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Cairo International Airport (CAI)

A working profile of Cairo International Airport in Cairo, Egypt: identifiers, location, the destinations served by scheduled flights, and the airlines that operate there.

CAIIATA
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80Destinations on file
45Operating airlines
150Departures on file

Quick facts

  • Full name: Cairo International Airport
  • Serves: Cairo, Egypt
  • Coordinates: 30.1219, 31.4056
  • Elevation: 382 ft
  • Time zone: Africa/Cairo

Cairo International Airport sits inside the air network of Egypt. It shows 150 distinct scheduled departures across 80 destinations and 45 operating carriers in the OpenFlights routes table. Whether it works as a primary hub, a focus city, or a regional feeder depends on the size of those numbers. The bigger they get, the more likely the airport supports connecting traffic on top of its point-to-point passengers.

Destinations from CAI

Destinations are listed in order of how many distinct airline codes serve them. Click any code for the destination's own airport profile, or jump to the dedicated route page.

Airport profile data
IATADestinationCityCountryRouteOperators
ELQ Gassim Airport Gassim Saudi Arabia CAI→ELQ 4
BEN Benina International Airport Benghazi Libya CAI→BEN 3
TIP Tripoli International Airport Tripoli Libya CAI→TIP 3
CDG Charles de Gaulle International Airport Paris France CAI→CDG 3
RUH King Khaled International Airport Riyadh Saudi Arabia CAI→RUH 3
DXB Dubai International Airport Dubai United Arab Emirates CAI→DXB 3
TIF Ta’if Regional Airport Taif Saudi Arabia CAI→TIF 3
TUU Tabuk Airport Tabuk Saudi Arabia CAI→TUU 3
YNB Prince Abdulmohsin Bin Abdulaziz Airport Yenbo Saudi Arabia CAI→YNB 3
KWI Kuwait International Airport Kuwait Kuwait CAI→KWI 3
BKK Suvarnabhumi Airport Bangkok Thailand CAI→BKK 3
AHB Abha Regional Airport Abha Saudi Arabia CAI→AHB 3
AMM Queen Alia International Airport Amman Jordan CAI→AMM 3
JED King Abdulaziz International Airport Jeddah Saudi Arabia CAI→JED 3
ATH Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport Athens Greece CAI→ATH 2
ALG Houari Boumediene Airport Algier Algeria CAI→ALG 2
BOM Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Mumbai India CAI→BOM 2
CMN Mohammed V International Airport Casablanca Morocco CAI→CMN 2
FCO Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport Rome Italy CAI→FCO 2
MXP Malpensa International Airport Milano Italy CAI→MXP 2
LHR London Heathrow Airport London United Kingdom CAI→LHR 2
CAN Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport Guangzhou China CAI→CAN 2
PEK Beijing Capital International Airport Beijing China CAI→PEK 2
ADD Addis Ababa Bole International Airport Addis Ababa Ethiopia CAI→ADD 2
LCA Larnaca International Airport Larnaca Cyprus CAI→LCA 2
AUH Abu Dhabi International Airport Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates CAI→AUH 2
SHJ Sharjah International Airport Sharjah United Arab Emirates CAI→SHJ 2
BAH Bahrain International Airport Bahrain Bahrain CAI→BAH 2
SAH Sana'a International Airport Sanaa Yemen CAI→SAH 2
AMS Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Amsterdam Netherlands CAI→AMS 2
FRA Frankfurt am Main Airport Frankfurt Germany CAI→FRA 2
MUC Munich Airport Munich Germany CAI→MUC 2
GVA Geneva Cointrin International Airport Geneva Switzerland CAI→GVA 2
ZRH Zürich Airport Zurich Switzerland CAI→ZRH 2
ASW Aswan International Airport Aswan Egypt CAI→ASW 2
ATZ Assiut International Airport Asyut Egypt CAI→ATZ 2
HBE Borg El Arab International Airport Alexandria Egypt CAI→HBE 2
HMB Sohag International Airport Sohag Egypt CAI→HMB 2
HRG Hurghada International Airport Hurghada Egypt CAI→HRG 2
LXR Luxor International Airport Luxor Egypt CAI→LXR 2
SSH Sharm El Sheikh International Airport Sharm El Sheikh Egypt CAI→SSH 2
BEY Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport Beirut Lebanon CAI→BEY 2
BRU Brussels Airport Brussels Belgium CAI→BRU 2
CPH Copenhagen Kastrup Airport Copenhagen Denmark CAI→CPH 2
DMM King Fahd International Airport Dammam Saudi Arabia CAI→DMM 2
DOH Hamad International Airport Doha Qatar CAI→DOH 2
IST Istanbul Airport Istanbul Turkey CAI→IST 2
JFK John F Kennedy International Airport New York United States CAI→JFK 2
JNB OR Tambo International Airport Johannesburg South Africa CAI→JNB 2
JUB Juba International Airport Juba South Sudan CAI→JUB 2
KRT Khartoum International Airport Khartoum Sudan CAI→KRT 2
MCT Muscat International Airport Muscat Oman CAI→MCT 2
MED Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport Madinah Saudi Arabia CAI→MED 2
TUN Tunis Carthage International Airport Tunis Tunisia CAI→TUN 2
VIE Vienna International Airport Vienna Austria CAI→VIE 2
TLV Ben Gurion International Airport Tel-aviv Israel CAI→TLV 1
ADE Aden International Airport Aden Yemen CAI→ADE 1
RIY Mukalla International Airport Mukalla Yemen CAI→RIY 1
TAI Ta'izz International Airport Taiz Yemen CAI→TAI 1
ABV Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja Nigeria CAI→ABV 1
ACC Kotoka International Airport Accra Ghana CAI→ACC 1
ASM Asmara International Airport Asmara Eritrea CAI→ASM 1
BCN Barcelona International Airport Barcelona Spain CAI→BCN 1
BGW Baghdad International Airport Baghdad Iraq CAI→BGW 1
BUD Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport Budapest Hungary CAI→BUD 1
CGK Soekarno-Hatta International Airport Jakarta Indonesia CAI→CGK 1
DAR Julius Nyerere International Airport Dar Es Salaam Tanzania CAI→DAR 1
DME Domodedovo International Airport Moscow Russia CAI→DME 1
EBB Entebbe International Airport Entebbe Uganda CAI→EBB 1
EBL Erbil International Airport Erbil Iraq CAI→EBL 1
KAN Mallam Aminu International Airport Kano Nigeria CAI→KAN 1
LOS Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos Nigeria CAI→LOS 1
MAD Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport Madrid Spain CAI→MAD 1
MAN Manchester Airport Manchester United Kingdom CAI→MAN 1
NBO Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Nairobi Kenya CAI→NBO 1
RMF Marsa Alam International Airport Marsa Alam Egypt CAI→RMF 1
SXF Berlin-Schönefeld Airport Berlin Germany CAI→SXF 1
YYZ Lester B. Pearson International Airport Toronto Canada CAI→YYZ 1
PZU Port Sudan New International Airport Port Sudan Sudan CAI→PZU 1
SVO Sheremetyevo International Airport Moscow Russia CAI→SVO 1

