North Africa
Egypt
Giza Governorate

Giza Sphinx International Airport

Sphinx International Airport is a public airport, serving the city of , on the western side of , .
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport in Egypt
  • Also known as: “HESX”, “Sphinx”, “Sphinx International Airport”, and “SPX”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cairo West Air Base.

Aerodrome
Cairo West AB is a military airport on the western side of , . The air base shares some infrastructure with the adjacent Sphinx International Airport.

Giza Sphinx International Airport

Latitude
30.1092° or 30° 6′ 33″ north
Longitude
30.88976° or 30° 53′ 23″ east
Elevation
153 metres (502 feet)
IATA airport code
SPX
ICAO airport code
HESX
Open location code
8G2G4V5Q+MW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 769619549
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
11203813
Wiki­data ID
Q28716932
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Giza Sphinx International Airport” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مطار سفنكس الدولي”
  • Bengali: “স্ফিংস আন্তর্জাতিক বিমানবন্দর”
  • Chinese: “斯芬克斯国际机场”
  • Dutch: “Internationale luchthaven van Gizeh-Sfinx”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مطار سفنكس الدولى”
  • French: “aéroport international du Sphinx”
  • French: “Aéroport international du Sphinx”
  • French: “HESX”
  • French: “SPX”
  • German: “Flughafen Sphinx International”
  • German: “HESX”
  • German: “Internationaler Flughafen Sphinx”
  • German: “Sphinx International Airport”
  • German: “SPX”
  • Hebrew: “נמל התעופה הבין-לאומי ספינקס”
  • Hebrew: “נמל התעופה הבינלאומי ספינקס”
  • Hindi: “स्फिंक्स अंतर्राष्ट्रीय विमान-पत्तन”
  • Hungarian: “Szfinx nemzetközi repülőtér”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Internasional Sfinks”
  • Indonesian: “SPX”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto internazionale Sfinge”
  • Japanese: “スフィンクス国際空港”
  • Malayalam: “സ്ഫിങ്സ് അന്താരാഷ്ട്ര വിമാനത്താവളം”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Internațional Sphinx”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Sphinx”
  • Russian: “Международный аэропорт Сфинкс”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional Esfinge”
  • Turkish: “Sphinx Uluslararası Havalimanı”
  • Turkish: “SPX”
  • Urdu: “سفنکس بین الاقوامی ہوائی اڈا”
  • Uzbek: “Sfinks xalqaro aeroporti”
  • Welsh: “Maes Awyr Rhyngwladol Sphinx”

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