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Cairo International Airport

January 01, 1970

Cairo International Airport (IATA: CAI, ICAO: HECA) (Arabic: مطار القاهرة الدولي; Maṭār El Qāhira El Dawli) is the principal international airport of Cairo and the largest and busiest airport in Egypt. It serves as the primary hub for Egyptair and Nile Air as well as several other airlines.[5][6][7] The airport is located in Heliopolis, to the northeast of Cairo around fifteen kilometres (eight nautical miles) from the business area of the city and has an area of approximately 37 km2 (14 sq mi). It is the busiest airport in Africa, in terms of total passengers.[8]

Cairo International Airport

مطار القاهرة الدولي

Maṭār El Qāhira El Dawli
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerEgyptian Holding Company for Airports and Air Navigation
OperatorCairo Airport Company
ServesGreater Cairo
LocationHeliopolis, Cairo
Opened1963
Hub for
Elevation AMSL382 ft / 116 m
Coordinates30°07′19″N 31°24′20″E / 30.12194°N 31.40556°E / 30.12194; 31.40556
Websitecairo-airport.com
Maps
CAI
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
05L/23R 3,300 10,830 Asphalt
05C/23C 4,000 13,120 Asphalt
05R/23L 4,000 13,123 Asphalt
Statistics (2012)
Passengers14,711,500
Economic impact$2.0 billion[1]
Social impact211.5 thousand[1]
Sources: Airport website[2] and DAFIF[3][4]
Passenger statistics[1]

History edit

During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) built John Payne Field Air Force Base[9] to serve the Allied Forces, rather than take over the existing Almaza Airport located 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) away. Payne Field was a major Air Transport Command air cargo and passenger hub, connecting westwards through Benghazi Airport (during the war known as Soluch Airfield) to Algiers airport on the North African route to Dakar Airport, in French West Africa.

Other locations that transport routes were flown were RAF Habbaniya, Iraq on the Cairo – Karachi, India route; Lydda Airport, British Palestine; Jeddah, Arabia, on the Central African route to Roberts Field, Liberia (1941–1943), and later after the war ended, Athens, Greece and on to destinations in Europe.[10]

When American forces left the base at the end of the war, the Civil Aviation Authority took over the facility and began using it for international civil aviation. In 1963, Cairo International Airport replaced the old Heliopolis Airport, which had been located at the Hike-Step area in the east of Cairo.[11]

The airport is administered by the Egyptian Holding Company for Airports and Air Navigation, which controls the Cairo Airport Company, the Egyptian Airports Company, National Air Navigation Services and Aviation Information Technology, and the Cairo Airport Authority. In 2004, Fraport AG won the management contract to run the airport for eight years, with options to extend the contract twice in one-year increments.[12]

Terminals edit

Terminal 1 edit

Terminal 1 is the oldest terminal currently in operation, having been inaugurated on 18 March 1963 by President Gamal Abdel Nasser.[13] Over the years, the terminal witnessed several expansion projects; a second hall was constructed between 1977–79 and a third one was completed in 1980. In the early 2000s, work commenced on the renovation of the ground floor, along with the addition of an expanded departure hall containing a mezzanine floor, thereby allowing more natural light into the terminal. All phases of the project were completed by the end of 2003.[13]

Terminal 1 was originally used by EgyptAir and several Middle Eastern airlines. However, an increasing number of other foreign carriers, such as Air France and KLM transferred operations from Terminal 2 in 2006. In May 2009, EgyptAir moved all its operations to the new Terminal 3 (along with all Star Alliance airlines serving the airport).[citation needed]

The terminal facilities include Departure Hall 1, International Hall 3, and Hall 4 for private and non-commercial aircraft services. As part of the recent[when?] upgrading and facility improvement scheme, the CAA demolished the old Hall 3, previously used for domestic arrivals and departures, to reconstruct a new hall to be used for international arrivals.[citation needed]

Departures and arrivals are with all airlines departing from Terminal 1 Hall 1, with the exception of Saudia, which is the sole tenant of Terminal 1 Hall 2 due to the size of their operations (SV accounted for 65% of Terminal 2's traffic in 2009).[citation needed] Most international airlines arrive in Hall 3. Arrival Hall serves international and domestic arrivals.

