Cairo International Airport
The runways, from navdata. Drawn to scale from each threshold's position, true heading, length and width, with north up; the idents sit beyond each threshold.
12 shared touchdowns. Each dot sits where it was measured: its distance from the threshold and its offset from the centerline.
Runway 05C is favoured now, by the live wind.
Live conditions.
The airport's latest weather report, day there now.
- Wind
- 360°4 kt
- Visibility
- 1.86 SM / 3.0 km
- Temperature
- 21°C70°F, dew point 18°C
- Altimeter
- 1019hPa30.09 inHg
- Time now
- 05:56UTC
- Sunrise
- 04:10UTC
- Sunset
- 15:05UTC
Runway 05C is favoured: 2.8 kt of headwind with the wind from 360° at 4 kt.
The METAR and TAF as issued
METAR HECA 030530Z 36004KT 3000 BR SCT020 21/18 Q1019 NOSIG
TAF HECA 030500Z 0306/0412 05008KT 6000 NSC TEMPO 0306/0309 VRB02KT 4000 BR SCT020 PROB40 0306/0308 2000
Updated just now
Runways.
6 runway ends, the longest 4,000 m / 13,123 ft. Headings in true and magnetic degrees.
| End | True | Magnetic | Length | Width | Surface | ILS | Glide |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05C | 045° | 040° | 4,000 m / 13,123 ft | 60 m | Asphalt | None | None |
| 05L | 049° | 044° | 3,300 m / 10,827 ft | 60 m | Asphalt | None | None |
| 05R | 049° | 044° | 4,000 m / 13,123 ft | 60 m | Asphalt | None | None |
| 23C | 225° | 220° | 4,000 m / 13,123 ft | 60 m | Asphalt | None | None |
| 23L | 229° | 224° | 4,000 m / 13,123 ft | 60 m | Asphalt | None | None |
| 23R | 229° | 224° | 3,300 m / 10,827 ft | 60 m | Asphalt | None | None |
Landings here.
From the landings of pilots who made their profile public, and only the ones that count toward a grade.
- Shared landings
- 12by 2 pilots
- Aircraft flown
- 9
- Graded A+
- 0%of them
The latest.
- CFenixA320 CFM WFRunway 05L, 288 fpmPilot XXRC7N
- AFSLabs A321-271NX - Middle East Airlines (T7-ME3)Runway 05C, 232 fpmPilot XE5JKS
- AFSLabs A321-231 - Aegean (SX-DNG)Runway 05C, 96 fpmPilot XE5JKS
- CFSLabs A321-211 - Saudi Arabian Airlines (HZ-ASU)Runway 05C, 449 fpmPilot XE5JKS
- BFSLabs A321-211 - Saudi Arabian Airlines (HZ-ASU)Runway 05C, 262 fpmPilot XE5JKS
- BFSLabs A321-271NX - ITA Airlines (EI-HXE | Christian Vieri)Runway 05C, 226 fpmPilot XE5JKS
The best here.
No pilot who opted in to the leaderboards has landed here yet.
For reference.
Quick facts
- ICAO and IATA
- HECA, CAI
- Type
- Large airport
- Location
- Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
- Coordinates
- 30.111534, 31.396694
- Elevation
- 322 ft (98 m)
- Mag variation
- +3.21° E (per chart)
- Runways
- 6 ends, longest 4,000 m / 13,123 ft
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Approach
- Approach
- 119.050
ATIS
- ATIS
- 122.600
Ground
- Ground
- 121.900
Tower
- Tower
- 118.100
Other
- VOLMET
- 126.200
- PREFLIGHT
- 120.100
- Volmet
- 124.600
- cairo radio
- 11.300
Navaids
| Ident | Name | Type | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALI | Cairo | NDB | 310 kHz |
| MKT | Cairo | NDB | 317 kHz |
| CAI | Cairo | VOR-DME | 112.50 MHz |
| CVO | Cairo | VOR-DME | 115.20 MHz |
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Airport data from OurAirports, navdata version 2026-11-03.
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Every landing at Cairo, graded against the aircraft you fly. Every update included, and tax or VAT in most countries.