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HECA · CAI

Cairo International Airport

30.12190°N
31.40560°W
ARR / DAY
84
▼ 23.7%
DEP / DAY
97
▼ 31.4%
ON-TIME
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schedules pending
AVG DELAY
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7d window

Cairo International Airport (HECA/CAI) is a large international airport located in Cairo, Egypt. It features 3 runways with the longest being 13,124 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 84 arrivals and 97 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 1 carrier across 38 routes. The most active carrier is Egypt AIR (MSR). The busiest route is to Queen Alia International Airport (OJAI). At the busiest hour of an average day, we calculated that a plane takes off or lands roughly every 171 seconds.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
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Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
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Return to field
1

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
88°F
Wind
12 kts
20°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
HECA 011730Z 02012KT CAVOK 31/16 Q1010 NOSIG

Runways

3 installed

13,124 FT MAX
05C/23C
13,123 ft × 197
Asphalt● LIT
05L/23R
10,827 ft × 197
Asphalt● LIT
05R/23L
13,124 ft × 197
Asphalt● LIT

Delays by hour

Avg minutes · local time · last 30 days

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Top carriers

Share of flights

40 total
TOP 9 890
Egypt AIR 46% AIR Cairo 14% Nile AIR 9% Saudi Arabian Airlines 9% Flynas Company Closed Joint Stock 7% Nesma Airlines 5% Flyadeal 5% AIR Arabia Egypt 4% Turk Hava Yollari (Turkish Airlines Co.) 3%

Top destinations

By flight count

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AMM 39
IST 28
ATH 27
SHJ 26
BEY 23
DXB 23

Carriers

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Egypt AIR
409
AIR Cairo
121
Nile AIR
76
Saudi Arabian Airlines
76
Flynas Company Closed Joint Stock
60
Nesma Airlines
45
Show 34 more carriers →
Flyadeal
44
AIR Arabia Egypt
35
Turk Hava Yollari (Turkish Airlines Co.)
24
AIR Arabia
21
Kuwait Airways
19
Royal Jordanian
14
Qatar Airways Group Q.C.S.C.
14
Aegean Airlines
14
AIR Arabia ABU Dhabi
13
Deutsche Lufthansa
13
Emirates
13
Jazeera Airways
12
TKJ
11
NON
11
Middle East Airlines - Airliban
11
Etihad Airways
10
Gulf AIR
9
IYE
9
Oman AIR
9
Iraqi Airways
8
Petroleum AIR Services
7
Italia Trasporto Aereo S.P.A.
7
AIR France
7
British Airways
6
China Eastern Airlines
5
AIR Algerie
4
Riyadh AIR
4
Badr Airlines
4
Austrian Airlines (AUA)
4
Vistajet
4
Tarco Aviation
3
Ethiopian Airlines
3
Lufthansa Cargo
3
Vueling Airlines
3

Destination network

Great-circle routes from HECA · last 7d

76 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 12 AM · 1 movement every 171 s
12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Top routes

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Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
CAIAMM
Amman, JO
 Egypt AIR 25 1h 1m
CAIIST
Arnavutköy, Istanbul, TR
 Turk Hava Yollari (Turkish Airlines Co.) 18 1h 51m
CAIBEY
Beirut, LB
 Egypt AIR 14 1h 4m
CAIATH
Athens, GR
 Egypt AIR 13 2h 11m
CAIDXB
Dubai, AE
 Egypt AIR 12 3h 8m
CAIAUH
Abu Dhabi, AE
 AIR Arabia ABU Dhabi 12 3h 13m
CAIAMM
Amman, JO
 Royal Jordanian 12 1h 1m
CAIDXB
Dubai, AE
 Emirates 11 3h 39m
CAISHJ
Sharjah, AE
 AIR Arabia 10 3h 10m
CAIBEY
Beirut, LB
 Middle East Airlines - Airliban 9 1h 0m
CAIATH
Athens, GR
 Aegean Airlines 9 1h 33m
CAIIST
Arnavutköy, Istanbul, TR
 Egypt AIR 8 1h 50m
CAIFRA
Frankfurt am Main, DE
 Deutsche Lufthansa 8 3h 57m
CAISHJ
Sharjah, AE
 AIR Cairo 8 3h 9m
CAILHR
London, GB
 Egypt AIR 7 4h 52m
CAIDOH
Doha, QA
 Qatar Airways Group Q.C.S.C. 7 2h 48m
CAIAUH
Abu Dhabi, AE
 Etihad Airways 7 3h 17m
CAILHR
London, GB
 British Airways 6 4h 40m
CAICDG
Paris, FR
 AIR France 6 4h 2m
CAIHEAZ
Cairo, EG
 Egypt AIR 5 4h 54m
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