The CAC has inaugurated the "Airport City Concept" to provide an array of services and entertainment facilities to travelers, airport visitors, as well as the general public. The first phase, a new shopping mall called the 'AirMall' has been built near Terminal 1's International Arrival Hall 3.

As of 2009, the facade of the terminal was being upgraded. Terminal 1 has 12 gates.

Hall 4 edit

Terminal 1, Hall 4 is dedicated to private jet and executive jet services. Even though it is referred to as a 'Hall' under Terminal 1 it is operated independently from the commercial passenger terminal.[citation needed]

Smart Aviation Company has been based at the building since 2007; it moved to a new executive FBO in 2010 adjacent to Hall 4.

 
Departures area at Terminal 1

Terminal 2 edit

 
Cairo Duty-Free at Cairo Airport Terminal 2

Terminal 2 was inaugurated in 1986 with 7 boarding gates.[14] It primarily served European, Gulf and East Asian airlines. The terminal was closed in April 2010 for complete renovations starting in 2012 and lasting 36 months. The architecture of the building limited the opportunities for further expansion, which necessitated the entire building to be closed for major structural overhaul at an estimated cost of approximately $400 million.[15]

 
Gate at Terminal 3 Cairo International Airport

The renovated terminal is operating jointly with Terminal 3 as one integrated terminal via an air bridge, thus, reinforcing the role of Cairo International Airport as a regional hub.[citation needed]

Terminal 3 edit

Given projected growth, and the limited ability to expand Terminal 2, the Egyptian Ministry of Civil Aviation began construction of Terminal 3 in 2004. The terminal was officially inaugurated on 18 December 2008 and opened for commercial operations on 27 April 2009. The facility is twice as large as the current two terminal buildings combined, with the capacity to handle 11 million passengers annually (6 million international and 5 million domestic) once the first phase is completed. It is adjacent to Terminal 2, and the two terminals are initially connected by a bridge.

With its hub at the airport, EgyptAir's operations were overhauled with the full transfer of its operations (international and domestic) into the new terminal between 27 April and 15 June 2009. To implement the Star Alliance "Move Under One Roof" concept, all Alliance members serving the airport were relocated to the terminal by the first of August 2009.

The new terminal includes:

  • Two piers of extendable capacity and gates facilities serving domestic and international traffic on contact and remote stands. The main building and the piers are connected by concourses. Two of the gates are equipped to handle Airbus A380 aircraft. Provisions for a third pier are in the planning stages.
  • Terminal 3 has 23 gates (2 gates for the A380), 6 check-in islands consisting of 110 check-in counters (plus 10 mobile counters and 10 CUSS kiosks), 76 immigration counters (plus 5 biometric gates), 52 contact and remote aircraft parking stands (5 with multiple uses), 425 FIDS, 15 public information points, 7 baggage carousels, 63 elevators, 50 moving walkways and 51 escalators.
  • Retail space covers more than 5,000m2 (4.034m2 occupied by EgyptAir Tourism & Duty Free Shops).
  •  
    Terminal 3 Duty free area
    International food court with Oriental, Asian and Western food (incl. Burger King, Hippopotamus, Upper Crust).
  • Landside roads including bridges and flyover serving the traffic to and from the terminal building, surface car park areas (multi-story parking garage capable of holding more than 3,000 cars), a new access road connecting the airport with the Autostrad road (Cairo ring road) and upgrading the access roads.

Seasonal flight terminal edit

On 20 September 2011, Prime Minister Sharaf inaugurated the new Seasonal Flights Terminal (ST)[citation needed], located west of Terminal 3. During the start-up phase EgyptAir operates its daily flight to Medina from the new Terminal. All Hajj traffic of EgyptAir will move to the ST while Saudia's Hajj flights will still operate from Terminal 1.

