# Cairo International Airport (CAI / HECA)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: CAI / HECA
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
- Opened: 1963 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 98 m / 322 ft
- Coordinates: 30.1115, 31.3967
- Runways: 3
- Longest runway: 4,000 m / 13,124 ft
- Passengers: 31,137,557 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+2/+3 · Africa/Cairo
- Website: https://www.cairo-airport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo_International_Airport (50 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q461793
- Weather station: HECA · WMO 62366
- Ident: HECA

## Timeline

- 1963: Cairo International Airport opens.
- 20 May 1965: Pakistan International Airlines Flight 705. 121 killed.
- 10 Jul 1974: 1974 EgyptAir Tupolev Tu-154 crash.
- 29 Jul 2011: EgyptAir Flight 667. No deaths.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05R/23L | 4,000 m / 13,124 ft | 60 m / 197 ft | Asphalt | 049° / 229° | yes |
| 05C/23C | 4,000 m / 13,123 ft | 60 m / 197 ft | Asphalt | 045° / 225° | yes |
| 05L/23R | 3,300 m / 10,827 ft | 60 m / 197 ft | Asphalt | 049° / 229° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 14,684,892 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 15,836,152 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 16,467,844 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 15,959,046 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 17,546,221 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 18,953,000 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 7,372,000 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 11,230,936 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 20,230,847 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 23,000,000 | Wikidata |
| 2024 | 28,970,000 | Wikidata |
| 2025 | 31,137,557 | Wikidata |

## Routes

132 destinations in 66 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (122)

