CCE

Capital International Airport

ICAO HECP30.0647°N 31.8400°E232 m / 761 ftMedium airport
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Capital International Airport
Ziad Rashad · CC0 · Commons

Capital International Airport (IATA: CCE, ICAO: HECP) is a medium airport in New Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt. It opened on 9 Jul 2019. It has 3 runways; the longest is 3,652 m (11,980 ft). It is operated by Egyptian Airports Company.

Timeline

1 event · 2019–2019
09 JUL 2019
OpenedCapital International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
01L/19R015° / 195° · LIT
LENGTH3,652 m11,980 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEAsphalt
02/20 · LIT
LENGTH3,329 m10,922 ftWIDTH40 m131 ftSURFACEAsphalt
01R/19L020° / 200° · LIT
LENGTH3,210 m10,531 ftWIDTH40 m131 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Routes

3 destinations · 3 countries
Most destinationsSmartwings 2Air Cairo 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from CCE. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Capital International Airport (Egypt)” (revision of 6 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway3,652 m11,980 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#355of 29,823 · #37 Africa · #4 EGElevation232 m761 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=22,116of 43,341 · =2,471 Africa · =10 EGAgeOpened 20192026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=13,827of 15,079 · #142 Africa · #14 EGRunways31 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=151of 29,943 · =6 Africa · =2 EG
Scale: 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

3 channels
TWRCapital tower118.900
GNDCapital Ground121.925
RDOCapital Radio5.790