Capital International Airport (Egypt)

Capital International Airport (Arabic: مطار العاصمة الدولي‎) (IATA: CCE, ICAO: HECP) is the primary international airport serving the new capital of Egypt, which is yet to be given a name. It is located approximately 45 km (28 miles) east of Cairo and was built in parallelism with the Sphinx International Airport, west of Cairo.[2] The airport is has an area of 16 square kilometres (6.2 sq mi) and is expected to partially ease the pressure on Cairo International Airport and Sphinx International Airport.[3]

Capital International Airport

مطار العاصمة الدولي
Summary
OwnerEgyptian Armed Forces
OperatorEgyptian Airports Company (EAC)
LocationNew Administrative Capital
Opened2019
Time zoneUTC (+2)
Elevation AMSL833 ft / 254 m
Coordinates30°04′33″N 31°50′00″E
Map
CCE
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
11,980 3,650 Asphalt
Source: Skyvector[1]

The airport was inaugurated by the president of Egypt, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and was opened by the Egyptian Airports Company (EAC) on 9 July 2019 for a one-month trial period (300 hourly pasangers), and with commercial operations commencing in 2020.[4][5] The main contractor of the airport is Hassan Allam Holding, it is operated by Egyptian Airports Company (EAC) and owned by the Egyptian Armed Forces.[6]

Facilities

Capital International Airport has a main building covering an area of 5,000 square metres (54,000 sq ft) and its land facilities have a capacity of 1 million passengers/year (expandable) that aims to serve the public as well as petroleum companies, private jets and air taxi flights. The terminal building sits on a ground floor area of 3,500 square metres (38,000 sq ft).[7] The airport includes a passenger terminal with a current capacity of 300 passengers per hour, eight parking spaces for aircraft, 45 service and administrative buildings, an air control tower and a 3,650 metres (11,980 ft) runway suitable for receiving large aircraft, equipped with lighting and automatic landing systems.[8]

See also

References
  1. Skyvector - Capital International Airport
  2. "New Cairo Capital International Airport Profile | CAPA". centreforaviation.com.
  3. "Egypt opens new international airport for trial period". Reuters.
  4. "President Sisi inaugurates Sphinx, New Administrative Capital airports". Egypt Today.
  5. "New airport to be established in Egypt's New Administrative Capital". EgyptToday.
  6. "Capital International Airport". avit.com.eg.
  7. "Administrative Capital International Airport | مطار العاصمة الإدارية الدولي". Egypt's Projects Map (in Arabic).
  8. "Egypt's new airport, Capital International, begins one month trial". International Ariport Review.
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