CAI
Cairo International Airport
Cairo International Airport (IATA: CAI, ICAO: HECA) is a large airport in Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt. It opened in 1963. It has 3 runways; the longest is 4,000 m (13,124 ft). In 2025 it handled 31.1 million passengers.
Timeline
4 events · 1963–20111963
OpenedCairo International Airport opens.
20 MAY 1965
DisasterPakistan International Airlines Flight 705.121 killed
10 JUL 1974
Disaster1974 EgyptAir Tupolev Tu-154 crash.
29 JUL 2011
DisasterEgyptAir Flight 667.No deaths
From Wikidata and WikipediaEvery airfield, 1903–2026
Runways & airfield
Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap05R/23L049° / 229° · LIT
LENGTH4,000 m13,124 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEAsphalt
05C/23C045° / 225° · LIT
LENGTH4,000 m13,123 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEAsphalt
05L/23R049° / 229° · LIT
LENGTH3,300 m10,827 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEAsphalt
Passengers per year
2014–202514.7M
15.8M
16.5M
16.0M
17.5M
19.0M
7.4M
11.2M
20.2M
23.0M
29.0M
31.1M
141516171819202122232425
Routes
132 destinations · 66 countriesYear-round122
SSHSharm El Sheikh International AirportEgypt · Air Cairo, EgyptAir, Nile Air376 km234 miHRGHurghada International AirportEgypt · Air Cairo, EgyptAir, Nile Air402 km250 miHMBSuhaj International AirportEgypt · Air Cairo, Nile Air420 km261 miNUMNeom Bay AirportSaudi Arabia · Nile Air, Saudia450 km280 miAMMQueen Alia International AirportJordan · Air Cairo, EgyptAir, Jordan Aviation +1474 km295 miLXRLuxor International AirportEgypt · Air Cairo, EgyptAir, Nile Air510 km317 miUVLEl Kharja AirportEgypt · EgyptAir522 km324 miTUUPrince Sultan bin Abdulaziz International AirportSaudi Arabia · Air Cairo, Air Arabia, Nile Air543 km337 miLCALarnaca International AirportCyprus · EgyptAir569 km354 miRMFMarsa Alam International AirportEgypt · Air Cairo, EgyptAir596 km370 miASWAswan International AirportEgypt · Air Cairo, EgyptAir, Nile Air698 km434 miAJFAl-Jawf International AirportSaudi Arabia · Air Cairo, Nesma Airlines, Nile Air839 km521 miABSAbu Simbel AirportEgypt · Air Cairo860 km534 miYNBPrince Abdulmohsen Bin Abdulaziz International AirportSaudi Arabia · Nile Air935 km581 miRAEArar Domestic AirportSaudi Arabia · Nile Air937 km582 miMEDPrince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz AirportSaudi Arabia · Flynas1,027 km638 miHASHail International AirportSaudi Arabia · Air Arabia, Nile Air1,046 km650 miBENBenina International AirportLibya · EgyptAir1,082 km672 miATHAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International AirportGreece · Air Cairo, Sky Express (Greece), EgyptAir +11,108 km688 miESBEsenboğa International AirportTürkiye · AJet1,123 km698 miSAWIstanbul Sabiha Gökçen International AirportTürkiye · Air Arabia, AJet, Nile Air1,214 km754 miJEDKing Abdulaziz International AirportSaudi Arabia · Air Cairo, Alexandria Airlines, flyadeal +41,216 km756 miNJFAl Najaf International AirportIraq · Fly Baghdad1,256 km780 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Air Cairo, EgyptAir, Turkish Airlines1,264 km785 miELQPrince Naif bin Abdulaziz International AirportSaudi Arabia · Air Cairo, EgyptAir, Air Arabia +11,284 km798 miPZUPort Sudan New International AirportSudan · EgyptAir, Sudan Airways1,325 km823 miTIFTaif International AirportSaudi Arabia · Air Arabia, Nile Air1,325 km823 miSKGThessaloniki Macedonia International AirportGreece · Aegean Airlines1,385 km861 