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HECW ·

Cairo West Air Base

30.11640°N
30.91540°W
ARR / DAY
1
▼ 66.7%
DEP / DAY
0
▲ 0.0%

Cairo West Air Base (HECW) is a medium general aviation airport located in Cairo, Egypt. It features 2 runways with the longest being 11,939 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 0 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

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Go-arounds
0
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
0
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Return to field
0

Current weather

From HECA, 29 mi away (HECW does not publish METAR)

35m ago
Temp
81°F
Wind
10 kts
40°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
HECA 012230Z 04010KT CAVOK 27/20 Q1011 NOSIG

Runways

2 installed

11,939 FT MAX
10/28
9,125 ft × 147
ASP● LIT
16L/34R
11,939 ft × 196
ASP● LIT

Top carriers

Share of flights

4 total
TOP 9 6
Flynas Company Closed Joint Stock 50% Egypt AIR 17% Flydubai 17% Aegean Airlines 17%

Top destinations

By flight count

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DXB 1
BEY 1
ATH 1

Carriers

See all + destinations → 4
Flynas Company Closed Joint Stock
3
Egypt AIR
1
Flydubai
1
Aegean Airlines
1

Top routes

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See all routes → 3 routes
Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
HECWDXB
Dubai, AE
 Flydubai 1 3h 17m
HECWBEY
Beirut, LB
 Egypt AIR 1 1h 2m
HECWATH
Athens, GR
 Aegean Airlines 1 1h 24m

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
Anonymous
03/07/2010
Bright Star 81
Spent an interesting moth there in Nov '81 during the original Bright Star mission, anfter Sadat was assasinated
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