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Cairo International Airport

Coordinates: 30°07′19″N 31°24′20″E / 30.12194°N 31.40556°E / 30.12194; 31.40556
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Cairo International Airport

مطار القاهرة الدولي

Maṭār El Qāhira El Dawli
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerEgyptian Holding Company for Airports and Air Navigation
OperatorCairo Airport Company
ServesGreater Cairo
LocationHeliopolis, Cairo
Opened1963
Hub for
Elevation AMSL382 ft / 116 m
Coordinates30°07′19″N 31°24′20″E / 30.12194°N 31.40556°E / 30.12194; 31.40556
Websitecairo-airport.com
Maps
CAI is located in Egypt
CAI
CAI
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
05L/23R 3,300 10,830 Asphalt
05C/23C 4,000 13,120 Asphalt
05R/23L 4,000 13,123 Asphalt
Statistics (2012)
Passengers14,711,500
Economic impact$2.0 billion[1]
Social impact211.5 thousand[1]
Sources: Airport website[2] and DAFIF[3][4]
Passenger statistics[1]

Cairo International Airport (IATA: CAI, ICAO: HECA) (Arabic: مطار القاهرة الدولي; Maṭār El Qāhira El Dawli) is the principal international airport of Cairo and the largest and busiest airport in Egypt. It serves as the primary hub for Egyptair and Nile Air as well as several other airlines.[5][6][7] The airport is located in Heliopolis, to the northeast of Cairo around fifteen kilometres (eight nautical miles) from the business area of the city and has an area of approximately 37 km2 (14 sq mi). It is the busiest airport in Africa and one of the busiest airports in the Middle East in terms of total passengers.[8]

History

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During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) built John Payne Field Air Force Base[9] to serve the Allied Forces, rather than take over the existing Almaza Airport located 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) away. Payne Field was a major Air Transport Command air cargo and passenger hub, connecting westwards through Benghazi Airport (during the war known as Soluch Airfield) to Algiers airport on the North African route to Dakar Airport, in French West Africa.

Other locations that transport routes were flown were RAF Habbaniya, Iraq on the Cairo – Karachi, India route; Lydda Airport, British Palestine; Jeddah, Arabia, on the Central African route to Roberts Field, Liberia (1941–1943), and later after the war ended, Athens, Greece and on to destinations in Europe.[10]

When American forces left the base at the end of the war, the Civil Aviation Authority took over the facility and began using it for international civil aviation. In 1963, Cairo International Airport replaced the old Heliopolis Airport, which had been located at the Hike-Step area in the east of Cairo.[11]

The airport is administered by the Egyptian Holding Company for Airports and Air Navigation, which controls the Cairo Airport Company, the Egyptian Airports Company, National Air Navigation Services and Aviation Information Technology, and the Cairo Airport Authority. In 2004, Fraport AG won the management contract to run the airport for eight years, with options to extend the contract twice in one-year increments.[12]

Terminals

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Terminal 1

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Terminal 1 is the oldest terminal currently in operation, having been inaugurated on 18 March 1963 by President Gamal Abdel Nasser.[13] Over the years, the terminal witnessed several expansion projects; a second hall was constructed between 1977–79 and a third one was completed in 1980. In the early 2000s, work commenced on the renovation of the ground floor, along with the addition of an expanded departure hall containing a mezzanine floor, thereby allowing more natural light into the terminal. All phases of the project were completed by the end of 2003.[13]

Terminal 1 was originally used by EgyptAir and several Middle Eastern airlines. However, an increasing number of other foreign carriers, such as Air France and KLM transferred operations from Terminal 2 in 2006.[citation needed]

The terminal facilities include Departure Hall 1, International Hall 3, and Hall 4 for private and non-commercial aircraft services.

Departures and arrivals are with all airlines departing from Terminal 1 Hall 1, with the exception of Saudia. Most international airlines arrive in Hall 3. Arrival Hall serves international and domestic arrivals.

The CAC has inaugurated the "Airport City Concept" to provide an array of services and entertainment facilities to travelers, airport visitors, as well as the general public. The first phase, a new shopping mall called the 'AirMall' has been built near Terminal 1's International Arrival Hall 3.

As of 2009, the facade of the terminal was being upgraded.[citation needed] Terminal 1 has 12 gates.

Hall 4

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Terminal 1, Hall 4 is dedicated to private jet and executive jet services. Even though it is referred to as a 'Hall' under Terminal 1 it is operated independently from the commercial passenger terminal.[citation needed]

Smart Aviation Company has been based at the building since 2007; it moved to a new executive FBO in 2010 adjacent to Hall 4.