- [SSH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hesh.md) Sharm El Sheikh International Airport · Egypt · 376 km / 234 mi · Air Cairo, EgyptAir, Nile Air
- [HRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hegn.md) Hurghada International Airport · Egypt · 402 km / 250 mi · Air Cairo, EgyptAir, Nile Air
- [HMB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hesg.md) Suhaj International Airport · Egypt · 420 km / 261 mi · Air Cairo, Nile Air
- [NUM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oenn.md) Neom Bay Airport · Saudi Arabia · 450 km / 280 mi · Nile Air, Saudia
- [AMM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ojai.md) Queen Alia International Airport · Jordan · 474 km / 295 mi · Air Cairo, EgyptAir, Jordan Aviation, Royal Jordanian
- [LXR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/helx.md) Luxor International Airport · Egypt · 510 km / 317 mi · Air Cairo, EgyptAir, Nile Air
- [UVL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hekg.md) El Kharja Airport · Egypt · 522 km / 324 mi · EgyptAir
- [TUU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oetb.md) Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 543 km / 337 mi · Air Cairo, Air Arabia, Nile Air
- [LCA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lclk.md) Larnaca International Airport · Cyprus · 569 km / 354 mi · EgyptAir
- [RMF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hema.md) Marsa Alam International Airport · Egypt · 596 km / 370 mi · Air Cairo, EgyptAir
- [ASW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hesn.md) Aswan International Airport · Egypt · 698 km / 434 mi · Air Cairo, EgyptAir, Nile Air
- [AJF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oesk.md) Al-Jawf International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 839 km / 521 mi · Air Cairo, Nesma Airlines, Nile Air
- [ABS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hebl.md) Abu Simbel Airport · Egypt · 860 km / 534 mi · Air Cairo
- [YNB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oeyn.md) Prince Abdulmohsen Bin Abdulaziz International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 935 km / 581 mi · Nile Air
- [RAE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oerr.md) Arar Domestic Airport · Saudi Arabia · 937 km / 582 mi · Nile Air
- [MED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oema.md) Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,027 km / 638 mi · Flynas
- [HAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oehl.md) Hail International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,046 km / 650 mi · Air Arabia, Nile Air
- [BEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hllb.md) Benina International Airport · Libya · 1,082 km / 672 mi · EgyptAir
- [ATH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgav.md) Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport · Greece · 1,108 km / 688 mi · Air Cairo, Sky Express (Greece), EgyptAir, Aegean Airlines
- [ESB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltac.md) Esenboğa International Airport · Türkiye · 1,123 km / 698 mi · AJet
- [SAW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfj.md) Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport · Türkiye · 1,214 km / 754 mi · Air Arabia, AJet, Nile Air
- [JED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oejn.md) King Abdulaziz International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,216 km / 756 mi · Air Cairo, Alexandria Airlines, flyadeal, EgyptAir, Air Arabia, Nile Air, Saudia
- [NJF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/orni.md) Al Najaf International Airport · Iraq · 1,256 km / 780 mi · Fly Baghdad
- [IST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfm.md) İstanbul Airport · Türkiye · 1,264 km / 785 mi · Air Cairo, EgyptAir, Turkish Airlines
- [ELQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oegs.md) Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,284 km / 798 mi · Air Cairo, EgyptAir, Air Arabia, Nile Air
- [PZU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hspn.md) Port Sudan New International Airport · Sudan · 1,325 km / 823 mi · EgyptAir, Sudan Airways
- [TIF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oetf.md) Taif International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,325 km / 823 mi · Air Arabia, Nile Air
- [SKG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgts.md) Thessaloniki Macedonia International Airport · Greece · 1,385 km / 861 mi · Aegean Airlines
- [MRA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hlms.md) Misrata International Airport · Libya · 1,571 km / 976 mi · EgyptAir
- [KWI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/okkk.md) Kuwait International Airport · Kuwait · 1,603 km / 996 mi · Jazeera Airways, Air Cairo, Nesma Airlines, EgyptAir, Air Arabia, Nile Air, Kuwait Airways
