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HECA · CAI

Cairo International Airport

30.12190°N
31.40560°W
ARR / DAY
78
▼ 52.7%
DEP / DAY
95
▼ 53.3%
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 78 arrivals and 95 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 3 carriers across 40 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 164 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

43m ago
Temp
81°F
Wind
8 kts
30°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
HECA 022030Z 03008KT CAVOK 27/18 Q1011 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 9 837
Egypt AIR 47% AIR Cairo 13% Saudi Arabian Airlines 8% Nile AIR 8% Flynas Company Closed Joint Stock 7% Flyadeal 5% Nesma Airlines 4% AIR Arabia Egypt 4% AIR Arabia 3%

Top destinations

By flight count

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AMM 32
SHJ 29
IST 24
AUH 24
ATH 22
BEY 21

Carriers

See all + destinations → 40
Egypt AIR
391
AIR Cairo
110
Saudi Arabian Airlines
71
Nile AIR
69
Flynas Company Closed Joint Stock
61
Flyadeal
43
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Nesma Airlines
36
AIR Arabia Egypt
30
AIR Arabia
26
Turk Hava Yollari (Turkish Airlines Co.)
24
Etihad Airways
18
Kuwait Airways
16
Qatar Airways Group Q.C.S.C.
16
AIR Arabia ABU Dhabi
16
Emirates
14
Royal Jordanian
13
Deutsche Lufthansa
12
Middle East Airlines - Airliban
12
Jazeera Airways
11
TKJ
11
IYE
10
Aegean Airlines
10
Petroleum AIR Services
8
Gulf AIR
8
Oman AIR
8
NON
8
AIR France
7
Iraqi Airways
6
El-Buraq AIR Transport
5
Badr Airlines
5
British Airways
5
Compania Nationala de Transporturi Aeriene Romane TAROM S.A.
4
Italia Trasporto Aereo S.P.A.
4
China Eastern Airlines
4
Condor Flugdienst
4
Vistajet
3
Vueling Airlines
3
AIR X Charter
3
Austrian Airlines (AUA)
3
Lufthansa Cargo
3

Destination network

Great-circle routes from HECA · last 7d

75 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 12 AM · 1 movement every 164 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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See all routes → 80 routes
Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
CAIAMM
Amman, JO
 Egypt AIR 19 1h 1m
CAISHJ
Sharjah, AE
 AIR Arabia 18 3h 11m
CAIIST
Arnavutköy, Istanbul, TR
 Turk Hava Yollari (Turkish Airlines Co.) 15 1h 50m
CAIAUH
Abu Dhabi, AE
 AIR Arabia ABU Dhabi 12 3h 10m
CAIAUH
Abu Dhabi, AE
 Etihad Airways 12 3h 14m
CAIATH
Athens, GR
 Egypt AIR 12 2h 14m
CAIDXB
Dubai, AE
 Emirates 11 3h 41m
CAIAMM
Amman, JO
 Royal Jordanian 11 1h 0m
CAIDOH
Doha, QA
 Qatar Airways Group Q.C.S.C. 11 2h 55m
CAIBEY
Beirut, LB
 Egypt AIR 11 1h 6m
CAIBEY
Beirut, LB
 Middle East Airlines - Airliban 10 1h 0m
CAILHR
London, GB
 Egypt AIR 10 4h 43m
CAIIST
Arnavutköy, Istanbul, TR
 Egypt AIR 9 1h 54m
CAIDXB
Dubai, AE
 Egypt AIR 9 3h 9m
CAIFRA
Frankfurt am Main, DE
 Deutsche Lufthansa 7 3h 58m
CAIATH
Athens, GR
 Aegean Airlines 7 1h 32m
CAISHJ
Sharjah, AE
 AIR Cairo 7 3h 7m
CAICDG
Paris, FR
 AIR France 6 4h 0m
CAIHEAZ
Cairo, EG
 Egypt AIR 5 4h 54m
CAIMCT
Muscat, OM
 Oman AIR 5 3h 50m
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