Airports / Egypt / HEGS
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
25 nm
To the nearest alternate
Gebel El Basur Air Base (HE28) — 3 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Jiyanklis Air Base, listed as HEGS, is a mid-sized airport in Abu El Matamir, Egypt. The airport sits 49 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 HEGS for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Gebel El Basur Air Base (HE28, 25 nm), Alexandria International Airport (HBE, 26 nm), and Birma Air Base (HE16, 38 nm).
Charter pricing from HEGS depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Abu El Matamir.
Field capability
ICAO
HEGS
IATA
—
FAA / Local
HEGS
Elevation
49 ft
Coordinates
30.8198° N · 30.1912° 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 49 ft, HEGS sits lower than 77% 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.
- 25nmHE28Gebel El Basur Air BaseMarkaz Ad Delingat
- 26nmHBEAlexandria International AirportAlexandria
- 38nmHE16Birma Air BaseTanta
- 51nmHE42Quesna AirportQuesna
- 56nmSPXSphinx International AirportAl Jiza
- 56nmHECWCairo West Air BaseCairo
Location
Open the full mapHEGS · Jiyanklis Air Base · Abu El Matamir, Egypt