Departures area at Terminal 1

Terminal 2

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Cairo Duty-Free at Cairo Airport Terminal 2

Terminal 2 was inaugurated in 1986 with 7 boarding gates.[14] It primarily served European, Gulf and East Asian airlines. The terminal was closed in April 2010 for complete renovations starting in 2012 and lasting 36 months. The architecture of the building limited the opportunities for further expansion, which necessitated the entire building to be closed for major structural overhaul at an estimated cost of approximately $400 million.[15]

Gate at Terminal 3 Cairo International Airport

The renovated terminal is operating jointly with Terminal 3 as one integrated terminal via an air bridge, thus, reinforcing the role of Cairo International Airport as a regional hub.[citation needed]

Terminal 3

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Given projected growth, and the limited ability to expand Terminal 2, the Egyptian Ministry of Civil Aviation began construction of Terminal 3 in 2004. The terminal was officially inaugurated on 18 December 2008 and opened for commercial operations on 27 April 2009. The facility is twice as large as the current two terminal buildings combined, with the capacity to handle 11 million passengers annually (6 million international and 5 million domestic) once the first phase is completed. It is adjacent to Terminal 2, and the two terminals are initially connected by a bridge.

With its hub at the airport, EgyptAir's operations were overhauled with the full transfer of its operations (international and domestic) into the new terminal between 27 April and 15 June 2009. To implement the Star Alliance "Move Under One Roof" concept, all Alliance members serving the airport were relocated to the terminal by 1 August 2009.

Terminal 3 duty free area

The new terminal includes:

  • Two piers of extendable capacity and gates facilities serving domestic and international traffic on contact and remote stands. The main building and the piers are connected by concourses. Two of the gates are equipped to handle Airbus A380 aircraft. Provisions for a third pier are in the planning stages.
  • Terminal 3 has 23 gates (two gates for the A380), six check-in islands consisting of 110 check-in counters (plus 10 mobile counters and 10 CUSS kiosks), 76 immigration counters (plus five biometric gates), 52 contact and remote aircraft parking stands (five with multiple uses), 425 FIDS, 15 public information points, seven baggage carousels, 63 elevators, 50 moving walkways and 51 escalators.
  • Retail space covers more than 5,000m2 (4.034m2 occupied by EgyptAir Tourism & Duty Free Shops).
  • International food court with Oriental, Asian and Western food (incl. Burger King, Hippopotamus, Upper Crust).
  • Landside roads including bridges and flyover serving the traffic to and from the terminal building, surface car park areas (multi-story parking garage capable of holding more than 3,000 cars), a new access road connecting the airport with the Autostrad road (Cairo ring road) and upgrading the access roads.

Seasonal flight terminal

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On 20 September 2011, Prime Minister Sharaf inaugurated the new Seasonal Flights Terminal (ST)[citation needed], located west of Terminal 3. During the start-up phase EgyptAir operates its daily flight to Medina from the new Terminal. All Hajj traffic of EgyptAir will move to the ST while Saudia's Hajj flights will still operate from Terminal 1.

The terminal has an annual capacity of 3.2 million passengers with 27 check-in counters and 7 gates with a common gate and single security concept, the first in Cairo. It is designed to handle 1,200 passengers per hour. Passengers will be bussed to remote aircraft stands around Terminal 3. Its purpose is to ease operational strains on the existing terminals during pilgrim seasons.[16]

Facilities

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Overview

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Airport entrance

The airport has four terminals, the third (and largest) opened on 27 April 2009 and the Seasonal Flights Terminal opened on 20 September 2011. Terminal 2 was closed in April 2010 for major renovation works and was reopened on 28 September 2016. A third parallel runway replaced the crossing runway in 2010.[17] Runway 05L/23R is 3,301 metres (10,830 ft) long, 05C/23C has a length of 4,000 metres (13,000 ft), and the new runway is designated as 05R/23L and is 3,999 metres (13,120 ft) long.

Terminal transfer

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The MiniMetro people mover links Terminal 1, the AirMall, the multi-storey car park and Terminals 2 and 3. The main station is located between Terminals 2 and 3 and is an integral part of the bridge connecting the two terminals. An air-cushioned 1.85 km (1.15 mi) system with top speed 50 km/h (31 mph) was designed and constructed by Leitner-Poma.[18][19] Map

Obelisk of Ramses II at Cairo Int. Airport

Airport hotel

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A luxury 350-room five-star Le Méridien hotel opened in front of Terminal 3 in December 2013.[citation needed] The hotel is linked to the terminal by a 230-metre-long (750 ft) skyway that is also equipped with a moving walkway.

