# Jiyanklis Air Base, Abu El Matamir, Egypt

**Jiyanklis Air Base** is a medium airport in Abu El Matamir, Beheira Governorate, Egypt. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,887 m (9,473 ft).

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

## At a glance

- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Abu El Matamir, Beheira Governorate, Egypt
- Elevation: 15 m / 49 ft
- Coordinates: 30.8198, 30.1912
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 2,887 m / 9,473 ft
- Time zone: UTC+2/+3 · Africa/Cairo
- Weather station: HEAX
- Ident: HEGS

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 2,887 m / 9,473 ft | 44 m / 145 ft | Asphalt | 124° / 304° | yes |
| 11/29 | 2,883 m / 9,460 ft | 44 m / 145 ft | Asphalt | 113° / 293° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,887 m / 9,473 ft | #1,528 of 29,858 | #256 in Africa | #36 in EG |
| Elevation | 15 m / 49 ft | =39,318 of 43,403 | =2,962 in Africa | =48 in EG |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =24 in Africa | =6 in EG |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | EGYPTIAN COMMON | 130.000 |
| TWR | TWR | 126.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [HE28](https://dromopedia.com/airports/he28.md) Gebel El Basur Air Base · 47 km / 29 mi
- [HBE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heba.md) Alexandria International Airport · 49 km / 30 mi
- [HE16](https://dromopedia.com/airports/he16.md) Birma Air Base · 71 km / 44 mi
- [HE42](https://dromopedia.com/airports/he42.md) Quesna Airport · 94 km / 58 mi
- [SPX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hesx.md) Sphinx International Airport · 104 km / 65 mi
- [HECW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hecw.md) Cairo West Air Base · 105 km / 65 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)
- [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/hegs/data