sphinx Airport (SPX) is 30 minutes closer than CAI.
Quieter alternatives nearby
Background
The Giza pyramid complex in Egypt is home to the Great Pyramid, the pyramid of Khafre, and the pyramid of Menkaure, along with their associated pyramid complexes and the Great Sphinx. All were built during the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom of ancient Egypt, between c. 2600 – c. 2500 BC. The site also includes several temples, cemeteries, and the remains of a workers' village.
Questions
- Is there a nonstop flight to Pyramids of Giza?
- Yes — 111 airports fly nonstop to CAI (Cairo International Airport), including Al Ain, Abidjan, Abuja, Accra, Addis Ababa.
- Which airport do you fly into for Pyramids of Giza?
- CAI — Cairo International Airport.
- When is the best time to visit Pyramids of Giza?
- Oct–Apr. Enter from the Mena House side at opening; hire a licensed guide at the gate, not in the parking lot. Sphinx Airport (SPX) is 30 minutes closer than CAI.
- What does Pyramids of Giza cost per day?
- Roughly $40–150 per person per day on the ground, before flights.
- Is Pyramids of Giza worth visiting?
- Khufu's pyramid, the Sphinx and the new Grand Egyptian Museum next door; Cairo now has nonstops from New York, Washington and most of Europe.