The terminal has an annual capacity of 3.2 million passengers with 27 check-in counters and 7 gates with a common gate and single security concept, the first in Cairo. It is designed to handle 1,200 passengers per hour. Passengers will be bussed to remote aircraft stands around Terminal 3. Its purpose is to ease operational strains on the existing terminals during pilgrim seasons.[16]

Facilities edit

Overview edit

 
Airport entrance

The airport has four terminals, the third (and largest) opened on 27 April 2009 and the Seasonal Flights Terminal opened on 20 September 2011. Terminal 2 was closed in April 2010 for major renovation works and was reopened on 28 September 2016. A third parallel runway replaced the crossing runway in 2010.[17] Runway 05L/23R is 3,301 metres (10,830 ft) long, 05C/23C has a length of 4,000 metres (13,000 ft), and the new runway is designated as 05R/23L and is 3,999 metres (13,120 ft) long.

Terminal Transfer edit

The MiniMetro people mover links Terminal 1, the AirMall, the multi-storey car park and Terminals 2 and 3. The main station is located between Terminals 2 and 3 and is an integral part of the bridge connecting the two terminals. An air-cushioned 1.85 km (1.15 mi) system with top speed 50 km/h (31 mph) was designed and constructed by Leitner-Poma.[18][19]  

 
Obelisk of Ramses II at Cairo Int. Airport

Airport Hotel edit

A luxury 350-room five-star Le Méridien hotel opened in front of Terminal 3 in December 2013.[citation needed] The hotel is linked to the terminal by a 230-metre-long (750 ft) skyway that is also equipped with a moving walkway.

Statistics edit

Annual passenger traffic at CAI airport. See Wikidata query.

The sharp decline in 2020 was caused by the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide and in Egypt.

