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 | |||||||||||
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Owner | Egyptian Armed Forces | ||||||||||
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 (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]
See also
References
- Skyvector - Capital International Airport
- "New Cairo Capital International Airport Profile | CAPA". centreforaviation.com.
- "Egypt opens new international airport for trial period". Reuters.
- "President Sisi inaugurates Sphinx, New Administrative Capital airports". Egypt Today.
- "New airport to be established in Egypt's New Administrative Capital". EgyptToday.
- "Capital International Airport". avit.com.eg.
- "Administrative Capital International Airport | مطار العاصمة الإدارية الدولي". Egypt's Projects Map (in Arabic).
- "Egypt's new airport, Capital International, begins one month trial". International Ariport Review.