# Cairo West Air Base (HECW)

**Cairo West Air Base** (ICAO: HECW) is a medium airport in Cairo, Giza Governorate, Egypt. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,639 m (11,939 ft).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / HECW
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Cairo, Giza Governorate, Egypt
- Elevation: 170 m / 557 ft
- Coordinates: 30.1164, 30.9155
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 3,639 m / 11,939 ft
- Time zone: UTC+2/+3 · Africa/Cairo
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo_West_Air_Base (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18205754
- Weather station: HESX
- Ident: HECW

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16L/34R | 3,639 m / 11,939 ft | 60 m / 196 ft | Asphalt | 165° / 345° | yes |
| 10/28 | 2,781 m / 9,125 ft | 45 m / 147 ft | Asphalt | 107° / 287° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,639 m / 11,939 ft | =362 of 29,858 | #40 in Africa | #6 in EG |
| Elevation | 170 m / 557 ft | =26,123 of 43,403 | #2,559 in Africa | #17 in EG |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =24 in Africa | =6 in EG |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 125.300 |
| CLD | CLNC | 130.000 |
| GND | GND | 130.000 |
| TWR | TWR | 127.400 |

## Nearby airports

- [SPX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hesx.md) Sphinx International Airport · 2.1 km / 1.3 mi
- [HEAZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heaz.md) Almaza Air Force Base · 43 km / 27 mi
- [CAI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heca.md) Cairo International Airport · 46 km / 29 mi
- [HE42](https://dromopedia.com/airports/he42.md) Quesna Airport · 55 km / 34 mi
- [HE28](https://dromopedia.com/airports/he28.md) Gebel El Basur Air Base · 58 km / 36 mi
- [HE37](https://dromopedia.com/airports/he37.md) Bilbeis Air Base · 73 km / 45 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)
- [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/hecw/data