HECW

Cairo West Air Base

Cairo West Air Base (HECW) is a general-aviation airfield serving Cairo. The field lies at 557 ft (170 m) above sea level and has two crossing runways, the longest 11,939 ft (3,639 m), asphalt and lit. Its nearest neighbour is Sphinx International Airport (SPX), 1 nm WSW.

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Location

Elevation
557 ft (170 m)
Coordinates
30.1164, 30.9155
Serving
Cairo
Time zone
Africa/Cairo

Runways2 · longest 11,939 ft

Surveyed positions · north up

Drawn from published thresholds — true bearings, separations and lengths. Widths are exaggerated; at true proportion a runway is a hairline. Not a chart to navigate by.

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceLighting
16L/34R11,939 ft3,639 m196 ftAsphaltLit
10/289,125 ft2,781 m147 ftAsphaltLit

Nearby airfields

Nearest paved 3,000 ft
SPXSphinx International Airport · 1 nm WSW
Airfields within 25 nm
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Field data: OurAirports, public domain. Positions: ADS-B, which does not carry every aircraft.