# Distance from Cairo (CAI) to Tripoli (KYE)

> 658 km · estimated flight time 2h · Short-haul route.

## Summary

- **Distance**: 658 km / 409 mi / 356 nm
- **Estimated flight time**: 2h
- **Heading**: 40° (northeast)
- **Return heading**: 222° (southwest)
- **Classification**: Short-haul
- **Type**: International (Egypt) → Lebanon
- **Intercontinental**: Africa → Asia
- **Time difference**: +0h (When it's 01:20 in Cairo, it's 01:20 in Tripoli)
- **Elevation difference**: 307 ft (KYE is lower than CAI)

## Airports

### [Cairo International Airport (CAI)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/cai-cairo-cairo-international-airport/1ef266de-eb26-69e8-bb1a-06bb2780ed98)

- City: Cairo, Egypt
- ICAO: HECA
- Timezone: Africa/Cairo
- Coordinates: 30.120000, 31.410000
- Elevation: 382 ft

### [Rene Mouawad Air Base (KYE)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/kye-tripoli-rene-mouawad-air-base/1ef266df-806b-67c4-9896-06bb2780ed98)

- City: Tripoli, Lebanon
- ICAO: OLKA
- Timezone: Asia/Beirut
- Coordinates: 34.590000, 36.010000
- Elevation: 75 ft

## Route notes

This is a short-haul route typically served by narrow-body aircraft such as the Boeing 737 or Airbus A320 family. In-flight service is usually limited to drinks and light snacks.

## Related

- [Cairo International Airport (CAI)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/cai-cairo-cairo-international-airport/1ef266de-eb26-69e8-bb1a-06bb2780ed98)
- [Rene Mouawad Air Base (KYE)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/kye-tripoli-rene-mouawad-air-base/1ef266df-806b-67c4-9896-06bb2780ed98)
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