Data study — computed from our own files

Longest flights from Cairo

We measured the great-circle distance from Cairo International Airport (CAI) to every one of the 113 airports in our network and ranked them. Durations are a published geometric estimate — not a schedule.

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The single longest route in this study is Cairo to Auckland (AKL) — New Zealand: 16,559 km great-circle, about 20h 4m of estimated flying.

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The 20 farthest destinations in the network

The 20 farthest destinations from Cairo, descending by direct distance
#	Destination	Distance (km)	Time (est.)	Calculator
1	Auckland (AKL) — New Zealand	16,559	20h 4m	Open calculator
2	Sydney (SYD) — Australia	14,403	17h 32m	Open calculator
3	Melbourne (MEL) — Australia	13,941	16h 59m	Open calculator
4	Mexico City (MEX) — Mexico	12,371	15h 8m	Open calculator
5	Los Angeles (LAX) — USA	12,218	14h 57m	Open calculator
6	Buenos Aires (EZE) — Argentina	11,854	14h 32m	Open calculator
7	Cancun (CUN) — Mexico	11,306	13h 53m	Open calculator
8	Miami (MIA) — USA	10,450	12h 53m	Open calculator
9	Sao Paulo (GRU) — Brazil	10,217	12h 36m	Open calculator
10	Rio de Janeiro (GIG) — Brazil	9,903	12h 14m	Open calculator
11	Bali (DPS) — Indonesia	9,902	12h 14m	Open calculator
12	Chicago (ORD) — USA	9,875	12h 12m	Open calculator
13	Tokyo (NRT) — Japan	9,593	11h 52m	Open calculator
14	Osaka (KIX) — Japan	9,285	11h 30m	Open calculator
15	Toronto (YYZ) — Canada	9,228	11h 26m	Open calculator
16	Manila (MNL) — Philippines	9,168	11h 22m	Open calculator
17	New York (JFK) — USA	9,016	11h 11m	Open calculator
18	Jakarta (CGK) — Indonesia	8,949	11h 7m	Open calculator
19	Montreal (YUL) — Canada	8,729	10h 51m	Open calculator
20	Taipei (TPE) — Taiwan	8,627	10h 44m	Open calculator

And the 5 shortest hops (for contrast)

The 5 shortest routes from Cairo by direct distance
#	Destination	Distance (km)	Time (est.)	Calculator
1	Sharm El Sheikh (SSH) — Egypt	376	1h 2m	Open calculator
2	Amman (AMM) — Jordan	472	1h 8m	Open calculator
3	Luxor (LXR) — Egypt	511	1h 11m	Open calculator
4	Beirut (BEY) — Lebanon	563	1h 15m	Open calculator
5	Antalya (AYT) — Turkey	756	1h 28m	Open calculator

Methodology (every figure reproducible)

Inputs: src/data/travel/airports.json (113 airports with lat/lng) + the 14 hub list defined in src/lib/airportData.ts (FLIGHT_HUBS_IATA).
Distance: haversine formula on a 6371 km-radius earth (src/lib/geo.ts — haversineKm), rounded to the nearest km.
Duration: estimateFlightMinutes = (km ÷ 850 km/h) × 60 + a fixed 35-minute taxi/climb allowance. Block-time estimate only — no stops, no delays.
Ranking: descending by distance. Calculator links (flight-time-{hub}-to-{iata}) render only when actually present in catalog/generated/travel.json.

FAQs

What is the farthest destination from Cairo on your map?

Auckland (AKL): 16,559 km great-circle distance, roughly 20h 4m of flying under our model (850 km/h cruise + 35 min taxi/climb allowance).

Which network airport is closest to Cairo?

Sharm El Sheikh (SSH): just 376 km, about 1h 2m.

How is the displayed duration computed?

Pure geometry: haversine distance between the two airports' coordinates from our airports.json, then duration = (km ÷ 850 km/h) × 60 + 35 minutes. No schedules, no external sources — the same formula as the site's flight-time calculators.