Airports / Egypt / HE42
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
18 nm
To the nearest alternate
Birma Air Base (HE16) — 6 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Quesna Airport, listed as HE42, is a mid-sized airport in Quesna, Egypt. The field lies at an elevation of 33 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
HE42 has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Birma Air Base (HE16, 18 nm), Bilbeis Air Base (HE37, 27 nm), and Al Mansurah Airbase (HE32, 28 nm).
Quotes for flights out of HE42 vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as Quweisna and قويسنا. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from HE42, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
HE42
IATA
—
FAA / Local
—
Elevation
33 ft
Coordinates
30.5790° N · 31.1292° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs Egypt fields
state range 10–4,402 ft
At 33 ft, HE42 sits lower than 87% of the 31 Egypt fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 18nmHE16Birma Air BaseTanta
- 27nmHE37Bilbeis Air BaseBilbeis
- 28nmHE32Al Mansurah AirbaseMansoura
- 30nmHE28Gebel El Basur Air BaseMarkaz Ad Delingat
- 30nmHECWCairo West Air BaseCairo
- 30nmEG-0003Bilbeis 2 AirfieldBilbeis
Location
Open the full mapHE42 · Quesna Airport · Quesna, Egypt