# Helwan Air Base, Helwan, Egypt

**Helwan Air Base** is a small airport in Helwan, Cairo Governorate, Egypt. It opened in 1908. It is operated by Egyptian Air Force.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/he15

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Egyptian Air Force
- Serves: Helwan, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
- Opened: 1908
- Elevation: 24 m / 79 ft
- Coordinates: 29.8225, 31.3309
- Time zone: UTC+2/+3 · Africa/Cairo
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helwan_Airfield (3 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123117597
- Weather station: HECA · WMO 62366
- Ident: HE15

## Timeline

- 1908: Helwan Air Base opens.

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Elevation | 24 m / 79 ft | =37,844 of 43,403 | #2,910 in Africa | #44 in EG |
| Age | Opened 1908 | =8 of 15,079 | #1 in Africa | #1 in EG |

## Nearby airports

- [EG-0058](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eg-0058.md) Sahra' Muhafadhat al-Jeezah Airfield · 24 km / 15 mi
- [HEAZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heaz.md) Almaza Air Force Base · 30 km / 19 mi
- [CAI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heca.md) Cairo International Airport · 33 km / 20 mi
- [HEOC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heoc.md) October Airport · 49 km / 30 mi
- [EG-0060](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eg-0060.md) Sheikh Zayed City Military Airstrip · 49 km / 31 mi
- [HECW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hecw.md) Cairo West Air Base · 52 km / 32 mi

## 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)
- [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/he15/data