Cairo & the Nile Delta

170 flight routes pass within 50 miles of Cairo & the Nile Delta.

Cairo & the Nile Delta
🏙️ City · Egypt

Photo: Jorge Láscar from Melbourne, Australia · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

The sprawl of Africa's largest city sits where the Nile fans into its delta — the abrupt green-to-desert transition is visible from every angle on Cairo approaches.
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1 miClosest Pass
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Routes that pass it170

AMM → CAI Amman to Cairo · 1 mi Both Sides CAI → AMM Cairo to Amman · 1 mi Both Sides CAI → PVG Cairo to Shanghai · 1 mi Both Sides JED → MXP Jeddah to Milano · 1 mi Both Sides MXP → JED Milano to Jeddah · 1 mi Both Sides PVG → CAI Shanghai to Cairo · 1 mi Both Sides SHA → CAI Shanghai to Cairo · 1 mi Both Sides CAI → EZE Cairo to Buenos Aires · 1 mi Both Sides EZE → CAI Buenos Aires to Cairo · 1 mi Both Sides CAI → PEK Cairo to Beijing · 2 mi Both Sides PEK → CAI Beijing to Cairo · 2 mi Both Sides CAI → MNL Cairo to Manila · 2 mi Both Sides MNL → CAI Manila to Cairo · 2 mi Both Sides CAI → DEL Cairo to Delhi · 3 mi Both Sides DEL → CAI Delhi to Cairo · 3 mi Both Sides CAI → CCU Cairo to Calcutta · 4 mi Both Sides CCU → CAI Calcutta to Cairo · 4 mi Both Sides AMS → RMF Amsterdam to Marsa Alam · 4 mi Both Sides CAI → BEY Cairo to Beirut · 4 mi Both Sides RMF → AMS Marsa Alam to Amsterdam · 4 mi Both Sides BOM → CAI Bombay to Cairo · 6 mi Both Sides CAI → BOM Cairo to Bombay · 6 mi Both Sides CAI → DXB Cairo to Dubai · 6 mi Both Sides CAI → SIN Cairo to Singapore · 6 mi Both Sides DXB → CAI Dubai to Cairo · 6 mi Both Sides SIN → CAI Singapore to Cairo · 6 mi Both Sides AUH → CAI Abu Dhabi to Cairo · 6 mi Left BAH → CAI Bahrain to Cairo · 6 mi Left CAI → AUH Cairo to Abu Dhabi · 6 mi Right CAI → BAH Cairo to Bahrain · 6 mi Right CAI → DOH Cairo to Doha · 6 mi Right CAI → DWC Cairo to Dubai · 6 mi Right CAI → MCT Cairo to Muscat · 6 mi Right DOH → CAI Doha to Cairo · 6 mi Left DWC → CAI Dubai to Cairo · 6 mi Left MCT → CAI Muscat to Cairo · 6 mi Left CAI → CMN Cairo to Casablanca · 7 mi Left CMN → CAI Casablanca to Cairo · 7 mi Right CAI → RUH Cairo to Riyadh · 7 mi Right EMA → HRG East Midlands to Hurghada · 7 mi Right HRG → EMA Hurghada to East Midlands · 7 mi Left HRG → LPL Hurghada to Liverpool · 7 mi Left LPL → HRG Liverpool to Hurghada · 7 mi Right RUH → CAI Riyadh to Cairo · 7 mi Left CMN → RUH Casablanca to Riyadh · 8 mi Left CAI → HNL Cairo to Honolulu · 9 mi Left CAI → HUH Cairo to Huahine Island · 9 mi Left CAI → MEB Cairo to Melbourne · 9 mi Right CAI → MEL Cairo to Melbourne · 9 mi Right CAI → PER Cairo to Perth · 9 mi Right CAI → SVO Cairo to Moscow · 9 mi Left CAI → TUN Cairo to Tunis · 9 mi Left HNL → CAI Honolulu to Cairo · 9 mi Right HRG → MAN Hurghada to Manchester · 9 mi