Statistics

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Annual passenger traffic at CAI airport. See Wikidata query.

The sharp decline in 2020 was caused by the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide and in Egypt.

Airlines and destinations

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Passenger

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AirlinesDestinations
Aegean Airlines Athens
Aeroflot Moscow–Sheremetyevo
Afriqiyah Airways[20] Benghazi, Misrata, Tripoli–Mitiga
Air Algérie Algiers
Air Arabia Abha, Abu Dhabi, Al Jawf, Bahrain,[21] Bergamo, Dammam,[22] Gassim, Ha'il, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen,[23] Jeddah, Jizan, Kuwait City (begins 14 January 2025),[24] Muscat,[25] Ras Al Khaimah, Riyadh, Sharjah, Tabuk, Ta'if
Air Cairo Abha,[26] Abu Simbel,[27] Al Jawf,[28] Aswan,[29] Bilbao, Bologna,[30] Catania,[31] Cologne/Bonn,[32] Gassim, Hurghada,[29] Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen,[33] Jeddah, Jizan,[28] Kuwait City,[34] Luxor,[29] Málaga,[35] Marsa Alam,[29] Milan–Malpensa,[36] Ouagadougou,[37] Riyadh, Rome–Fiumicino,[31] Sharm El Sheikh, Sohag,[29] Tabuk,[28] Tangier,[38] Valencia, Yerevan[39]
Seasonal: Aqaba, Marsa Matruh, Verona[32]
Air France Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Air Montenegro Seasonal charter: Podgorica[40]
Alexandria Airlines Jeddah[41]
AlMasria Universal Airlines Seasonal: Bergamo, Kuwait City
Asiana Airlines Seoul–Incheon[42]
Austrian Airlines Vienna[43]
Azur Air Seasonal charter: Kazan, Krasnodar, Novosibirsk, Samara, Tyumen, Ufa, Yekaterinburg
Badr Airlines Khartoum
BH Air Seasonal charter: Sofia[44]
British Airways London–Heathrow
China Eastern Airlines Shanghai–Pudong[45]
Cyprus Airways Seasonal: Larnaca
Egyptair Abha, Abidjan,[46] Abu Dhabi, Abuja, Accra, Addis Ababa, Alexandria, Algiers, Amman–Queen Alia, Amsterdam, Asmara, Assiut, Aswan, Athens, Baghdad, Bahrain, Barcelona, Beijing–Capital,[47] Beirut, Benghazi,[48] Berlin, Brussels, Budapest, Casablanca, Copenhagen, Dammam, Dar es Salaam, Delhi,[49] Dhaka,[50] Djibouti,[51] Doha,[52] Douala, Dubai–International, Dublin, Düsseldorf,[53] El Kharga,[54] Entebbe, Erbil, Frankfurt, Fujairah,[55] Gassim, Geneva, Guangzhou, Hangzhou,[56][57][58] Hurghada, Istanbul,[59] Jakarta–Soekarno-Hatta,[60] Jeddah, Johannesburg–O.R. Tambo, Juba, Kano, Khartoum, Kigali, Kinshasa–N'djili,[61] Kuwait City, Lagos, Larnaca, Lisbon,[62] London–Heathrow, Luxor, Madrid, Manchester, Marsa Alam, Medina, Milan–Malpensa, Misrata,[63] Mogadishu,[51] Moroni,[64] Moscow–Domodedovo,[65] Mumbai, Munich, Muscat, Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta, N'Djamena, Newark,[66] New York–JFK, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Port Sudan,[67] Prague,[68] Riyadh, Rome–Fiumicino, Shanghai–Pudong,[69] Sharjah, Sharm El Sheikh, Sohag, Tokyo–Narita,[70] Toronto–Pearson, Tripoli–Mitiga,[71] Tunis, Vienna, Washington–Dulles,[72] Zürich[73]
Seasonal: El Alamein, Taba[74]
Seasonal charter: Osaka–Kansai,[75] São Paulo–Guarulhos
Emirates Dubai–International
Eritrean Airlines Asmara, Khartoum,[76] Milan–Malpensa[77]
Ethiopian Airlines Addis Ababa
Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi[78]
European Air Charter Seasonal charter: Sofia
Eurowings Düsseldorf[79]
Flyadeal[80] Dammam, Jeddah, Riyadh
FlyBaghdad Najaf[81]
Flynas Abha, Dammam,[82] Jeddah, Medina,[83] Riyadh[84]
Gulf Air Bahrain[85]
Hainan Airlines Shenzhen[86]
Iberia Madrid[87]
Iraqi Airways Baghdad, Basra, Erbil, Sulaimaniyah
ITA Airways Rome–Fiumicino[88]
Jazeera Airways Kuwait City
Jordan Aviation Amman–Queen Alia
Kuwait Airways Kuwait City
Libyan Airlines Benghazi, Tripoli–Mitiga[89]
LOT Polish Airlines Warsaw–Chopin
Lufthansa Frankfurt, Munich
Middle East Airlines Beirut
Neos Milan–Malpensa[90]
Nesma Airlines Abha, Gassim, Jeddah, Kuwait City,[91] Milan–Malpensa,[92] Tabuk, Ta'if, Yanbu
Seasonal: Luxor[93]
Nile Air Abha, Al Ain, Al Jawf, Arar,[94] Aswan, Baghdad, Basra, Bergamo,[95] Düsseldorf,[96][better source needed] Gassim, Ha'il, Hofuf, Hurghada, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, Jeddah, Jizan, Kuwait, Luxor, Port Sudan, Rome–Fiumicino,[97] Sharm El Sheikh, Sohag,[98] Stockholm–Arlanda,[99] Tabuk, Ta'if, Yanbu
Nordwind Airlines Saint Petersburg
Oman Air Muscat
Petroleum Air Services Seasonal charter: Abu Rudeis, Alexandria, Antalya, Aqaba, Aswan, El Kharga, Hurghada, Luxor, Paphos, Sharm El Sheikh
Qatar Airways Doha
Rossiya Airlines Sochi[100]
Royal Air Maroc Casablanca
Royal Jordanian Amman–Queen Alia[101]
Saudia Abha, Jeddah,[102] Medina, Neom Bay,[103] Riyadh
Sichuan Airlines Beijing–Capital,[104] Chengdu–Tianfu[105]
Sudan Airways Khartoum, Port Sudan
Swiss International Air Lines Zürich
Syrian Air Damascus, Latakia
Tarco Aviation Khartoum[106]
TAROM Bucharest–Otopeni[107]
Transavia Marseille (begins 5 April 2025),[108] Paris–Orly[109]
Tunisair Tunis
Turkish Airlines Istanbul
Vueling[110] Barcelona, Paris–Orly
Yemenia Aden, Seiyun