miMRAMisrata International AirportLibya · EgyptAir1,571 km976 miKWIKuwait International AirportKuwait · Jazeera Airways, Air Cairo, Nesma Airlines +41,603 km996 miRUHKing Khalid International AirportSaudi Arabia · Air Cairo, Riyadh Air, Flynas +41,612 km1,002 miEVNZvartnots International AirportArmenia · Air Cairo1,623 km1,008 miAERSochi International AirportRussia · Rossiya1,665 km1,035 miOTPBucharest Henri Coandă International AirportRomania · TAROM1,674 km1,040 miCTACatania-Fontanarossa AirportItaly · Air Cairo1,713 km1,064 miMJIMitiga International AirportLibya · Libyan Airlines, Air Cairo, EgyptAir1,742 km1,082 miAHBAbha International AirportSaudi Arabia · Air Cairo, Air Arabia, Nile Air1,743 km1,083 miASMAsmara International AirportEritrea · EgyptAir1,818 km1,130 miDMMKing Fahd International AirportSaudi Arabia · Flynas, Nesma Airlines, flyadeal +21,844 km1,146 miGIZJizan Regional Airport / King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz AirportSaudi Arabia · Air Cairo, Air Arabia, Nile Air1,857 km1,154 miEAMNajran Domestic AirportSaudi Arabia · Nile Air1,917 km1,191 miBAHBahrain International AirportBahrain · EgyptAir, Gulf Air1,931 km1,200 miDOHHamad International AirportQatar · Qatar Airways, EgyptAir2,058 km1,279 miTUNTunis Carthage International AirportTunisia · EgyptAir, Tunisair2,096 km1,302 miFCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · ITA Airways, Air Cairo, EgyptAir +12,150 km1,336 miBUDBudapest Liszt Ferenc International AirportHungary · EgyptAir2,188 km1,360 miVIEVienna International AirportAustria · EgyptAir, Austrian Airlines2,366 km1,470 miAUHZayed International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Etihad Airways, EgyptAir, Air Arabia2,378 km1,478 miBLQBologna Guglielmo Marconi AirportItaly · Air Cairo2,382 km1,480 miVCEVenice Marco Polo AirportItaly · EgyptAir2,382 km1,480 miJIBDjibouti-Ambouli AirportDjibouti · EgyptAir2,395 km1,488 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Emirates, EgyptAir2,417 km1,502 miSHJSharjah International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · EgyptAir, Air Arabia, Nile Air2,428 km1,509 miRKTRas Al Khaimah International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Air Arabia2,459 km1,528 miADDAddis Ababa Bole International AirportEthiopia · Ethiopian Airlines, EgyptAir2,473 km1,537 miAANAl Ain International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Nile Air2,476 km1,539 miRIYRiyan International AirportYemen · Yemenia2,516 km1,563 miBGYIl Caravaggio International AirportItaly · Air Arabia, Nile Air2,556 km1,588 miWAWWarsaw Chopin AirportPoland · LOT Polish Airlines2,597 km1,614 miNDJN'Djamena International AirportChad · EgyptAir2,615 km1,625 miMXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · Air Cairo, Nesma Airlines, EgyptAir +12,617 km1,626 miMUCMunich AirportGermany · EgyptAir2,624 km1,630 miPRGVáclav Havel Airport PragueCzechia · EgyptAir2,644 km1,643 miALGHouari Boumediene AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie2,706 km1,681 miMRSMarseille Provence AirportFrance · Transavia2,745 km1,706 miZRHZürich AirportSwitzerland · EgyptAir2,745 km1,706 miMCTMuscat International AirportOman · EgyptAir, Air Arabia2,757 km1,713 miJUBJuba International AirportSouth Sudan · EgyptAir2,807 km1,744 miGVAGeneva International AirportSwitzerland · EgyptAir2,825 km1,755 miDMEDomodedovo International AirportRussia · EgyptAir2,860 km1,777 miLYSLyon Saint-Exupéry AirportFrance · Transavia2,865 