Airlines operating at CAI

Carriers ranked by the number of routes they file from this airport.

Airport profile data (section 2)
IATAAirlineCountryRoutes from CAI
MS Egyptair Egypt 71
M4 Marysya Airlines Russia 7
IY Yemenia Yemen 5
NP Nile Air Egypt 5
SV Saudi Arabian Airlines Saudi Arabia 5
UJ AlMasria Universal Airlines Egypt 5
EO Express One International United States 4
8U Afriqiyah Airways Libya 2
AT Royal Air Maroc Morocco 2
AZ Alitalia Italy 2
CA Air China China 2
ET Ethiopian Airlines Ethiopia 2
LH Lufthansa Cargo Germany 2
LN Libyan Arab Airlines Libya 2
LX Swiss International Air Lines Switzerland 2
SD Sudan Airways Sudan 2
TK Turkish Airlines Turkey 2
4D Air Sinai Egypt 1
A3 Aegean Airlines Greece 1
AF Air France France 1
AH Air Algerie Algeria 1
AI Air India Limited India 1
BA British Airways United Kingdom 1
EK Emirates United Arab Emirates 1
EY Etihad Airways United Arab Emirates 1
G9 Air Arabia United Arab Emirates 1
GF Gulf Air Bahrain Bahrain 1
J9 Jazeera Airways Kuwait 1
KL KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Netherlands 1
KU Kuwait Airways Kuwait 1
ME Middle East Airlines Lebanon 1
MH Malaysia Airlines Malaysia 1
OS Austrian Airlines Austria 1
QR Qatar Airways Qatar 1
RJ Royal Jordanian Jordan 1
RL Royal Falcon Jordan 1
SA South African Airways South Africa 1
SK Scandinavian Airlines System Sweden 1
SN Brussels Airlines Belgium 1
SQ Singapore Airlines Cargo Singapore 1
SU Aeroflot Russian Airlines Russia 1
TG Thai Airways International Thailand 1
TU Tunisair Tunisia 1
UA United Airlines United States 1
WY Oman Air Oman 1

Inbound origin airports

Where flights into CAI typically originate, ranked by the number of operators on file.