Airlines and destinations edit

Passenger edit

AirlinesDestinations
Aegean Airlines Athens
Aeroflot Moscow–Sheremetyevo
Afriqiyah Airways[20] Benghazi, Misrata, Tripoli–Mitiga
Air Algérie Algiers
Air Arabia Abu Dhabi, Al Jawf, Bahrain,[21] Bergamo, Dammam,[22] Gassim, Ha'il, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen,[23] Jeddah, Luxor,[24][better source needed] Muscat,[25] Ras Al Khaimah, Riyadh, Sharjah, Tabuk, Ta'if, Yanbu[26]
Seasonal: Aswan[27][better source needed]
Air Cairo Abha,[28] Abu Simbel,[29] Aswan,[30] Bilbao, Bologna,[31] Catania,[32] Dakar–Diass,[33] Gassim, Hurghada,[30] Jeddah, Kuwait City,[34] Luxor,[30] Málaga,[35] Marsa Alam,[30] Milan–Malpensa,[36] Ouagadougou,[33] Riyadh, Rome–Fiumicino,[32] Sharm El Sheikh, Sohag,[30] Tangier,[37] Valencia, Yerevan (begins 18 June 2024)[38]
Seasonal: Marsa Matruh
Air France Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Air Montenegro Seasonal charter: Podgorica[39]
Alexandria Airlines Jeddah[40]
AlMasria Universal Airlines Seasonal: Bergamo, Kuwait
Austrian Airlines Vienna
Azur Air Seasonal charter: Kazan, Krasnodar, Novosibirsk, Samara, Tyumen, Ufa, Yekaterinburg
Badr Airlines Khartoum
BH Air Seasonal charter: Sofia[41]
British Airways London–Heathrow
China Eastern Airlines Shanghai–Pudong[42]
Cyprus Airways Seasonal: Larnaca
Egyptair Abidjan (begins 10 July 2024), [43], Abha, Abu Dhabi, Abuja, Accra, Addis Ababa, Alexandria, Algiers, Amman–Queen Alia, Amsterdam, Asmara, Assiut, Aswan, Athens, Baghdad, Bahrain, Barcelona, Beijing–Capital,[44] Beirut, Benghazi,[45] Berlin, Brussels, Budapest, Casablanca, Copenhagen, Dammam, Dar es Salaam, Delhi,[46] Dhaka,[47] Doha,[48] Douala, Dubai–International, Dublin, Düsseldorf,[49] El Kharga,[50] Entebbe, Erbil, Frankfurt, Fujairah (resumes 11 July 2024),[51] Gassim, Geneva, Guangzhou, Hangzhou,[52][53] Hurghada, Istanbul,[54] Jakarta–Soekarno-Hatta,[55] Jeddah, Johannesburg–O.R. Tambo, Juba, Kano, Khartoum, Kigali, Kinshasa–N'djili,[56] Kuwait City, Lagos, Larnaca, London–Heathrow, Luxor, Madrid, Manchester, Marsa Alam, Medina, Milan–Malpensa, Misrata,[57] Moroni,[58] Moscow–Domodedovo,[59] Mumbai, Munich, Muscat, Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta, N'Djamena, Newark,[60] New York–JFK, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Port Sudan,[61] Prague (begins 9 July 2024),[62] Riyadh, Rome–Fiumicino, Shanghai–Pudong,[63] Sharjah, Sharm El Sheikh, Sohag, Tel Aviv, Tokyo–Narita,[64] Toronto–Pearson, Tripoli–Mitiga,[65] Tunis, Vienna, Washington–Dulles,[66] Zürich (resumes 8 July 2024)[67]
Charter: Taba[68]
Seasonal charter: Osaka–Kansai,[69] São Paulo–Guarulhos
Emirates Dubai–International
Eritrean Airlines Asmara, Khartoum,[70] Milan–Malpensa[71]
Ethiopian Airlines Addis Ababa
Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi
European Air Charter Seasonal charter: Sofia
Flyadeal[72] Dammam, Jeddah, Riyadh
FlyBaghdad Najaf (suspended)[73]
FlyEgypt[74] Jeddah, Riyadh, Sharjah
Flynas Abha, Dammam,[75] Jeddah, Medina,[76] Riyadh[77]
Gulf Air Bahrain
Hainan Airlines Shenzhen[78]
Iberia Seasonal: Madrid[79]
Iraqi Airways Baghdad, Basra, Erbil, Sulaimaniyah
ITA Airways Rome–Fiumicino[80]
Jazeera Airways Kuwait City
Jordan Aviation Amman–Queen Alia
Kuwait Airways Kuwait City
Libyan Airlines Benghazi, Tripoli–Mitiga[81]
LOT Polish Airlines Warsaw–Chopin
Lufthansa Frankfurt, Munich
Middle East Airlines Beirut
Neos Milan–Malpensa[82]
Nesma Airlines Abha, Gassim, Jeddah, Kuwait City,[83] Tabuk, Ta'if, Yanbu
Nile Air Abha, Al Ain, Al Jawf, Aswan, Baghdad, Basra, Bergamo (begins 28 June 2024),[84] Düsseldorf,[85][better source needed] Gassim, Ha'il, Hofuf, Hurghada, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, Jeddah, Jizan, Kuwait, Luxor, Port Sudan, Rome–Fiumicino,[86] Sharm El Sheikh, Sohag,[87] Stockholm–Arlanda,[88] Tabuk, Ta'if, Yanbu
Nordwind Airlines Saint Petersburg
Oman Air Muscat
Petroleum Air Services Seasonal Charter: Abu Rudeis, Alexandria, Antalya, Aqaba, Aswan, El Kharga, Hurghada, Luxor, Paphos, Sharm El Sheikh
Qatar Airways Doha
Rossiya Airlines Sochi[89]
Royal Air Maroc Casablanca
Royal Jordanian Amman–Queen Alia[90]
Saudia Abha, Jeddah, Medina, Riyadh
Sichuan Airlines Beijing–Capital,[91] Chengdu–Tianfu[92]
Sudan Airways Khartoum, Port Sudan
Swiss International Air Lines Zürich
Syrian Air Damascus, Latakia
Tarco Aviation Khartoum[93]
TAROM Bucharest–Otopeni[94]
Transavia Paris–Orly[95]
Tunisair Tunis
Turkish Airlines Istanbul
Vueling[96] Barcelona, Paris–Orly
Yemenia Aden, Seiyun

Cargo edit

Ground transport edit

Limousines and shuttle buses edit

There are several ways to leave Cairo airport upon arrival. The most convenient way is by one of the numerous "limousine services". Pick-up points are in front of the terminals (curb side). The prices are fixed depending on the destination and the car category, but different providers may charge wildly different prices. Category A are luxury limousines (e.g. Mercedes-Benz E-Class), Category B are micro buses for up to seven passengers, Category C are midsized cars (e.g. Mitsubishi Lancer) and new Category D are London Taxis.[106]

Public transport edit

 
Internal Cairo Airport Shuttle – shuffling passengers between Terminals 1, 2, 3 and the Cairo Airport Bus Terminal

A shuttle bus connects with all the passenger terminals and finally stops at the Cairo Airport Bus Terminal where public buses heading to other destinations in Cairo and connect frequently to major transportation hubs like Abbasia and Tahrir Square/Abdel-Moniem Riad bus terminus.

