# Almaza Air Force Base, El Nozha, Egypt

**Almaza Air Force Base** is a medium airport in El Nozha, Cairo Governorate, Egypt. It opened in 1910. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,050 m (6,726 ft). It is operated by Egyptian Air Force.

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

## At a glance

- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Egyptian Air Force
- Serves: El Nozha, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
- Opened: 1910
- Elevation: 75 m / 246 ft
- Coordinates: 30.0917, 31.3597
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 2,050 m / 6,726 ft
- Time zone: UTC+2/+3 · Africa/Cairo
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almaza_Air_Base (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11824207
- Weather station: HECA · WMO 62366
- Ident: HEAZ

## Timeline

- 1910: Almaza Air Force Base opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 2,050 m / 6,726 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 181° / 001° | yes |
| 05/23 | 1,194 m / 3,917 ft | 50 m / 164 ft | Asphalt | 047° / 227° |  |

- 18/36 slopes 1.0%: threshold 18 at 68 m / 224 ft, threshold 36 at 90 m / 294 ft.

## Airlines

Hubs from Wikidata.

Former hub of [SAIDE](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/saide), [Misrair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/misrair), [United Arab Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-arab-airlines).

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,050 m / 6,726 ft | =3,713 of 29,858 | =424 in Africa | #49 in EG |
| Elevation | 75 m / 246 ft | =32,751 of 43,403 | =2,732 in Africa | #30 in EG |
| Age | Opened 1910 | =25 of 15,079 | #2 in Africa | #2 in EG |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =24 in Africa | =6 in EG |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | CAIRO APP | 119.050 |
| TWR | CAIRO TWR | 118.100 |
| TWR | TWR | 132.900 |

## Nearby airports

- [CAI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heca.md) Cairo International Airport · 4.2 km / 2.6 mi
- [HE37](https://dromopedia.com/airports/he37.md) Bilbeis Air Base · 41 km / 25 mi
- [HECW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hecw.md) Cairo West Air Base · 43 km / 27 mi
- [SPX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hesx.md) Sphinx International Airport · 45 km / 28 mi
- [CCE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hecp.md) Capital International Airport · 46 km / 29 mi
- [EG-0003](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eg-0003.md) Bilbeis 2 Airfield · 48 km / 30 mi

## In collections

- [Oldest airports still open](https://dromopedia.com/collections/oldest) #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)
- [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/heaz/data