- [RUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oerk.md) King Khalid International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,612 km / 1,002 mi · Air Cairo, Riyadh Air, Flynas, flyadeal, EgyptAir, Air Arabia, Saudia
- [EVN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/udyz.md) Zvartnots International Airport · Armenia · 1,623 km / 1,008 mi · Air Cairo
- [AER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urss.md) Sochi International Airport · Russia · 1,665 km / 1,035 mi · Rossiya
- [OTP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lrop.md) Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport · Romania · 1,674 km / 1,040 mi · TAROM
- [CTA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/licc.md) Catania-Fontanarossa Airport · Italy · 1,713 km / 1,064 mi · Air Cairo
- [MJI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hllm.md) Mitiga International Airport · Libya · 1,742 km / 1,082 mi · Libyan Airlines, Air Cairo, EgyptAir
- [AHB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oeab.md) Abha International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,743 km / 1,083 mi · Air Cairo, Air Arabia, Nile Air
- [ASM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hhas.md) Asmara International Airport · Eritrea · 1,818 km / 1,130 mi · EgyptAir
- [DMM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oedf.md) King Fahd International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,844 km / 1,146 mi · Flynas, Nesma Airlines, flyadeal, EgyptAir, Air Arabia
- [GIZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oegn.md) Jizan Regional Airport / King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,857 km / 1,154 mi · Air Cairo, Air Arabia, Nile Air
- [EAM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oeng.md) Najran Domestic Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,917 km / 1,191 mi · Nile Air
- [BAH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/obbi.md) Bahrain International Airport · Bahrain · 1,931 km / 1,200 mi · EgyptAir, Gulf Air
- [DOH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/othh.md) Hamad International Airport · Qatar · 2,058 km / 1,279 mi · Qatar Airways, EgyptAir
- [TUN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dtta.md) Tunis Carthage International Airport · Tunisia · 2,096 km / 1,302 mi · EgyptAir, Tunisair
- [FCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirf.md) Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport · Italy · 2,150 km / 1,336 mi · ITA Airways, Air Cairo, EgyptAir, Nile Air
- [BUD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lhbp.md) Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport · Hungary · 2,188 km / 1,360 mi · EgyptAir
- [VIE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/loww.md) Vienna International Airport · Austria · 2,366 km / 1,470 mi · EgyptAir, Austrian Airlines
- [AUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omaa.md) Zayed International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 2,378 km / 1,478 mi · Etihad Airways, EgyptAir, Air Arabia
- [BLQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lipe.md) Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport · Italy · 2,382 km / 1,480 mi · Air Cairo
- [VCE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lipz.md) Venice Marco Polo Airport · Italy · 2,382 km / 1,480 mi · EgyptAir
- [JIB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hdam.md) Djibouti-Ambouli Airport · Djibouti · 2,395 km / 1,488 mi · EgyptAir
- [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 2,417 km / 1,502 mi · Emirates, EgyptAir
- [SHJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omsj.md) Sharjah International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 2,428 km / 1,509 mi · EgyptAir, Air Arabia, Nile Air
- [RKT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omrk.md) Ras Al Khaimah International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 2,459 km / 1,528 mi · Air Arabia
- [ADD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/haab.md) Addis Ababa Bole International Airport · Ethiopia · 2,473 km / 1,537 mi · Ethiopian Airlines, EgyptAir
- [AAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omal.md) Al Ain International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 2,476 km / 1,539 mi · Nile Air
- [RIY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oyrn.md) Riyan International Airport · Yemen · 2,516 km / 1,563 mi · Yemenia
- [BGY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lime.md) Il Caravaggio International Airport · Italy · 2,556 km / 1,588 mi · Air Arabia, Nile Air