However, there were efforts by Transport for Cairo (TFC) to map the major bus routes and metro lines in Cairo.[107] Having this map in hand is useful.[108]

Also, scheduling and route information of both the public Cairo Transportation Authority[109] (CTA) and Mwasalat Mirs (MM)[110] buses are now readily available on Google Transit and can be accessed using the Google Maps app and website.[111][112]

There were plans to connect the Line 3 of the Cairo Metro to the airport, however, these plans have been put on hold.[citation needed] The nearest metro stations are Heliopolis square and Adly Mansour Interchange station.

Taxi edit

With the exception of the so-called (and increasingly scarce) "Black and White" cabs, all regular Cairo taxis (colloquially known as the White taxi) are equipped with digital taxi meters. Taxi drivers in Cairo are legally required to switch on their Taxi meters the moment they pick up a new client (See video on Mada Masr).[113] However, some taxi drivers will try to either manipulate how the meter counts the distance driven (by electronically tampering with their meters)[114] or will remove the meter and force the customer to bargain for a price.[115]

Ride Sharing edit

An affordable and reliable form of private transport readily available in Cairo are the popular ride-sharing mobile phone app based services such as Uber[116] and Careem,[117] which both accepts cash and card payments.

Car edit

The airport can be reached via Oroba Road from Heliopolis or via the new road, connecting Terminal 3 with the Cairo Ring Road and Suez Road interchange.[118] The toll for driving into the airport grounds is approximately 30 EGP, depending on the type of the vehicle.[119]

Note: Cairo-Suez road is part of the Arab Mashreq International Road Network, designated as the Motorway 50/M50. It connects Cairo to Suez, South Sinai through the Ahmed Hamdi Tunnel under the Suez Canal, then to Israel via the Taba Border Crossing, Jordan via the Wadi Araba Crossing, to Saudi Arabia via Durra Border Crossing, and then finally into Iraq via the Arar border crossing where the road ends in the capital, Baghdad.[120] To bypass crossing through the Taba Border Crossing, where an entry visa to Israel may be required, the majority of the intra-Arab road traffic -including cargo and trucking- uses the Nuweiba – Aqaba ferries.

Accidents and incidents edit

  • On 20 February 1956, a "Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux" Douglas DC-6B on a scheduled Saigon-Karachi-Cairo-Paris flight crashed on approach to Cairo airport, killing 52 of the 63 people on board.
  • On 12 June 1961, KLM Flight 823, a Lockheed L-188 Electra crashed 4 km (2.5 mi) SE of Cairo Airport because of the pilot-in-command 's inattention to his instruments. Three crew and 17 passengers were killed out of the 36 passengers and crew on board.[121]
  • On 15 May 1962, a United Arab Airlines Douglas DC-3 crashed shortly after takeoff for a cargo flight to Beirut. All three occupants died.[122]
  • On 19 March 1965, Vickers Viscount YI-ACU of Iraqi Airways was damaged beyond economic repair when it ran into a number of lamp standards after a hydraulic system failure.[123]
  • On 20 May 1965, Pakistan International Airlines Flight 705, a Boeing 720-040B, crashed on approach to Runway 34, killing 121.
  • On 18 March 1966, United Arab Airlines Flight 749 crashed while attempting to land at Cairo International Airport. All 30 passengers and crew on board were killed.
  • On 15 January 1968, Douglas DC-3 SU-AJG of United Arab Airlines departed on an international scheduled cargo flight to Beirut when the crew decided to return due to icing. The aircraft subsequently broke up in mid-air and crashed at Zefta, killing all four people on board. The cargo shifting in flight and the aircraft being 500 kilograms (1,100 lb) overloaded may have contributed to the accident.[124]
  • On 6 September 1970, Pan Am Flight 93, which was flying to New York City from Amsterdam, was hijacked and landed in Cairo after refueling and picking up another hijacker in Beirut. The Boeing 747–100 was blown up after everyone got out. The hijackers were arrested later.
  • On 10 June 1986, an Air Sinai Fokker F-27 Friendship upon returning to Cairo crashed short of the runway while approaching in a sandstorm, colliding with the side of a building and catching fire. All five crew and 18 passengers out of the 26 on board were killed.[125]
  • On 31 March 1988, an Arax Airlines Douglas DC-8 crashed on its second takeoff attempt at the runway end because of an engine fire. All four occupants died.[126]
  • On 29 July 2011, EgyptAir Flight 667 caught fire while parked at the terminal just before its scheduled flight to Saudi Arabia. Everyone on board was able to quickly evacuate the aircraft.[127]