Cargo

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AirlinesDestinations
Cargolux[111] Beirut, Luxembourg
DHL Aviation[112] Bahrain
Egyptair Cargo[113] Accra, Amman–Queen Alia, Brussels,[114] Cologne/Bonn, Dammam, Dubai–Al Maktoum, Istanbul, Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo, Kano, Khartoum, Kuwait, Lagos, Lahore, Milan–Malpensa, Mumbai, N'Djamena, Ostend/Bruges, Riyadh, Sharjah
Emirates SkyCargo[115] Dubai–Al Maktoum
Ethiopian Airlines Cargo[116] Addis Ababa, Beirut, Liège
Lufthansa Cargo[117] Frankfurt
KLM Cargo[118] Amsterdam
Royal Jordanian Cargo[119] Amman–Queen Alia
Turkish Cargo[120] Istanbul

Ground transport

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Limousines and shuttle buses

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There are several ways to leave Cairo airport upon arrival. The most convenient way is by one of the numerous "limousine services". Pick-up points are in front of the terminals (curb side). The prices are fixed depending on the destination and the car category, but different providers may charge wildly different prices. Category A are luxury limousines (e.g. Mercedes-Benz E-Class), Category B are micro buses for up to seven passengers, Category C are midsized cars (e.g. Mitsubishi Lancer) and new Category D are London Taxis.[121]

Public transport

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Internal Cairo Airport Shuttle – shuffling passengers between Terminals 1, 2, 3 and the Cairo Airport Bus Terminal

A shuttle bus connects with all the passenger terminals and finally stops at the Cairo Airport Bus Terminal where public buses heading to other destinations in Cairo and connect frequently to major transportation hubs like Abbasia and Tahrir Square/Abdel-Moniem Riad bus terminus.