km1,780 miBERBerlin Brandenburg AirportGermany · EgyptAir2,874 km1,786 miBCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportSpain · EgyptAir, Vueling2,906 km1,806 miSVOSheremetyevo International AirportRussia · Aeroflot2,915 km1,811 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Condor Flugdienst, EgyptAir, Lufthansa2,922 km1,816 miCGNCologne Bonn AirportGermany · Air Cairo, Nile Air3,059 km1,901 miKANMallam Aminu Kano International AirportNigeria · EgyptAir3,097 km1,924 miDUSDüsseldorf AirportGermany · Eurowings, EgyptAir3,109 km1,932 miCPHCopenhagen Kastrup AirportDenmark · EgyptAir3,198 km1,987 miORYParis-Orly AirportFrance · Transavia, Vueling3,207 km1,993 miBRUBrussels AirportBelgium · Air Cairo, EgyptAir3,209 km1,994 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · EgyptAir3,210 km1,995 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · Transavia, EgyptAir3,288 km2,043 miEBBEntebbe International AirportUganda · EgyptAir3,345 km2,078 miMADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · Iberia Express, EgyptAir3,351 km2,082 miAGPMálaga-Costa del Sol AirportSpain · Air Cairo3,391 km2,107 miABVNnamdi Azikiwe International AirportNigeria · EgyptAir3,434 km2,134 miARNStockholm-Arlanda AirportSweden · EgyptAir, Nile Air3,437 km2,136 miMGQAden Adde International AirportSomalia · EgyptAir3,452 km2,145 miTNGTangier Ibn Battuta AirportMorocco · Air Cairo3,517 km2,185 miLHRLondon Heathrow AirportUnited Kingdom · EgyptAir, British Airways3,533 km2,195 miNBOJomo Kenyatta International AirportKenya · EgyptAir3,544 km2,202 miKGLKigali International AirportRwanda · EgyptAir3,570 km2,218 miCITShymkent International AirportKazakhstan · SCAT Airlines3,640 km2,262 miBHXBirmingham AirportUnited Kingdom · EgyptAir3,664 km2,277 miCMNMohammed V International AirportMorocco · EgyptAir, Royal Air Maroc3,683 km2,289 miDLADouala International AirportCameroon · EgyptAir3,689 km2,292 miMANManchester AirportUnited Kingdom · EgyptAir3,744 km2,326 miLOSMurtala Muhammed International AirportNigeria · EgyptAir3,930 km2,442 miDUBDublin AirportIreland · EgyptAir3,982 km2,474 miZNZAbeid Amani Karume International AirportTanzania · EgyptAir4,126 km2,564 miFIHNdjili International AirportCongo - Kinshasa · EgyptAir4,195 km2,607 miDARJulius Nyerere International AirportTanzania · EgyptAir4,196 km2,607 miACCKotoka International AirportGhana · EgyptAir4,282 km2,661 miBOMChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International AirportIndia · EgyptAir4,342 km2,698 miDELIndira Gandhi International AirportIndia · EgyptAir4,404 km2,737 miABJFélix-Houphouët-Boigny International AirportCôte d’Ivoire · EgyptAir4,616 km2,868 miDACHazrat Shahjalal International AirportBangladesh · EgyptAir5,825 km3,619 miJNBO.R. Tambo International AirportSouth Africa · EgyptAir6,264 km3,892 miTFUChengdu Tianfu International AirportChina · Sichuan Airlines6,883 km4,277 miPEKBeijing Capital International AirportChina · Sichuan Airlines, EgyptAir, Air China7,535 km4,682 miSZXShenzhen Bao'an International AirportChina · Hainan Airlines8,076 km5,018 miHGHHangzhou Xiaoshan International AirportChina · EgyptAir8,297 km5,156 miPVGShanghai Pudong International AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines, EgyptAir8,370 km5,201 miCGKSoekarno-Hatta International AirportIndonesia · EgyptAir8,949 km5,561 miJFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · EgyptAir9,017 km5,603 miEWRNewark Liberty International AirportUnited States · EgyptAir9,042 km5,618 miYYZToronto Pearson International AirportCanada · EgyptAir9,229 km5,735 miIADWashington Dulles International AirportUnited States · EgyptAir9,383 km5,830 miNRTNarita International AirportJapan · EgyptAir9,594 km5,961 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · EgyptAir9,875 km6,136 miLAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · EgyptAir12,219 km7,593 miSeasonal3