Accolades edit

See also edit

References edit

  This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

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January 01, 1970
cairo, international, airport, iata, icao, heca, arabic, مطار, القاهرة, الدولي, maṭār, qāhira, dawli, principal, international, airport, cairo, largest, busiest, airport, egypt, serves, primary, egyptair, nile, well, several, other, airlines, airport, located,. Cairo International Airport IATA CAI ICAO HECA Arabic مطار القاهرة الدولي Maṭar El Qahira El Dawli is the principal international airport of Cairo and the largest and busiest airport in Egypt It serves as the primary hub for Egyptair and Nile Air as well as several other airlines 5 6 7 The airport is located in Heliopolis to the northeast of Cairo around fifteen kilometres eight nautical miles from the business area of the city and has an area of approximately 37 km2 14 sq mi It is the busiest airport in Africa in terms of total passengers 8 Cairo International Airportمطار القاهرة الدوليMaṭar El Qahira El DawliIATA CAIICAO HECASummaryAirport typePublicOwnerEgyptian Holding Company for Airports and Air NavigationOperatorCairo Airport CompanyServesGreater CairoLocationHeliopolis CairoOpened1963Hub forEgyptair Nile Air Air Cairo Air Arabia EgyptElevation AMSL382 ft 116 mCoordinates30 07 19 N 31 24 20 E 30 12194 N 31 40556 E 30 12194 31 40556Websitecairo airport comMapsCAIRunwaysDirection Length Surface m ft 05L 23R 3 300 10 830 Asphalt 05C 23C 4 000 13 120 Asphalt 05R 23L 4 000 13 123 AsphaltStatistics 2012 Passengers14 711 500Economic impact 2 0 billion 1 Social impact211 5 thousand 1 Sources Airport website 2 and DAFIF 3 4 Passenger statistics 1 Contents 1 History 2 Terminals 2 1 Terminal 1 2 1 1 Hall 4 2 2 Terminal 2 2 3 Terminal 3 2 4 Seasonal flight terminal 3 Facilities 3 1 Overview 3 1 1 Terminal Transfer 3 1 2 Airport Hotel 4 Statistics 5 Airlines and destinations 5 1 Passenger 5 2 Cargo 6 Ground transport 6 1 Limousines and shuttle buses 6 2 Public transport 6 3 Taxi 6 4 Ride Sharing 6 5 Car 7 Accidents and incidents 8 Accolades 9 See also 10 References 11 External linksHistory editDuring World War II the United States Army Air Forces USAAF built John Payne Field Air Force Base 9 to serve the Allied Forces rather than take over the existing Almaza Airport located 5 kilometres 3 1 mi away Payne Field was a major Air Transport Command air cargo and passenger hub connecting westwards through Benghazi Airport during the war known as Soluch Airfield to Algiers airport on the North African route to Dakar Airport in French West Africa Other locations that transport routes were flown were RAF Habbaniya Iraq on the Cairo Karachi India route Lydda Airport British Palestine Jeddah Arabia on the Central African route to Roberts Field Liberia 1941 1943 and later after the war ended Athens Greece and on to destinations in Europe 10 When American forces left the base at the end of the war the Civil Aviation Authority took over the facility and began using it for international civil aviation In 1963 Cairo International Airport replaced the old Heliopolis Airport which had been located at the Hike Step area in the east of Cairo 11 The airport is administered by the Egyptian Holding Company for Airports and Air Navigation which controls the Cairo Airport Company the Egyptian Airports Company National Air Navigation Services and Aviation Information Technology and the Cairo Airport Authority In 2004 Fraport AG won the management contract to run the airport for eight years with options to extend the contract twice in one year increments 12 Terminals editTerminal 1 edit Terminal 1 is the oldest terminal currently in operation having been inaugurated on 18 March 1963 by President Gamal Abdel Nasser 13 Over the years the terminal witnessed several expansion projects a second hall was constructed between 1977 79 and a third one was completed in 1980 In the early 2000s work commenced on the renovation of the ground floor along with the addition of an expanded departure hall containing a mezzanine floor thereby allowing more natural light into the terminal All