# El Nuzha Airport, Alexandria, Egypt

**El Nuzha Airport** was an airport in Alexandria, Alexandria Governorate, Egypt. It opened in 1947. It closed on 31 Jan 2011. It had one runway, 2,201 m (7,221 ft) long, asphalt. In 2018 it handled 44 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/eg-0078

## At a glance

- Type: Closed airport
- Serves: Alexandria, Alexandria Governorate, Egypt
- Opened: 1947 (Wikipedia)
- Closed: 31 Jan 2011
- Elevation: -2 m / -6 ft
- Coordinates: 31.1817, 29.9463
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,201 m / 7,221 ft
- Passengers: 43,973 (2018)
- Time zone: UTC+2/+3 · Africa/Cairo
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Nouzha_Airport (23 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q269633
- Weather station: HEAX
- Ident: EG-0078

## Timeline

- 1947: El Nuzha Airport opens.
- 31 Jan 2011: El Nuzha Airport closes.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 2,201 m / 7,221 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 045° / 225° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2007 | 795,128 | Wikidata |
| 2008 | 1,162,987 | Wikidata |
| 2009 | 1,142,412 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 1,029,062 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 685,839 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 43,943 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 36,091 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 25,383 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 26,347 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 36,605 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 48,250 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 43,973 | Wikidata |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| RDO HF/S.S.B | ALEX RADIO | 5.708 |
| TWR | TWR | 120.300 |
| HF/S.S.B. Altn. | Alex Radio. | 5.603 |

## Nearby airports

- [HBE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heba.md) Alexandria International Airport · 37 km / 23 mi
- [HEGS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hegs.md) Jiyanklis Air Base · 47 km / 29 mi
- [HE28](https://dromopedia.com/airports/he28.md) Gebel El Basur Air Base · 92 km / 57 mi
- [HE16](https://dromopedia.com/airports/he16.md) Birma Air Base · 102 km / 63 mi
- [HE42](https://dromopedia.com/airports/he42.md) Quesna Airport · 131 km / 82 mi
- [HE32](https://dromopedia.com/airports/he32.md) Al Mansurah Airbase · 144 km / 89 mi

## In collections

- [Closed and historic](https://dromopedia.com/collections/closed) #15

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “El Nouzha Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=El_Nouzha_Airport&oldid=1367320530), revision of 2 Aug 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/eg-0078/data