# Capital International Airport (CCE / HECP)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: CCE / HECP
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Egyptian Airports Company
- Serves: New Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
- Opened: 9 Jul 2019
- Elevation: 232 m / 761 ft
- Coordinates: 30.0647, 31.8400
- Runways: 3
- Longest runway: 3,652 m / 11,980 ft
- Time zone: UTC+2/+3 · Africa/Cairo
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_International_Airport_(Egypt) (16 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28716933
- Weather station: HECP
- Ident: HECP

## Timeline

- 9 Jul 2019: Capital International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01L/19R | 3,652 m / 11,980 ft | 60 m / 197 ft | Asphalt | 015° / 195° | yes |
| 02/20 | 3,329 m / 10,922 ft | 40 m / 131 ft | Asphalt |  | yes |
| 01R/19L | 3,210 m / 10,531 ft | 40 m / 131 ft | Asphalt | 020° / 200° | yes |

## Routes

3 destinations in 3 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [JED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oejn.md) King Abdulaziz International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,185 km / 736 mi · Air Cairo

### Seasonal charter (2)

- [BTS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lzib.md) M. R. Štefánik Airport · Slovakia · 2,367 km / 1,471 mi · Smartwings
- [PRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lkpr.md) Václav Havel Airport Prague · Czechia · 2,669 km / 1,658 mi · Smartwings

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- QS [Smartwings](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/smartwings) · 2 · seasonal charter
- SM [Air Cairo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-cairo) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,652 m / 11,980 ft | #355 of 29,858 | #37 in Africa | #4 in EG |
| Elevation | 232 m / 761 ft | =22,137 of 43,403 | =2,471 in Africa | =10 in EG |
| Age | Opened 2019 | =13,814 of 15,079 | #142 in Africa | #14 in EG |
| Runways | 3 | =151 of 29,978 | =6 in Africa | =2 in EG |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | Capital tower | 118.900 |
| GND | Capital Ground | 121.925 |
| RDO | Capital Radio | 5.790 |

## Nearby airports

- [EG-0003](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eg-0003.md) Bilbeis 2 Airfield · 42 km / 26 mi
- [CAI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heca.md) Cairo International Airport · 43 km / 27 mi
- [HE37](https://dromopedia.com/airports/he37.md) Bilbeis Air Base · 43 km / 27 mi
- [HEAZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heaz.md) Almaza Air Force Base · 46 km / 29 mi
- [HE35](https://dromopedia.com/airports/he35.md) Abu Suwayr Air Base · 62 km / 38 mi
- [HEIS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heis.md) Al Ismailiyya Air Base · 70 km / 44 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)
- [Wikipedia: “Capital International Airport (Egypt)”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Capital_International_Airport_(Egypt)&oldid=1362808451), revision of 6 Jul 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/hecp/data