phases of the project were completed by the end of 2003 13 Terminal 1 was originally used by EgyptAir and several Middle Eastern airlines However an increasing number of other foreign carriers such as Air France and KLM transferred operations from Terminal 2 in 2006 In May 2009 EgyptAir moved all its operations to the new Terminal 3 along with all Star Alliance airlines serving the airport citation needed The terminal facilities include Departure Hall 1 International Hall 3 and Hall 4 for private and non commercial aircraft services As part of the recent when upgrading and facility improvement scheme the CAA demolished the old Hall 3 previously used for domestic arrivals and departures to reconstruct a new hall to be used for international arrivals citation needed Departures and arrivals are with all airlines departing from Terminal 1 Hall 1 with the exception of Saudia which is the sole tenant of Terminal 1 Hall 2 due to the size of their operations SV accounted for 65 of Terminal 2 s traffic in 2009 citation needed Most international airlines arrive in Hall 3 Arrival Hall serves international and domestic arrivals The CAC has inaugurated the Airport City Concept to provide an array of services and entertainment facilities to travelers airport visitors as well as the general public The first phase a new shopping mall called the AirMall has been built near Terminal 1 s International Arrival Hall 3 As of 2009 the facade of the terminal was being upgraded Terminal 1 has 12 gates Hall 4 edit Terminal 1 Hall 4 is dedicated to private jet and executive jet services Even though it is referred to as a Hall under Terminal 1 it is operated independently from the commercial passenger terminal citation needed Smart Aviation Company has been based at the building since 2007 it moved to a new executive FBO in 2010 adjacent to Hall 4 nbsp Departures area at Terminal 1 Terminal 2 edit nbsp Cairo Duty Free at Cairo Airport Terminal 2 Terminal 2 was inaugurated in 1986 with 7 boarding gates 14 It primarily served European Gulf and East Asian airlines The terminal was closed in April 2010 for complete renovations starting in 2012 and lasting 36 months The architecture of the building limited the opportunities for further expansion which necessitated the entire building to be closed for major structural overhaul at an estimated cost of approximately 400 million 15 nbsp Gate at Terminal 3 Cairo International Airport The renovated terminal is operating jointly with Terminal 3 as one integrated terminal via an air bridge thus reinforcing the role of Cairo International Airport as a regional hub citation needed Terminal 3 edit This section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed December 2021 Learn how and when to remove this message Given projected growth and the limited ability to expand Terminal 2 the Egyptian Ministry of Civil Aviation began construction of Terminal 3 in 2004 The terminal was officially inaugurated on 18 December 2008 and opened for commercial operations on 27 April 2009 The facility is twice as large as the current two terminal buildings combined with the capacity to handle 11 million passengers annually 6 million international and 5 million domestic once the first phase is completed It is adjacent to Terminal 2 and the two terminals are initially connected by a bridge With its hub at the airport EgyptAir s operations were overhauled with the full transfer of its operations international and domestic into the new terminal between 27 April and 15 June 2009 To implement the Star Alliance Move Under One Roof concept all Alliance members serving the airport were relocated to the terminal by the first of August 2009 The new terminal includes Two piers of extendable capacity and gates facilities serving domestic and international traffic on contact and remote stands The main building and the piers are connected by concourses Two of the gates are equipped to handle Airbus A380 aircraft Provisions for a third pier are in the planning stages Terminal 3 has 23 gates 2 gates for the A380 6 check in islands consisting of 110 check in counters plus 10 mobile counters and 