Capital International Airport (Egypt)

Capital International Airport (Arabic: مطار العاصمة الدولي) (IATA: CCE, ICAO: HECP) is the primary international airport serving the new capital of Egypt, which is yet to be given a name. It is located approximately 45 km (28 miles) east of Cairo and was built in parallelism with the Sphinx International Airport, west of Cairo.[2] The airport is has an area of 16 square kilometres (6.2 sq mi) and is expected to partially ease the pressure on Cairo International Airport and Sphinx International Airport.[3]

Capital International Airport

مطار العاصمة الدولي
Summary
OwnerEgyptian Armed Forces
OperatorEgyptian Airports Company (EAC)
LocationNew Administrative Capital
Opened2019
Time zoneUTC (+2)
Elevation AMSL833 ft / 254 m
Coordinates30°04′33″N 31°50′00″E
Map
CCE
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
11,980 3,650 Asphalt
Source: Skyvector[1]

The airport was inaugurated by the president of Egypt, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and was opened by the Egyptian Airports Company (EAC) on 9 July 2019 for a one-month trial period (300 hourly pasangers), and with commercial operations commencing in 2020.[4][5] The main contractor of the airport is Hassan Allam Holding, it is operated by Egyptian Airports Company (EAC) 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 sq ft) 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 sq ft).[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 metres (11,980 ft) runway suitable for receiving large aircraft, equipped with lighting and automatic landing systems.[8]

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