Cairo West Air Base

By the numbers

• 21,064 ft

  Runway, all told

  3.5 nm of pavement across 2 runways

• 6th

  Longest in Egypt

  of 21 airfields in the country

• 325th

  Longest in the world

  of 4,677 with a measured runway

• 7th

  Highest in Egypt

  557 ft above sea level

• 1 nm

  Nearest airfield

  HESX, bearing 244

• Asphalt

  Surface

  Every runway lit