Cairo international Airport
Location: 22km north east of Cairo, 40km of Giza pyramids.
Geographical Coordinates: Latitude:30° 8' 15'' N, Longitude: 31° 24'
24'' E
Elevation: 116m / 382f
Address: Airport Road, Heliopolis, 11776 Cairo, Egypt.
Tel: +20 2 2655000, 2653413
Cairo international airport history
The current airport was built on the land of the American Bayn Field
air-force base which was established in the forties to serve the
alliance forces in World war II. It was later managed by the Civil
Aviation authority which named it "King Farouk airport".
In 1963 Cairo International airport replaced the old airport located
in Heliopolis area with better facilities to have a capacity of 5
million passengers a year.
During the seventies several halls were constructed to add o the
passenger capacity of the airport. In the eighties a second terminal was
built to serve an additional 3.5 million passengers per year.
A development plan is going underway to modernize the facilities and
increase the airport passenger capacity to 22 million. Currently Cairo
airport consists of 3 terminals built at the highest standards equipped
with the latest technological devices to offer its passengers high
quality aviation services.
Cairo international airport quick facts:
Runways:
- Direction: 05L/23R length = 3,301m, 10,830f
- Direction: 05C/23C length = 3,999m, 13,120f
- Direction: 05R/23L length = 4,000m, 13,124f
Number pf Terminals: Three
Scheduled Airlines operating in Cairo airport
Aegean Airlines
Aeroflot
Afriqiyah Airways
Air Algérie
Air Berlin
Air France
Air Sinai
Alitalia Rome
Alitalia
Al Masria Universal Airlines
Austrian Airlines
bmi
British Airways
Buraq Air
Continental Airlines Newark
Cyprus Airways
Czech Airlines
Delta Air Lines |
EgyptAir
El Al
Emirates
Ethiopian Airlines
Etihad Airways
Gulf Air
Iberia
Iraqi Airways
Jetairfly
Kenya Airways
KLM
Korean Air
Kuwait Airways
Libyan Airlines
Lufthansa
Meridiana
Middle East Airlines
Nasair Asmara |
Olympic Air
Oman Air
Qatar Airways
Royal Air
Royal Jordanian
Saudi Arabian Airlines
Singapore Airlines
Sudan Airways
Sun Air
Swiss International Air Lines
Syrian Air
TAROM
Tunis Air
Turkish Airlines
Wataniya Airways
Yemenia |
Cargo airlines operating in Cairo airoprt
Air France Cargo
Cargolux
EgyptAir Cargo
Ethiopian Airlines
Lufthansa Cargo
Qatar Airways Cargo
Royal Jordanian Cargo
Trans Mediterranean Airways
Tristar Air
Turkish Airlines Cargo
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