- [WAW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epwa.md) Warsaw Chopin Airport · Poland · 2,597 km / 1,614 mi · LOT Polish Airlines
- [NDJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fttj.md) N'Djamena International Airport · Chad · 2,615 km / 1,625 mi · EgyptAir
- [MXP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/limc.md) Milan Malpensa International Airport · Italy · 2,617 km / 1,626 mi · Air Cairo, Nesma Airlines, EgyptAir, Neos
- [MUC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddm.md) Munich Airport · Germany · 2,624 km / 1,630 mi · EgyptAir
- [PRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lkpr.md) Václav Havel Airport Prague · Czechia · 2,644 km / 1,643 mi · EgyptAir
- [ALG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/daag.md) Houari Boumediene Airport · Algeria · 2,706 km / 1,681 mi · Air Algérie
- [MRS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfml.md) Marseille Provence Airport · France · 2,745 km / 1,706 mi · Transavia
- [ZRH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lszh.md) Zürich Airport · Switzerland · 2,745 km / 1,706 mi · EgyptAir
- [MCT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ooms.md) Muscat International Airport · Oman · 2,757 km / 1,713 mi · EgyptAir, Air Arabia
- [JUB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hjjj.md) Juba International Airport · South Sudan · 2,807 km / 1,744 mi · EgyptAir
- [GVA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lsgg.md) Geneva International Airport · Switzerland · 2,825 km / 1,755 mi · EgyptAir
- [DME](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uudd.md) Domodedovo International Airport · Russia · 2,860 km / 1,777 mi · EgyptAir
- [LYS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfll.md) Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport · France · 2,865 km / 1,780 mi · Transavia
- [BER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddb.md) Berlin Brandenburg Airport · Germany · 2,874 km / 1,786 mi · EgyptAir
- [BCN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lebl.md) Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport · Spain · 2,906 km / 1,806 mi · EgyptAir, Vueling
- [SVO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuee.md) Sheremetyevo International Airport · Russia · 2,915 km / 1,811 mi · Aeroflot
- [FRA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddf.md) Frankfurt Main Airport · Germany · 2,922 km / 1,816 mi · Condor Flugdienst, EgyptAir, Lufthansa
- [CGN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddk.md) Cologne Bonn Airport · Germany · 3,059 km / 1,901 mi · Air Cairo, Nile Air
- [KAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnkn.md) Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport · Nigeria · 3,097 km / 1,924 mi · EgyptAir
- [DUS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddl.md) Düsseldorf Airport · Germany · 3,109 km / 1,932 mi · Eurowings, EgyptAir
- [CPH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ekch.md) Copenhagen Kastrup Airport · Denmark · 3,198 km / 1,987 mi · EgyptAir
- [ORY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfpo.md) Paris-Orly Airport · France · 3,207 km / 1,993 mi · Transavia, Vueling
- [BRU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ebbr.md) Brussels Airport · Belgium · 3,209 km / 1,994 mi · Air Cairo, EgyptAir
- [CDG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfpg.md) Charles de Gaulle International Airport · France · 3,210 km / 1,995 mi · EgyptAir
- [AMS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eham.md) Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · Netherlands · 3,288 km / 2,043 mi · Transavia, EgyptAir
- [EBB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/huen.md) Entebbe International Airport · Uganda · 3,345 km / 2,078 mi · EgyptAir
- [MAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lemd.md) Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport · Spain · 3,351 km / 2,082 mi · Iberia Express, EgyptAir
- [AGP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lemg.md) Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport · Spain · 3,391 km / 2,107 mi · Air Cairo
- [ABV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnaa.md) Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport · Nigeria · 3,434 km / 2,134 mi · EgyptAir
- [ARN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/essa.md) Stockholm-Arlanda Airport · Sweden · 3,437 km / 2,136 mi · EgyptAir, Nile Air
- [MGQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hcmm.md) Aden Adde International Airport · Somalia · 3,452 km / 2,145 mi · EgyptAir
- [TNG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gmtt.md) Tangier Ibn Battuta Airport · Morocco · 3,517 km / 2,185 mi · Air Cairo
