Cairo West Air Base

Cairo West AB is a military airport on the western side of , . The air base shares some infrastructure with the adjacent .
Wikipedia
  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: Egyptian military airport near Cairo
  • Also known as: “Cairo West AB”, “Cairo West Airport”, “CWE”, and “HECW”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Giza Sphinx International Airport.

Aerodrome
Photo: Nabbegat, CC BY 4.0.
Sphinx International Airport is a public airport, serving the city of , on the western side of , .

Cairo West Air Base

Latitude
30.11688° or 30° 7′ 1″ north
Longitude
30.91637° or 30° 54′ 59″ east
Elevation
150 metres (492 feet)
ICAO airport code
HECW
Open location code
8G2G4W88+QG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1042043150
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
7730090
Wiki­data ID
Q18205754
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Cairo West Air Base” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قاعدة غرب القاهرة الجوية”
  • Arabic: “مطار غرب القاهرة العسكري”
  • Cebuano: “Cairo West Airport”
  • Chinese: “开罗西空军基地”
  • Chinese: “開羅西空軍基地”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “قاعدة غرب القاهره الجويه”
  • French: “Cairo West Air Base”
  • French: “HECW”
  • German: “Cairo West Air Base”
  • German: “HECW”
  • Hebrew: “שדה התעופה קהיר מערב”
  • Indonesian: “CWE”
  • Indonesian: “HECW”
  • Indonesian: “Pangkalan Udara Kairo Barat”
  • Italian: “Base aerea Cairo-West”
  • Japanese: “カイロ西空軍基地”
  • Malay: “Pangkalan Udara Kaherah Barat”
  • Swedish: “Cairo West Airbase”
  • Swedish: “Cairo West Airport”
  • Turkish: “CWE”
  • Turkish: “HECW”
  • Turkish: “Kahire Batı Hava Üssü”
  • “Kahire Batı Hava Üssü”

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