However, there were efforts by Transport for Cairo (TFC) to map the major bus routes and metro lines in Cairo.[122] Having this map in hand is useful.[123]

Also, scheduling and route information of both the public Cairo Transportation Authority[124] (CTA) and Mwasalat Mirs (MM)[125] buses are now readily available on Google Transit and can be accessed using the Google Maps app and website.[126][127]

There were plans to connect the Line 3 of the Cairo Metro to the airport, however, these plans have been put on hold.[citation needed] The nearest metro stations are Heliopolis and Adly Mansour stations.

Taxi

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With the exception of the so-called (and increasingly scarce) "Black and White" cabs, all regular Cairo taxis (colloquially known as the White taxi) are equipped with digital taxi meters. Taxi drivers in Cairo are legally required to switch on their Taxi meters the moment they pick up a new client (See video on Mada Masr).[128] However, some taxi drivers will try to either manipulate how the meter counts the distance driven (by electronically tampering with their meters).[129]

Ride sharing

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An affordable and reliable form of private transport readily available in Cairo are the popular ride-sharing mobile phone app based services such as Uber[130] and Careem,[131] which both accepts cash and card payments.

Car

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The airport can be reached via Oroba Road from Heliopolis or via the new road, connecting Terminal 3 with the Cairo Ring Road and Suez Road interchange.[132] The toll for driving into the airport grounds is approximately 30 EGP, depending on the type of the vehicle.[133]

Note: Cairo-Suez road is part of the Arab Mashreq International Road Network, designated as the Motorway 50/M50. It connects Cairo to Suez, South Sinai through the Ahmed Hamdi Tunnel under the Suez Canal, then to Israel via the Taba Border Crossing, Jordan via the Wadi Araba Crossing, to Saudi Arabia via Durra Border Crossing, and then finally into Iraq via the Arar border crossing where the road ends in the capital, Baghdad.[134] To bypass crossing through the Taba Border Crossing, where an entry visa to Israel may be required, the majority of the intra-Arab road traffic -including cargo and trucking- uses the NuweibaAqaba ferries.

Accidents and incidents

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  • On 20 February 1956, a Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux Douglas DC-6B on a scheduled Saigon-Karachi-Cairo-Paris flight crashed on approach to Cairo airport, killing 52 of the 63 people on board.
  • On 12 June 1961, KLM Flight 823, a Lockheed L-188 Electra crashed 4 km (2.5 mi) SE of Cairo Airport because of the pilot-in-command 's inattention to his instruments. Three crew and 17 passengers were killed out of the 36 passengers and crew on board.[135]
  • On 15 May 1962, a United Arab Airlines Douglas DC-3 crashed shortly after takeoff for a cargo flight to Beirut. All three occupants died.[136]
  • On 19 March 1965, Vickers Viscount YI-ACU of Iraqi Airways was damaged beyond economic repair when it ran into a number of lamp standards after a hydraulic system failure.[137]
  • On 20 May 1965, Pakistan International Airlines Flight 705, a Boeing 720-040B, crashed on approach to Runway 34, killing 121.
  • On 18 March 1966, United Arab Airlines Flight 749 crashed while attempting to land at Cairo International Airport. All 30 passengers and crew on board were killed.
  • On 15 January 1968, Douglas DC-3 SU-AJG of United Arab Airlines departed on an international scheduled cargo flight to Beirut when the crew decided to return due to icing. The aircraft subsequently broke up in mid-air and crashed at Zefta, killing all four people on board. The cargo shifting in flight and the aircraft being 500 kilograms (1,100 lb) overloaded may have contributed to the accident.[138]
  • On 6 September 1970, Pan Am Flight 93, which was flying to New York City from Amsterdam, was hijacked and landed in Cairo after refueling and picking up another hijacker in Beirut. The Boeing 747–100 was blown up after everyone got out. The hijackers were arrested later.
  • On 10 June 1986, an Air Sinai Fokker F-27 Friendship upon returning to Cairo crashed short of the runway while approaching in a sandstorm, colliding with the side of a building and catching fire. All five crew and 18 passengers out of the 26 on board were killed.[139]
  • On 31 March 1988, an Arax Airlines Douglas DC-8 crashed on its second takeoff attempt at the runway end because of an engine fire. All four occupants died.[140]
  • On 29 July 2011, EgyptAir Flight 667 caught fire while parked at the terminal just before its scheduled flight to Saudi Arabia. Everyone on board was able to quickly evacuate the aircraft.[141]

Accolades

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See also

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References

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Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

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