- [LHR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egll.md) London Heathrow Airport · United Kingdom · 3,533 km / 2,195 mi · EgyptAir, British Airways
- [NBO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hkjk.md) Jomo Kenyatta International Airport · Kenya · 3,544 km / 2,202 mi · EgyptAir
- [KGL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hryr.md) Kigali International Airport · Rwanda · 3,570 km / 2,218 mi · EgyptAir
- [CIT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uaii.md) Shymkent International Airport · Kazakhstan · 3,640 km / 2,262 mi · SCAT Airlines
- [BHX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egbb.md) Birmingham Airport · United Kingdom · 3,664 km / 2,277 mi · EgyptAir
- [CMN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gmmn.md) Mohammed V International Airport · Morocco · 3,683 km / 2,289 mi · EgyptAir, Royal Air Maroc
- [DLA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fkkd.md) Douala International Airport · Cameroon · 3,689 km / 2,292 mi · EgyptAir
- [MAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egcc.md) Manchester Airport · United Kingdom · 3,744 km / 2,326 mi · EgyptAir
- [LOS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnmm.md) Murtala Muhammed International Airport · Nigeria · 3,930 km / 2,442 mi · EgyptAir
- [DUB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eidw.md) Dublin Airport · Ireland · 3,982 km / 2,474 mi · EgyptAir
- [ZNZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htza.md) Abeid Amani Karume International Airport · Tanzania · 4,126 km / 2,564 mi · EgyptAir
- [FIH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fzaa.md) Ndjili International Airport · Congo - Kinshasa · 4,195 km / 2,607 mi · EgyptAir
- [DAR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htda.md) Julius Nyerere International Airport · Tanzania · 4,196 km / 2,607 mi · EgyptAir
- [ACC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dgaa.md) Kotoka International Airport · Ghana · 4,282 km / 2,661 mi · EgyptAir
- [BOM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vabb.md) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport · India · 4,342 km / 2,698 mi · EgyptAir
- [DEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vidp.md) Indira Gandhi International Airport · India · 4,404 km / 2,737 mi · EgyptAir
- [ABJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/diap.md) Félix-Houphouët-Boigny International Airport · Côte d’Ivoire · 4,616 km / 2,868 mi · EgyptAir
- [DAC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vghs.md) Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport · Bangladesh · 5,825 km / 3,619 mi · EgyptAir
- [JNB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/faor.md) O.R. Tambo International Airport · South Africa · 6,264 km / 3,892 mi · EgyptAir
- [TFU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zutf.md) Chengdu Tianfu International Airport · China · 6,883 km / 4,277 mi · Sichuan Airlines
- [PEK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zbaa.md) Beijing Capital International Airport · China · 7,535 km / 4,682 mi · Sichuan Airlines, EgyptAir, Air China
- [SZX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zgsz.md) Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport · China · 8,076 km / 5,018 mi · Hainan Airlines
- [HGH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zshc.md) Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport · China · 8,297 km / 5,156 mi · EgyptAir
- [PVG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zspd.md) Shanghai Pudong International Airport · China · 8,370 km / 5,201 mi · China Eastern Airlines, EgyptAir
- [CGK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wiii.md) Soekarno-Hatta International Airport · Indonesia · 8,949 km / 5,561 mi · EgyptAir
- [JFK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kjfk.md) John F. Kennedy International Airport · United States · 9,017 km / 5,603 mi · EgyptAir
- [EWR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kewr.md) Newark Liberty International Airport · United States · 9,042 km / 5,618 mi · EgyptAir
- [YYZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyz.md) Toronto Pearson International Airport · Canada · 9,229 km / 5,735 mi · EgyptAir
- [IAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kiad.md) Washington Dulles International Airport · United States · 9,383 km / 5,830 mi · EgyptAir
- [NRT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjaa.md) Narita International Airport · Japan · 9,594 km / 5,961 mi · EgyptAir
- [ORD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kord.md) Chicago O'Hare International Airport · United States · 9,875 km / 6,136 mi · EgyptAir
- [LAX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klax.md) Los Angeles International Airport · United States · 12,219 km / 7,593 mi · EgyptAir