Airport profile data (section 3)
IATAOrigin airportCityCountryOperators
ELQ Gassim Airport Gassim Saudi Arabia 4
BEN Benina International Airport Benghazi Libya 3
TIP Tripoli International Airport Tripoli Libya 3
CDG Charles de Gaulle International Airport Paris France 3
RUH King Khaled International Airport Riyadh Saudi Arabia 3
DXB Dubai International Airport Dubai United Arab Emirates 3
TIF Ta’if Regional Airport Taif Saudi Arabia 3
TUU Tabuk Airport Tabuk Saudi Arabia 3
YNB Prince Abdulmohsin Bin Abdulaziz Airport Yenbo Saudi Arabia 3
KWI Kuwait International Airport Kuwait Kuwait 3
BKK Suvarnabhumi Airport Bangkok Thailand 3
AHB Abha Regional Airport Abha Saudi Arabia 3
AMM Queen Alia International Airport Amman Jordan 3
JED King Abdulaziz International Airport Jeddah Saudi Arabia 3
ATH Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport Athens Greece 2
ALG Houari Boumediene Airport Algier Algeria 2
BOM Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Mumbai India 2
CMN Mohammed V International Airport Casablanca Morocco 2
FCO Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport Rome Italy 2
MXP Malpensa International Airport Milano Italy 2
LHR London Heathrow Airport London United Kingdom 2
CAN Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport Guangzhou China 2
PEK Beijing Capital International Airport Beijing China 2
ADD Addis Ababa Bole International Airport Addis Ababa Ethiopia 2
LCA Larnaca International Airport Larnaca Cyprus 2
AUH Abu Dhabi International Airport Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates 2
SHJ Sharjah International Airport Sharjah United Arab Emirates 2
BAH Bahrain International Airport Bahrain Bahrain 2
SAH Sana'a International Airport Sanaa Yemen 2
AMS Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Amsterdam Netherlands 2
FRA Frankfurt am Main Airport Frankfurt Germany 2
MUC Munich Airport Munich Germany 2
GVA Geneva Cointrin International Airport Geneva Switzerland 2
ZRH Zürich Airport Zurich Switzerland 2
ASW Aswan International Airport Aswan Egypt 2
ATZ Assiut International Airport Asyut Egypt 2
HBE Borg El Arab International Airport Alexandria Egypt 2
HMB Sohag International Airport Sohag Egypt 2
HRG Hurghada International Airport Hurghada Egypt 2
LXR Luxor International Airport Luxor Egypt 2
SSH Sharm El Sheikh International Airport Sharm El Sheikh Egypt 2
BEY Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport Beirut Lebanon 2
BRU Brussels Airport Brussels Belgium 2
CPH Copenhagen Kastrup Airport Copenhagen Denmark 2
DMM King Fahd International Airport Dammam Saudi Arabia 2
DOH Hamad International Airport Doha Qatar 2
IST Istanbul Airport Istanbul Turkey 2
JFK John F Kennedy International Airport New York United States 2
JNB OR Tambo International Airport Johannesburg South Africa 2
JUB Juba International Airport Juba South Sudan 2
KRT Khartoum International Airport Khartoum Sudan 2
MCT Muscat International Airport Muscat Oman 2
MED Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport Madinah Saudi Arabia 2
TUN Tunis Carthage International Airport Tunis Tunisia 2
VIE Vienna International Airport Vienna Austria 2
TLV Ben Gurion International Airport Tel-aviv Israel 1
ADE Aden International Airport Aden Yemen 1
HOD Hodeidah International Airport Hodeidah Yemen 1
RIY Mukalla International Airport Mukalla Yemen 1
TAI Ta'izz International Airport Taiz Yemen 1
ABV Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja Nigeria 1
ACC Kotoka International Airport Accra Ghana 1
ASM Asmara International Airport Asmara Eritrea 1
BCN Barcelona International Airport Barcelona Spain 1
BGW Baghdad International Airport Baghdad Iraq 1
BUD Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport Budapest Hungary 1
CGK Soekarno-Hatta International Airport Jakarta Indonesia 1
DAR Julius Nyerere International Airport Dar Es Salaam Tanzania 1
DME Domodedovo International Airport Moscow Russia 1
EBB Entebbe International Airport Entebbe Uganda 1
EBL Erbil International Airport Erbil Iraq 1
KAN Mallam Aminu International Airport Kano Nigeria 1
LOS Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos Nigeria 1
MAD Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport Madrid Spain 1
MAN Manchester Airport Manchester United Kingdom 1
NBO Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Nairobi Kenya 1
RMF Marsa Alam International Airport Marsa Alam Egypt 1
SXF Berlin-Schönefeld Airport Berlin Germany 1
YYZ Lester B. Pearson International Airport Toronto Canada 1
PZU Port Sudan New International Airport Port Sudan Sudan 1
SVO Sheremetyevo International Airport Moscow Russia 1

How to read this page

The destinations table is the core of an airport profile. It tells you, at a glance, where you can fly directly from CAI on a published schedule. The "operators" column doesn't measure frequency. It measures how many distinct airline codes file the route. So a "3" means three different carriers list CAI to that destination, even if one of them runs the route many times a day while the others only manage it weekly. For practical trip planning, use the table as a starting list and confirm the airline's own schedule for your travel dates.

The airline list shows which carriers treat CAI as part of their network. Many will be foreign carriers running one or two flights, while a handful will use the airport as a base. To see where those carriers fly elsewhere, click through to any airline page. Each airline profile includes a route sample drawn from the same dataset.