EgyptAir· Callsign MSR960 ·3x weekly

MS960 from Cairo to Beijing, tracked live

Part of EgyptAir's eastward expansion serving growing China-Africa traffic through Cairo.

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CAI
Cairo
Cairo International Airport
22:45 EEST (UTC+3)
9h 55m
7,534 km · 4,682 mi
Non-stop
PEK
Beijing
Beijing Capital International Airport
13:40 CST (UTC+8)
Typical schedule · next departure Thursday, October 29 · times shown in airport local time
Aircraft
Boeing 787-9
typical equipment
Distance
7,534 km
4,068 nautical miles
Heading
55°
tracks north-east
Clock change
+5 h
on arrival
Block speed
760 km/h
gate to gate average
Range used
54%
of the type's book range
Length rank
#150
of 439 tracked routes

Follow MS960 in real time

The aircraft appears below whenever it is airborne and inside receiver coverage. Its planned route is drawn between the two airports.

MS960 is not transmitting right now. It may be between rotations, on the ground, or out of receiver range - Check back near 22:45 at CAI. The full map has the rest of the sky, and what is flying over me will name whatever is above you instead.

MS960 at a glance

  • The trip: 7,534 km (4,682 miles) from Cairo to Beijing, flying north-east.
  • How long: 9h 55m gate to gate. That is about 760 km/h on average, taxi time included.
  • Your watch: set it 5 hours forward on arrival.
  • Window seat tip: the right (south-facing) side gets the sun on a daytime flight.
  • The plane: usually a Boeing 787-9. This route uses about 54% of how far it can fly.
  • When it goes: out of CAI in late evening, into PEK in midday. It is an overnight, so most of the cabin will try to sleep.

MS960 route overview: CAI to PEK

MS960 distance and great-circle path

MS960 covers 7,534 km, or 4,682 miles. That makes it a long-haul flight, a widebody route with a full night's flying time. Of the 439 routes we track, it ranks 150 by distance.

The plane leaves Cairo heading north-east. On the map above, the line looks curved. That is normal. The shortest path over a round planet never looks straight on a flat screen. Our guide explains how the CAI-PEK route appears on a tracker map.

Why MS960 block time differs from cruise time

The schedule allows 9.9 hours from gate to gate. That works out to about 760 km/h. A Boeing 787-9 cruises faster than that. The gap is taxi time, climbing, descending and holding.

Flying east, this route usually picks up tailwinds high up. The flight back west normally takes longer, even though the distance is identical. See how timing changes the trip in our red-eye flight guide.

Can the Boeing 787-9 comfortably fly MS960?

Not at all. At roughly 54% of its range, this is an easy trip for a Boeing 787-9. The airline picked it for cabin size, not distance. The full numbers are on our aircraft page for the Boeing 787-9.

What to know about MS960

  • Time change: you land 5 hours ahead of the time you left. That is enough to cause jet lag. Here is how pilots handle it.

MS960 activity in the past 7 days

No stored observation has been recorded in this seven-day window. The published schedule and route above remain reference data, not evidence that the flight operated.

Date (UTC)RouteFirst trackedLast trackedTracked for
No tracked activity recorded yet for the past 7 days. Activity is logged every time this flight appears on the live map.

“First/last tracked” are when MS960 entered and left receiver coverage, in UTC.

Airports and aircraft on MS960

Every scheduled service we follow is listed in the tracker directory, including EgyptAir and other tracked flights grouped by airline.

CAI Cairo International Airport Cairo, Egypt · live radar →
PEK Beijing Capital International Airport Beijing, China · live radar →
B789 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner Typical equipment · specs →

How much CO2 does MS960 emit?

Worked from the great-circle distance and the fuel burn measured for Boeing 787-9, the aircraft normally flying this route. Carbon dioxide only - see the method below.

Distance flown7,534 km
AircraftBoeing 787-9 Dreamliner
Fuel burn rate5.71 kg per km
Fuel burned43,009 kg
CO2, whole flight135.9 tonnes
Seats, typical layout290
Passengers carried241 at an 83% load factor
CO2 per passenger564 kg

Where that lands by cabin

The aircraft burns the same fuel whoever is aboard, so the cabins divide one total rather than each carrying their own. A seat's share is the floor it takes up, which is why an economy seat comes out below the 564 kg cabin average and a flat bed well above it.

Economy238 seats, 198 flown
408 kg CO2 per seat
Business44 seats, 37 flown
1,183 kg CO2 per seat
First9 seats, 7 flown
1,631 kg CO2 per seat

Taken whole, MS960 emits what 2,265 trees take back out of the air in a year. One economy seat on it accounts for about the same carbon dioxide as driving a petrol car 3,317 km, or 16,112 km of the same journey by train.

How this is worked out. Fuel burn is read from published measurements of this type, taken at sectors of 6,204 km, 9,208 km and 12,116 km, interpolated to this route's 7,534 km. It counts carbon dioxide only, and the cabin split assumes the layout typical of this size of aircraft. Read the full method, sources and caveats, or put MS960 against another flight.

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MS985Cairo (CAI) → New York (JFK) Boeing 787-9MS985 flight tracker →
MS777Cairo (CAI) → London (LHR) Boeing 787-9MS777 flight tracker →
MS911Cairo (CAI) → Jeddah (JED) Boeing 777-300ERMS911 flight tracker →
MS83Cairo (CAI) → Luxor (LXR) Airbus A220-300MS83 flight tracker →

Guides relevant to MS960

Chosen from this route's distance, timing, aircraft, airline and airports.

Red-eye flights explained This schedule runs overnight, so cabin timing and sleep strategy matter.
The science of jet lag Arrival shifts the clock by 5 hours.
Narrowbody vs widebody aircraft A long-haul sector makes aircraft size, cabin layout and range especially relevant.

Data sources and review

Reviewed 2026-07-29 by Flight-Tracker.net Editorial Team

The route and typical schedule are maintained reference data. Live ADS-B observations are evidence of receiver coverage, not proof of on-time performance. Always confirm the operating date and times with the airline.

Read our schedule and observation review process, or inspect the machine-readable reference dataset.

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MS960 frequently asked questions

How long is the MS960 flight?

Cairo to Beijing is 7,534 km (4,682 miles) in a straight line, scheduled at 9.9 hours gate to gate. Actual airborne time varies with winds, routing and holding.

What aircraft operates MS960?

Typically a Boeing 787-9 (full specifications), using roughly 54% of that type's published range.

Does MS960 fly every day?

The published pattern is 3x weekly, departing 22:45 local from CAI. Always confirm with the airline before travelling.

Can I track MS960 live?

Yes. Whenever MS960 is airborne and in receiver coverage the map above follows it live, with altitude, ground speed and heading. Between rotations, the seven-day log above shows where it has been.

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