Kibrit Air Base
Kibrit Air Base is an operational Egyptian Air Force helicopter base located in Egypt, approximately 20 miles north of Suez and 125 km east of Cairo. An SA-342 Gazelle unit is based here.- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: Egyptian air base
- Also known as: “Kabret”, “Kibrit Airfield”, “Kibrit Airfield, Kibrit Airfield”, “Maţār Kibrayt al Ḩarbī”, and “Maţār Kibrīt al Ḩarbī”
Kibrit Air Base
- Categories: airbase, Royal Air Force, military installation, and transportation
- Location: Suez Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
30.24008° or 30° 14′ 24″ north
Longitude
32.4918° or 32° 29′ 31″ east
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
Operator
Egyptian Air Force
Open location code
8G2J6FRR+2P
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodrome
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=military
OpenStreetMap feature
military=airfield
GeoNames ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Tajik—“Kibrit Air Base” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قاعدة كبريت الجوية”
- Arabic: “مطار كبرية الحربي”
- Arabic: “مطار كبريت الحربي”
- Cebuano: “Kibrit Airfield”
- French: “Kibrit Airfield”
- Hebrew: “כברית”
- Hebrew: “שדה התעופה כברית”
- Japanese: “カブリト飛行場”
- Persian: “پایگاه هوایی کبریت”
- Russian: “Кабрет”
- Russian: “Кибрит”
- Russian: “Эль-Кабрит”
- Swedish: “Kibrit Airfield”
- Tajik: “Пойгоҳи ҳавоӣ كбрит”
- Tajik: “Пойгоҳи ҳавоии Кибрит”
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