# Abu Suwayr Air Base, Abu Suwayr, Egypt

**Abu Suwayr Air Base** is a medium airport in Abu Suwayr, Ismailia Governorate, Egypt. It opened in 1942. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,972 m (9,752 ft).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/he35

## At a glance

- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Abu Suwayr, Ismailia Governorate, Egypt
- Opened: 1942
- Elevation: 15 m / 49 ft
- Coordinates: 30.5727, 32.0953
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 2,972 m / 9,752 ft
- Time zone: UTC+2/+3 · Africa/Cairo
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Suweir_Air_Base (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4670373
- Weather station: HEIS · WMO 62440
- Ident: HE35

## Timeline

- 1942: Abu Suwayr Air Base opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 2,972 m / 9,752 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 090° / 270° |  |
| 11/29 | 2,960 m / 9,712 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 112° / 292° |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,972 m / 9,752 ft | #1,460 of 29,858 | #244 in Africa | #34 in EG |
| Elevation | 15 m / 49 ft | =39,318 of 43,403 | =2,962 in Africa | =48 in EG |
| Age | Opened 1942 | =1,791 of 15,079 | =35 in Africa | #4 in EG |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =24 in Africa | =6 in EG |

## Nearby airports

- [HEIS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heis.md) Al Ismailiyya Air Base · 14 km / 8.5 mi
- [EG-0003](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eg-0003.md) Bilbeis 2 Airfield · 43 km / 27 mi
- [HE37](https://dromopedia.com/airports/he37.md) Bilbeis Air Base · 51 km / 32 mi
- [CCE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hecp.md) Capital International Airport · 62 km / 38 mi
- [HE32](https://dromopedia.com/airports/he32.md) Al Mansurah Airbase · 77 km / 48 mi
- [PSD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heps.md) Port Said International Airport · 80 km / 50 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/he35/data