Airport map and runways

Cairo West Air Base (HECW)

Cairo, Egypt · ICAO HECW

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Map: OpenStreetMap contributors, captured 20 Oct 2026. North is up and the drawing is simplified. Each runway is labelled at its ends.

Location: Cairo, Egypt
ICAO code: HECW
IATA code: None in our airport list
Elevation: 557 ft
Longest runway: 11,939 ft (16L/34R)
Runways: 2
Size class: Medium
Position: 30.1164, 30.9155

About HECW

Cairo West Air Base (HECW) is a medium airport in Cairo, Egypt. Our airport list gives it no IATA code. Its two runways are 16L/34R and 10/28. The longer one, 16L/34R, is 11,939 ft. All of them have hard surfaces. The OpenStreetMap layout shows 121 taxiway segments, 5 aprons and 2 terminal outlines. The route snapshot of 14 Oct 2026 has no scheduled routes for HECW.

Runways

Runways, longest first
Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Lights
16L / 34R	11,939 ft	196 ft	Hard	Lit
10 / 28	9,125 ft	147 ft	Hard	Lit

Runway idents and sizes from OurAirports. The runway headings in the source do not always match the idents, so only the idents are shown.

Scheduled routes

The route snapshot of 14 Oct 2026 has no scheduled routes for this airport.

Nearby airports with maps

The closest airports that have a map and a page here.

Sphinx International Airport (SPX) 2 km (1 mi)
October Airport (HEOC) 35 km (22 mi)
Almaza Air Force Base (HEAZ) 43 km (27 mi)
Cairo International Airport (CAI) 46 km (29 mi)
Quesna Airport (HE42) 55 km (34 mi)
Inshas Air Base (HE12) 57 km (35 mi)
Gebel El Basur Air Base (HE28) 58 km (36 mi)
Kawm Ushim Airport (HE30) 64 km (40 mi)

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Sources: airport and runway data from OurAirports (public domain). Map data from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Routes from Virtual Radar Server standing data (CC0), snapshot of 14 Oct 2026.