Cairo International Airport HECA / CAI
Egypt's hub in Heliopolis, 40 minutes from Zamalek and Downtown and an hour from the New Administrative Capital, with a business-aviation terminal, 24-hour CIQ and government VIP facilities. Landing permits take several days; Sphinx Airport serves Giza and the pyramids.
13,123 ft
Longest runway
40 min
Drive to Cairo
2
FBOs / handlers
382 ft
Elevation
Facts
- Hours
- H24
- 24-hour operations
- Yes
- Customs & immigration
- Yes
- Prior permission (PPR)
- Yes
- Slot coordination
- Yes
- Noise curfew
- No
- Runway surface
- asphalt
- Fuel
- Jet A-1
- Helipad
- Yes
- Distance to centre
- 15 km
- Typical largest aircraft
- Any size including widebody VIP.
- Website
- www.cairo-airport.com
Private terminals (FBOs)
- Smart Aviation FBO
- Egyptian Aviation Services (EAS)
An FBO is the private terminal: lounge, crew, fuel, customs desk. You drive up, walk 30 metres, and board.
Which jets can use this runway?
Based on published takeoff distances at maximum weight versus a 13,123 ft runway. Hot days, high elevation and wet runways reduce the margin.
✓ Comfortably
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 787-8 9,800 ft
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 737-8 (MAX 8) 7,500 ft
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 737-7 (MAX 7) 5,900 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ319neo 6,300 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ320neo 6,800 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ TwoTwenty 6,200 ft
✕ Marginal or no
- Everything in our database can operate here.
Other airports for Cairo
- Sphinx International Airport HESX 11,975 ft · 50 min