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Airport Guides · Egypt

Egypt
Airport Guides

Egypt is a permits and handling market before it is an airport market. Cairo has two international airports and a private terminal most first-time crews never find, the Nile and Red Sea fields run on tourism seasons, and El Gouna lost its international designation in 2011. Which field you use depends on clearances as much as runway.

The Airports

Egyptian airports we operate into

One guide per airport, covering codes, runway and handling, and the designation and clearance questions that decide how a trip is filed.

CAI · HECACairo International AirportThe largest airport in Egypt with four terminals. Hall 4 sits under Terminal 1 but operates for private aircraft only, which is the part most crews arriving for the first time do not know about.View guide → SPX · HESXSphinx International AirportCairo’s second international airport, in Giza and about 23 miles from the Pyramids. Runs 24/7 with customs and immigration on site. No maintenance facilities, which is the one real trade against Cairo International.View guide → HBE · HEBAAlexandria International AirportAlexandria has two airports and Al Nouzah has been closed for construction for years, leaving Borg El Arab as the only option for airline and general aviation traffic. A newer field with an 11,155 foot runway.View guide → LXR · HELXLuxor International AirportSouth of Cairo and the arrival point for passengers joining or leaving the Nile cruises. Equipped for private jets of all sizes with full ground handling on the field. A 9,843 foot runway.View guide → ASW · HESNAswan International AirportEstablished in 1956 and repeatedly rebuilt to carry Egypt’s tourism growth, with the Nile cruise trade driving most of its traffic. One terminal and an 11,161 foot runway.View guide → HRG · HEGNHurghada International AirportBuilt to grow Red Sea tourism, with two terminals and traffic weighted heavily to all-inclusive resort charters from Russia, Ukraine and the Baltics. A 10,049 foot runway.View guide → SSH · HESHSharm El Sheikh International AirportBuilt by Israel in 1968 during the Sinai conflict and returned to Egypt under the peace treaty. Now the main Sinai gateway, with a 10,108 foot runway.View guide → DBB · HEALEl Alamein International AirportEgypt’s north coast airport, on the Mediterranean west of Alexandria. It serves the El Alamein and Sidi Abdel Rahman resort strip, which is otherwise a long road transfer from the nearest international field.View guide → HEGOEl Gouna AirportA designated airstrip in the Red Sea resort of El Gouna. Its tower coordinates arrivals and departures with Hurghada ATC, and it lost its international designation after 2011, so clearances route differently.View guide →

Operating Detail

Egypt airport briefings

Cairo now has two international airports, and the choice between them is the most common question we get on Egyptian trips.

Choosing in Cairo A tale of two airports in Cairo Sphinx International, Cairo’s newer field
Flying into Egypt Private jet charter in Egypt: the guide Egypt passenger guide
Chartering Cairo private jet charter El Gouna private jet charter

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