Capital International Airport (Egypt)
Airport in the New Capital, Egypt
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Capital International Airport (Arabic: مطار العاصمة الدولي) (IATA: CCE, ICAO: HECP) is the primary international airport serving the New Administrative Capital of Egypt. It is located approximately 45 km (28 miles) east of Cairo and was built at the same time as the Sphinx International Airport, west of Cairo.[2] The airport has an area of 16 square kilometres (6.2 mi2) and is expected to partially ease pressure on Cairo International Airport and Sphinx International Airport.[3]
Capital International Airport مطار العاصمة الدولي | |||||||||||||||
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| Operator | Egyptian Airports Company (EAC) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | New Administrative Capital | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | 2019 | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC (+2) | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 833 ft / 254 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 30°04′33″N 31°50′00″E | ||||||||||||||
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The airport was inaugurated by the president of Egypt, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and was opened by the Egyptian Airports Company on 9 July 2019 for a one-month trial period (300 hourly passengers), and with commercial operations commencing in 2020.[4][5] The main contractor of the airport is Hassan Allam Holding, it is operated by the Egyptian Airports Company and owned by the Egyptian Armed Forces.[6]
Facilities
Capital International Airport has a main building covering an area of 5,000 square metres (54,000 ft2) and its land facilities have a capacity of 1 million passengers/year (expandable) that aims to serve the public as well as petroleum companies, private jets and air taxi flights. The terminal building sits on a ground floor area of 3,500 square metres (38,000 ft2).[7] The airport includes a passenger terminal with a current capacity of 300 passengers per hour, eight parking spaces for aircraft, 45 service and administrative buildings, an air control tower and a 3,650-metre (11,980 ft) runway suitable for receiving large aircraft, equipped with lighting and automatic landing systems.[8]
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Capital International Airport:
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Air Cairo | Jeddah[9] |
| Smartwings | Seasonal charter: Bratislava,[10] Prague[11] |