### Seasonal (3)

- [AYT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltai.md) Antalya International Airport · Türkiye · 757 km / 470 mi · SunExpress, Air Cairo
- [AHB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oeab.md) Abha International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,743 km / 1,083 mi · flyadeal
- [VRN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lipx.md) Verona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport · Italy · 2,464 km / 1,531 mi · Air Cairo

### Seasonal charter (3)

- [TGD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lypg.md) Podgorica Airport / Podgorica Golubovci Airbase · Montenegro · 1,740 km / 1,081 mi · Air Montenegro
- [GYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ubbb.md) Heydar Aliyev International Airport · Azerbaijan · 2,041 km / 1,268 mi · Azerbaijan Airlines
- [PRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lkpr.md) Václav Havel Airport Prague · Czechia · 2,644 km / 1,643 mi · Smartwings

### Cargo (24)

- [AMM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ojai.md) Queen Alia International Airport · Jordan · 474 km / 295 mi · EgyptAir Cargo, Royal Jordanian
- [BEY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/olba.md) Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport · Lebanon · 565 km / 351 mi · Cargolux
- [IST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfm.md) İstanbul Airport · Türkiye · 1,264 km / 785 mi · EgyptAir Cargo, Turkish Cargo
- [KWI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/okkk.md) Kuwait International Airport · Kuwait · 1,603 km / 996 mi · EgyptAir Cargo
- [RUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oerk.md) King Khalid International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,612 km / 1,002 mi · EgyptAir Cargo
- [DMM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oedf.md) King Fahd International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,844 km / 1,146 mi · EgyptAir Cargo
- [BAH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/obbi.md) Bahrain International Airport · Bahrain · 1,931 km / 1,200 mi · DHL Aviation
- [DWC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdw.md) Al Maktoum International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 2,410 km / 1,498 mi · Emirates SkyCargo, EgyptAir Cargo
- [SHJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omsj.md) Sharjah International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 2,428 km / 1,509 mi · EgyptAir Cargo
- [NDJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fttj.md) N'Djamena International Airport · Chad · 2,615 km / 1,625 mi · EgyptAir Cargo
- [MXP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/limc.md) Milan Malpensa International Airport · Italy · 2,617 km / 1,626 mi · EgyptAir Cargo
- [FRA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddf.md) Frankfurt Main Airport · Germany · 2,922 km / 1,816 mi · Lufthansa Cargo
- [LUX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ellx.md) Luxembourg-Findel International Airport · Luxembourg · 3,026 km / 1,880 mi · Cargolux
- [CGN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddk.md) Cologne Bonn Airport · Germany · 3,059 km / 1,901 mi · EgyptAir Cargo
- [KAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnkn.md) Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport · Nigeria · 3,097 km / 1,924 mi · EgyptAir Cargo
- [BRU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ebbr.md) Brussels Airport · Belgium · 3,209 km / 1,994 mi · EgyptAir Cargo
- [AMS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eham.md) Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · Netherlands · 3,288 km / 2,043 mi · KLM
- [OST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ebos.md) Ostend-Bruges International Airport · Belgium · 3,320 km / 2,063 mi · EgyptAir Cargo
- [LOS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnmm.md) Murtala Muhammed International Airport · Nigeria · 3,930 km / 2,442 mi · EgyptAir Cargo
- [LHE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/opla.md) Allama Iqbal International Airport · Pakistan · 4,083 km / 2,537 mi · EgyptAir Cargo
- [ACC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dgaa.md) Kotoka International Airport · Ghana · 4,282 km / 2,661 mi · EgyptAir Cargo
- [BOM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vabb.md) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport · India · 4,342 km / 2,698 mi · EgyptAir Cargo
- [JNB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/faor.md) O.R. Tambo International Airport · South Africa · 6,264 km / 3,892 mi · EgyptAir Cargo
- [MRU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fimp.md) Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport · Mauritius · 6,284 km / 3,905 mi · EgyptAir Cargo

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from CAI, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Hub airlines (15)

- MS [EgyptAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/egyptair) · 84
- SM [Air Cairo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-cairo) · 30
- NP [Nile Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/nile-air) · 25
- MS [EgyptAir Cargo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/egyptair-cargo) · 19
- NE [Nesma Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/nesma-airlines) · 4
- XH [Alexandria Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/alexandria-airlines) · 1
- AGY [Air Go Airlines (Egypt)](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-go-airlines-egypt)
- AL [Air Leisure](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-leisure)
- 4D [Air Sinai](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-sinai)
- UJ [AlMasria Universal Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/almasria-universal-airlines)
- YJ [AMC Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/amc-airlines)
- OE [Cairo Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/cairo-aviation)
- UF [Petroleum Air Services](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/petroleum-air-services)
- M4 [Smart Aviation Company](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/smart-aviation-company)
- MS [United Arab Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-arab-airlines)

