Cairo to Sharm El Sheikh
Private Jet Charter

About 40 minutes on a light or midsize jet and around 55 on a King Air class turboprop, for 203 nautical miles from Sphinx to the southern tip of the Sinai. The road takes about six hours round the Gulf of Suez, which is why the weekend traffic flies.

203 nautical miles, about 234 statute miles, between Sphinx and Sharm El Sheikh International, with the Gulf of Suez crossed on the way rather than driven around. Sharm keeps Egypt time, so your watch stays where it was, and Naama Bay is about ten minutes from the airport.

Sphinx, west of the city in Giza, for most trips: no slot, no airline queue, about 35 minutes from downtown and cheaper to operate into. Cairo International in Heliopolis when you are connecting from a scheduled flight or the destination is the east of the city.

Yes. Sharm has a 10,108 foot main runway with a second parallel runway, Category 9 fire cover and handling through Egyptian Aviation Services. It handles government and summit traffic, so the private facilities are better than a resort airport usually offers.

For a weekend party of up to eight a King Air 350 turboprop is quoted first, about 55 minutes and the cheapest way to the coast. A couple or small group with carry-on gets a Citation CJ or Phenom 300 light jet in about 40 minutes. Eight divers with full kit go on a Citation XLS or Hawker 800 midsize.

Yes. A midsize jet carries eight with full dive bags and the desk confirms the hold space when it quotes. Ras Mohammed and the Straits of Tiran are minutes from the airport by boat.

Not you, the operator. Egyptian rules put a landing permit from the Egyptian Civil Aviation Authority on every private and charter movement, a domestic weekend hop to Sharm included, and the desk files it with the registration, insurance and crew details about four business days out. Our Egypt trip support hub sets out the file in full.

The aircraft, whether the trip is a weekend return, one way or a same-day return, how long the aircraft waits, handling and parking at Sharm, and the dates against the holiday and summit calendar. We tell you what the quote covers before you book.

Yes. The sector is quoted in both directions, and a weekend is usually flown as a return with the aircraft waiting or coming back for you on the day you choose. Put Sharm as the departure in the form, and the desk handles it the same way, with the Egyptian permit covering the domestic leg.

None, because Sharm from Cairo is a domestic sector. Passports or Egyptian ID are checked by the crew on the general aviation ramp, away from the two airline terminals, and being at Sphinx fifteen to twenty minutes before departure is enough. Dive bags go straight into the hold without a check-in desk.

Any time; the sector flies year round. Winter sun from November to March and the diving season through spring and autumn are the busiest, with the holiday weeks needing the most notice.

Four business days on a first trip, for the Egyptian permit, and a few days after that. The exception is Sharm's calendar: for the holiday weeks and the summit dates give the desk firm dates a fortnight ahead so parking is confirmed with the aircraft. With the permit on file, same-day departures run two to three hours after the call.