Airports / Egypt / HECW
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
1 nm
To the nearest alternate
Sphinx International Airport (SPX) — 6 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Cairo West Air Base, listed as HECW, is a mid-sized airport in Cairo, Egypt. The field lies at an elevation of 557 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
HECW has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Sphinx International Airport (SPX, 1 nm), Almaza Air Force Base (HEAZ, 23 nm), and Cairo International Airport (CAI, 25 nm).
Quotes for flights out of HECW vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as CWE. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from HECW, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
HECW
IATA
—
FAA / Local
HECW
Elevation
557 ft
Coordinates
30.1164° N · 30.9155° 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 557 ft, HECW sits higher than 74% 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.
- 1nmSPXSphinx International AirportAl Jiza
- 23nmHEAZAlmaza Air Force BaseEl Nozha
- 25nmCAICairo International AirportCairo
- 30nmHE42Quesna AirportQuesna
- 31nmHE28Gebel El Basur Air BaseMarkaz Ad Delingat
- 39nmHE37Bilbeis Air BaseBilbeis
Location
Open the full mapHECW · Cairo West Air Base · Cairo, Egypt