Airports / Egypt / HEAZ
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
2 nm
To the nearest alternate
Cairo International Airport (CAI) — 6 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Located in El Nozha, Egypt, Almaza Air Force Base (HEAZ) operates as a mid-sized airport. The airport sits 246 feet above sea level. With no scheduled airline service, it caters to private, charter, and general aviation traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into HEAZ for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Cairo International Airport (CAI, 2 nm), Bilbeis Air Base (HE37, 22 nm), and Cairo West Air Base (HECW, 23 nm).
Charter pricing from HEAZ depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from El Nozha.
Field capability
ICAO
HEAZ
IATA
—
FAA / Local
HEAZ
Elevation
246 ft
Coordinates
30.0917° N · 31.3597° 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 246 ft, HEAZ sits higher than 55% 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.
- 2nmCAICairo International AirportCairo
- 22nmHE37Bilbeis Air BaseBilbeis
- 23nmHECWCairo West Air BaseCairo
- 24nmSPXSphinx International AirportAl Jiza
- 25nmCCECapital International AirportNew Cairo
- 26nmEG-0003Bilbeis 2 AirfieldBilbeis
Location
Open the full mapHEAZ · Almaza Air Force Base · El Nozha, Egypt