Left HUH → CAI Huahine Island to Cairo · 9 mi Right JED → YYZ Jeddah to Toronto · 9 mi Right MAD → CAI Madrid to Cairo · 9 mi Right MAN → HRG Manchester to Hurghada · 9 mi Right MEB → CAI Melbourne to Cairo · 9 mi Left MEL → CAI Melbourne to Cairo · 9 mi Left PER → CAI Perth to Cairo · 9 mi Left SVO → CAI Moscow to Cairo · 9 mi Right TUN → CAI Tunis to Cairo · 9 mi Right YYZ → JED Toronto to Jeddah · 9 mi Left CAI → CIA Cairo to Rome · 10 mi Left CAI → EBB Cairo to Entebbe · 10 mi Right CAI → EWR Cairo to Newark · 10 mi Left CAI → FCO Cairo to Rome · 10 mi Left CAI → GVA Cairo to Geneva · 10 mi Left CAI → IAD Cairo to Washington · 10 mi Left CAI → IAH Cairo to Houston · 10 mi Left CAI → JFK Cairo to New York · 10 mi Left CAI → MXP Cairo to Milano · 10 mi Left CAI → SAW Cairo to Pendik, Istanbul · 10 mi Left CAI → YTZ Cairo to Toronto · 10 mi Left CAI → YYZ Cairo to Toronto · 10 mi Left CIA → CAI Rome to Cairo · 10 mi Right EBB → CAI Entebbe to Cairo · 10 mi Left EWR → CAI Newark to Cairo · 10 mi Right FCO → CAI Rome to Cairo · 10 mi Right GVA → CAI Geneva to Cairo · 10 mi Right IAD → CAI Washington to Cairo · 10 mi Right IAH → CAI Houston to Cairo · 10 mi Right IST → JRO Istanbul to Kilimanjaro · 10 mi Right JFK → CAI New York to Cairo · 10 mi Right JRO → IST Kilimanjaro to Istanbul · 10 mi Left MXP → CAI Milano to Cairo · 10 mi Right SAW → CAI Pendik, Istanbul to Cairo · 10 mi Right YTZ → CAI Toronto to Cairo · 10 mi Right YYZ → CAI Toronto to Cairo · 10 mi Right ADD → CAI Addis Ababa to Cairo · 11 mi Left ASW → CAI Aswan to Cairo · 11 mi Left ATH → CAI Athens to Cairo · 11 mi Right BRU → CAI Brussels to Cairo · 11 mi Right BUD → CAI Budapest to Cairo · 11 mi Right CAI → ADD Cairo to Addis Ababa · 11 mi Right CAI → ASW Cairo to Aswan · 11 mi Right CAI → ATH Cairo to Athens · 11 mi Left CAI → BRU Cairo to Brussels · 11 mi Left CAI → CDG Cairo to Paris · 11 mi Left CAI → DFW Cairo to Dallas-Fort Worth · 11 mi Left CAI → DUB Cairo to Dublin · 11 mi Left CAI → DUS Cairo to Duesseldorf · 11 mi Left CAI → FRA Cairo to Frankfurt · 11 mi Left CAI → HRG Cairo to Hurghada · 11 mi Right CAI → IST Cairo to Istanbul · 11 mi Left CAI → JED Cairo to Jeddah · 11 mi Right CAI → LAX Cairo to Los Angeles · 11 mi Left CAI → LCY Cairo to London · 11 mi Left CAI → LHR Cairo to London · 11 mi Left CAI → LXR Cairo to Luxor · 11 mi Right CAI → MUC Cairo to Munich · 11 mi Left CAI → NBO Cairo to Nairobi · 11 mi Right CAI → ORD Cairo to Chicago · 11 mi Left CAI → ORY Cairo to Paris · 11 mi Left CAI → PDX Cairo to Portland · 11 mi Left CAI → SEA Cairo to Seattle · 11 mi Left CAI → SFO Cairo to San Francisco · 11 mi Left CAI → SMF Cairo to Sacramento · 11 mi Left CAI → VIE Cairo to Vienna · 11 mi Left CAI → WIL Cairo to Nairobi · 11 mi Right CAI → ZRH Cairo to Zurich · 11 mi Left CDG → CAI Paris to Cairo · 11 mi Right DFW → CAI Dallas-Fort Worth to Cairo · 11 mi Right DUB → CAI Dublin to Cairo · 11 mi Right DUS → CAI Duesseldorf to Cairo · 11 mi Right FRA → CAI Frankfurt to Cairo · 11 mi Right HRG → CAI Hurghada to Cairo · 11 mi Left IST → CAI Istanbul to Cairo · 11 mi Right JED → CAI Jeddah to Cairo · 11 mi Left LAX → CAI Los Angeles to Cairo · 11 mi Right LCY → CAI London to Cairo · 11 mi Right LHR → CAI London to Cairo · 11 mi Right LXR → CAI Luxor to Cairo · 11 mi Left MUC → CAI Munich to Cairo · 11 mi Right NBO → CAI Nairobi to Cairo · 11 mi Left ORD → CAI Chicago to Cairo · 11 mi Right ORY → CAI Paris to Cairo · 11 mi Right PDX → CAI Portland to Cairo · 11 mi Right SEA → CAI Seattle to Cairo · 11 mi Right SFO → CAI San Francisco to Cairo · 11 mi Right SMF → CAI Sacramento to Cairo · 11 mi Right VIE → CAI Vienna to Cairo · 11 mi Right WIL → CAI Nairobi to Cairo · 11 mi Left ZNZ → CAI Zanzibar to Cairo · 11 mi Left ZRH → CAI Zurich to Cairo · 11 mi Right LHR → SEZ London to Mahe · 13 mi Left SEZ → LHR Mahe to London · 13 mi Right FRA → HRG Frankfurt to Hurghada · 18 mi Right CGN → HRG Cologne to Hurghada · 19 mi Right HRG → CGN Hurghada to Cologne · 19 mi Left AMS → HRG Amsterdam to Hurghada · 21 mi Right HRG → AMS Hurghada to Amsterdam · 21 mi Left FCO → SSH Rome to Sharm El Sheikh · 24 mi Right SSH → FCO Sharm El Sheikh to Rome · 24 mi Left JRO → SAW Kilimanjaro to Pendik, Istanbul · 29 mi Left CCE → CDC New Cairo to Cedar City · 32 mi Left CCE → VIE New Cairo to Vienna · 32 mi Left CDC → CCE Cedar City to New Cairo · 32 mi Right NBO → SAW Nairobi to Pendik, Istanbul · 32 mi Left SAW → NBO Pendik, Istanbul to Nairobi · 32 mi Right VIE → CCE Vienna to New Cairo · 32 mi Right SCL → TLV Santiago to Tel Aviv · 35 mi Right TLV → SCL Tel Aviv to Santiago · 35 mi Left LXR → SAW Luxor to Pendik, Istanbul · 36 mi Left JED → LHR Jeddah to London · 39 mi Left LHR → JED London to Jeddah · 39 mi Right IST → ZNZ Istanbul to Zanzibar · 41 mi Right ZNZ → IST Zanzibar to Istanbul · 41 mi Left HBE → SHJ Alexandria to Sharjah · 48 mi Right
Tip: Visibility depends on cloud cover, time of day, and how close the flight path comes. Sit on the listed side for the best chance of a view. Morning and evening flights often offer the best lighting.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can you see Cairo & the Nile Delta from a plane?

Yes — 170 flight routes pass within 50 miles of Cairo & the Nile Delta. The closest routes include Amman to Cairo, Cairo to Amman, Cairo to Shanghai. The landmark is visible from both sides, with the landmark passing about 1 miles away.

Which side of the plane is best for viewing Cairo & the Nile Delta?

The best side varies by route. For the most common routes near Cairo & the Nile Delta: on a Amman to Cairo flight, visible from both sides; on a Cairo to Amman flight, visible from both sides; on a Cairo to Shanghai flight, visible from both sides.