### Passenger (48)

- G9 [Air Arabia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-arabia) · 16
- F3 [flyadeal](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flyadeal) · 4
- HV [Transavia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/transavia) · 4
- XY [Flynas](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flynas) · 3
- SV [Saudia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/saudia) · 3
- A3 [Aegean Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aegean-airlines) · 2
- TK [AJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ajet) · 2
- 3U [Sichuan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sichuan-airlines) · 2
- VY [Vueling](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/vueling) · 2
- SU [Aeroflot](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aeroflot) · 1
- AH [Air Algérie](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-algerie) · 1
- CA [Air China](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-china) · 1
- ZQ [Air Montenegro](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-montenegro) · 1 · seasonal charter
- OS [Austrian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/austrian-airlines) · 1
- J2 [Azerbaijan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/azerbaijan-airlines) · 1 · seasonal charter
- BA [British Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/british-airways) · 1
- MU [China Eastern Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/china-eastern-airlines) · 1
- DE [Condor Flugdienst](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/condor-flugdienst) · 1
- EK [Emirates](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/emirates) · 1
- ET [Ethiopian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ethiopian-airlines) · 1
- EY [Etihad Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/etihad-airways) · 1
- EW [Eurowings](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/eurowings) · 1
- IF [Fly Baghdad](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fly-baghdad) · 1
- GF [Gulf Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/gulf-air) · 1
- HU [Hainan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/hainan-airlines) · 1
- I2 [Iberia Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/iberia-express) · 1
- AZ [ITA Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ita-airways) · 1
- J9 [Jazeera Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jazeera-airways) · 1
- R5 [Jordan Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jordan-aviation) · 1
- KU [Kuwait Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/kuwait-airways) · 1
- LN [Libyan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/libyan-airlines) · 1
- LO [LOT Polish Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/lot-polish-airlines) · 1
- LH [Lufthansa](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/lufthansa) · 1
- NO [Neos](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/neos) · 1
- QR [Qatar Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qatar-airways) · 1
- RX [Riyadh Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/riyadh-air) · 1
- FV [Rossiya](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/rossiya) · 1
- AT [Royal Air Maroc](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/royal-air-maroc) · 1
- RJ [Royal Jordanian](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/royal-jordanian) · 1
- DV [SCAT Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/scat-airlines) · 1
- GQ [Sky Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sky-express) · 1
- QS [Smartwings](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/smartwings) · 1 · seasonal charter
- SD [Sudan Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sudan-airways) · 1
- XQ [SunExpress](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sunexpress) · 1 · seasonal
- RO [TAROM](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tarom) · 1
- TU [Tunisair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tunisair) · 1
- TK [Turkish Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/turkish-airlines) · 1
- IY [Yemenia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/yemenia) · 1

### Cargo (6)

- CV [Cargolux](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/cargolux) · 2
- [DHL Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/dhl-aviation) · 1
- EK [Emirates SkyCargo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/emirates-skycargo) · 1
- KL [KLM](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/klm) · 1
- LH [Lufthansa Cargo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/lufthansa-cargo) · 1
- [Turkish Cargo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/turkish-cargo) · 1

Former hub of [Air Memphis](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-memphis), [FlyEgypt](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flyegypt), [Lotus Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/lotus-air), [Midwest Airlines (Egypt)](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/midwest-airlines-egypt), [Tristar Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tristar-air).

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 31.1M (2025) | #75 of 3,974 | #1 in Africa | #1 in EG |
| Longest runway | 4,000 m / 13,124 ft | =102 of 29,858 | #13 in Africa | #2 in EG |
| Elevation | 98 m / 322 ft | =30,806 of 43,403 | =2,677 in Africa | =24 in EG |
| Age | Opened 1963 | =5,069 of 15,079 | #66 in Africa | #5 in EG |
| Runways | 3 | =151 of 29,978 | =6 in Africa | =2 in EG |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 119.050 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 122.600 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| MISC | VOLMET | 126.200 |
| PFLT | PREFLIGHT | 120.100 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.100 |
| rdo | cairo radio | 11.300 |
| Volmet |  | 124.600 |

## Nearby airports

- [HEAZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heaz.md) Almaza Air Force Base · 4.2 km / 2.6 mi
- [HE37](https://dromopedia.com/airports/he37.md) Bilbeis Air Base · 37 km / 23 mi
- [CCE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hecp.md) Capital International Airport · 43 km / 27 mi
- [EG-0003](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eg-0003.md) Bilbeis 2 Airfield · 44 km / 27 mi
- [HECW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hecw.md) Cairo West Air Base · 46 km / 29 mi
- [SPX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hesx.md) Sphinx International Airport · 48 km / 30 mi

## In collections

- [Busiest airports](https://dromopedia.com/collections/busiest) #71
- [Most connected](https://dromopedia.com/collections/most-connected) #84

## 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)
- [Wikipedia: “Cairo International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cairo_International_Airport&oldid=1376284979), revision of 23 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [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/heca/data