AYTAntalya International AirportTürkiye · SunExpress, Air Cairo757 km470 miAHBAbha International AirportSaudi Arabia · flyadeal1,743 km1,083 miVRNVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo AirportItaly · Air Cairo2,464 km1,531 miSeasonal charter3
TGDPodgorica Airport / Podgorica Golubovci AirbaseMontenegro · Air Montenegro1,740 km1,081 miGYDHeydar Aliyev International AirportAzerbaijan · Azerbaijan Airlines2,041 km1,268 miPRGVáclav Havel Airport PragueCzechia · Smartwings2,644 km1,643 miCargo24
AMMQueen Alia International AirportJordan · EgyptAir Cargo, Royal Jordanian474 km295 miBEYBeirut Rafic Hariri International AirportLebanon · Cargolux565 km351 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · EgyptAir Cargo, Turkish Cargo1,264 km785 miKWIKuwait International AirportKuwait · EgyptAir Cargo1,603 km996 miRUHKing Khalid International AirportSaudi Arabia · EgyptAir Cargo1,612 km1,002 miDMMKing Fahd International AirportSaudi Arabia · EgyptAir Cargo1,844 km1,146 miBAHBahrain International AirportBahrain · DHL Aviation1,931 km1,200 miDWCAl Maktoum International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Emirates SkyCargo, EgyptAir Cargo2,410 km1,498 miSHJSharjah International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · EgyptAir Cargo2,428 km1,509 miNDJN'Djamena International AirportChad · EgyptAir Cargo2,615 km1,625 miMXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · EgyptAir Cargo2,617 km1,626 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Lufthansa Cargo2,922 km1,816 miLUXLuxembourg-Findel International AirportLuxembourg · Cargolux3,026 km1,880 miCGNCologne Bonn AirportGermany · EgyptAir Cargo3,059 km1,901 miKANMallam Aminu Kano International AirportNigeria · EgyptAir Cargo3,097 km1,924 miBRUBrussels AirportBelgium · EgyptAir Cargo3,209 km1,994 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · KLM3,288 km2,043 miOSTOstend-Bruges International AirportBelgium · EgyptAir Cargo3,320 km2,063 miLOSMurtala Muhammed International AirportNigeria · EgyptAir Cargo3,930 km2,442 miLHEAllama Iqbal International AirportPakistan · EgyptAir Cargo4,083 km2,537 miACCKotoka International AirportGhana · EgyptAir Cargo4,282 km2,661 miBOMChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International AirportIndia · EgyptAir Cargo4,342 km2,698 miJNBO.R. Tambo International AirportSouth Africa · EgyptAir Cargo6,264 km3,892 miMRUSir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International AirportMauritius · EgyptAir Cargo6,284 km3,905 miMost destinationsEgyptAir 84Air Cairo 30Nile Air 25EgyptAir Cargo 19Air Arabia 16Nesma Airlines 4
Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from CAI. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Cairo International Airport” (revision of 23 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · countryScale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record
Radio frequencies
8 channelsAPPAPP119.050
ATISATIS122.600
GNDGND121.900
MISCVOLMET126.200
PFLTPREFLIGHT120.100
TWRTWR118.100
rdocairo radio11.300
Volmet124.600