# Bilbeis Air Base, Bilbeis, Egypt

**Bilbeis Air Base** is a medium airport in Bilbeis, Sharqia Governorate, Egypt. It has 5 runways; the longest is 3,499 m (11,480 ft).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/he37

## At a glance

- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Bilbeis, Sharqia Governorate, Egypt
- Elevation: 27 m / 90 ft
- Coordinates: 30.3949, 31.6014
- Runways: 5
- Longest runway: 3,499 m / 11,480 ft
- Time zone: UTC+2/+3 · Africa/Cairo
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_Air_Academy (1 language)
- Weather station: HECA · WMO 62366
- Ident: HE37

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 3,499 m / 11,480 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 045° / 225° |  |
| 17L/35R | 3,036 m / 9,960 ft | 49 m / 160 ft | Asphalt | 169° / 349° |  |
| 09R/27L | 2,499 m / 8,200 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 093° / 273° |  |
| 17R/35L | 1,567 m / 5,140 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 169° / 349° |  |
| 09L/27R | 1,555 m / 5,100 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 096° / 276° |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,499 m / 11,480 ft | =544 of 29,858 | =76 in Africa | #10 in EG |
| Elevation | 27 m / 90 ft | =37,291 of 43,403 | #2,878 in Africa | #42 in EG |
| Runways | 5 | =14 of 29,978 | =1 in Africa | #1 in EG |

## Nearby airports

- [EG-0003](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eg-0003.md) Bilbeis 2 Airfield · 8.0 km / 4.9 mi
- [CAI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heca.md) Cairo International Airport · 37 km / 23 mi
- [HEAZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heaz.md) Almaza Air Force Base · 41 km / 25 mi
- [CCE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hecp.md) Capital International Airport · 43 km / 27 mi
- [HE42](https://dromopedia.com/airports/he42.md) Quesna Airport · 50 km / 31 mi
- [HE35](https://dromopedia.com/airports/he35.md) Abu Suwayr Air Base · 51 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/he37/data