Sphinx International Airport HESX / SPX
Cairo's western airport on the road to Alexandria, 20 minutes from the Grand Egyptian Museum and the Giza pyramids and 50 from central Cairo, with a business-aviation terminal, dedicated CIQ and a long runway. Daylight-only operations and 48-hour pre-notification; a fast alternative to Cairo International for Giza-bound visitors.
11,975 ft
Longest runway
50 min
Drive to Cairo
2
FBOs / handlers
553 ft
Elevation
Facts
- Hours
- Sunrise–sunset (no runway lighting yet, verify)
- 24-hour operations
- No
- Customs & immigration
- Yes
- Prior permission (PPR)
- Yes
- Slot coordination
- No
- Noise curfew
- Yes
- Runway surface
- asphalt
- Fuel
- Jet A-1
- Helipad
- Yes
- Distance to centre
- 40 km
- Typical largest aircraft
- Any size including widebody VIP (3,650 m runway); daylight only.
Private terminals (FBOs)
- Sphinx International Airport GA Terminal
- Smart Aviation Sphinx
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 11,975 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
- Cairo International Airport HECA 13,123 ft · 40 min