10 CUSS kiosks 76 immigration counters plus 5 biometric gates 52 contact and remote aircraft parking stands 5 with multiple uses 425 FIDS 15 public information points 7 baggage carousels 63 elevators 50 moving walkways and 51 escalators Retail space covers more than 5 000m2 4 034m2 occupied by EgyptAir Tourism amp Duty Free Shops nbsp Terminal 3 Duty free areaInternational food court with Oriental Asian and Western food incl Burger King Hippopotamus Upper Crust Landside roads including bridges and flyover serving the traffic to and from the terminal building surface car park areas multi story parking garage capable of holding more than 3 000 cars a new access road connecting the airport with the Autostrad road Cairo ring road and upgrading the access roads Seasonal flight terminal edit On 20 September 2011 Prime Minister Sharaf inaugurated the new Seasonal Flights Terminal ST citation needed located west of Terminal 3 During the start up phase EgyptAir operates its daily flight to Medina from the new Terminal All Hajj traffic of EgyptAir will move to the ST while Saudia s Hajj flights will still operate from Terminal 1 The terminal has an annual capacity of 3 2 million passengers with 27 check in counters and 7 gates with a common gate and single security concept the first in Cairo It is designed to handle 1 200 passengers per hour Passengers will be bussed to remote aircraft stands around Terminal 3 Its purpose is to ease operational strains on the existing terminals during pilgrim seasons 16 Facilities editOverview edit nbsp Airport entrance The airport has four terminals the third and largest opened on 27 April 2009 and the Seasonal Flights Terminal opened on 20 September 2011 Terminal 2 was closed in April 2010 for major renovation works and was reopened on 28 September 2016 A third parallel runway replaced the crossing runway in 2010 17 Runway 05L 23R is 3 301 metres 10 830 ft long 05C 23C has a length of 4 000 metres 13 000 ft and the new runway is designated as 05R 23L and is 3 999 metres 13 120 ft long Terminal Transfer edit The MiniMetro people mover links Terminal 1 the AirMall the multi storey car park and Terminals 2 and 3 The main station is located between Terminals 2 and 3 and is an integral part of the bridge connecting the two terminals An air cushioned 1 85 km 1 15 mi system with top speed 50 km h 31 mph was designed and constructed by Leitner Poma 18 19 nbsp nbsp Obelisk of Ramses II at Cairo Int Airport Airport Hotel edit A luxury 350 room five star Le Meridien hotel opened in front of Terminal 3 in December 2013 citation needed The hotel is linked to the terminal by a 230 metre long 750 ft skyway that is also equipped with a moving walkway Statistics editGraphs are unavailable due to technical issues There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki org Annual passenger traffic at CAI airport See Wikidata query The sharp decline in 2020 was caused by the COVID 19 pandemic worldwide and in Egypt Airlines and destinations editPassenger edit AirlinesDestinationsAegean AirlinesAthensAeroflotMoscow SheremetyevoAfriqiyah Airways 20 Benghazi Misrata Tripoli MitigaAir AlgerieAlgiersAir ArabiaAbu Dhabi Al Jawf Bahrain 21 Bergamo Dammam 22 Gassim Ha il Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen 23 Jeddah Luxor 24 better source needed Muscat 25 Ras Al Khaimah Riyadh Sharjah Tabuk Ta if Yanbu 26 Seasonal Aswan 27 better source needed Air CairoAbha 28 Abu Simbel 29 Aswan 30 Bilbao Bologna 31 Catania 32 Dakar Diass 33 Gassim Hurghada 30 Jeddah Kuwait City 34 Luxor 30 Malaga 35 Marsa Alam 30 Milan Malpensa 36 Ouagadougou 33 Riyadh Rome Fiumicino 32 Sharm El Sheikh Sohag 30 Tangier 37 Valencia Yerevan begins 18 June 2024 38 Seasonal Marsa MatruhAir FranceParis Charles de GaulleAir MontenegroSeasonal charter Podgorica 39 Alexandria AirlinesJeddah 40 AlMasria Universal AirlinesSeasonal Bergamo KuwaitAustrian AirlinesViennaAzur AirSeasonal charter Kazan Krasnodar Novosibirsk Samara Tyumen Ufa YekaterinburgBadr AirlinesKhartoumBH AirSeasonal charter Sofia 41 British AirwaysLondon HeathrowChina Eastern AirlinesShanghai Pudong 42 Cyprus AirwaysSeasonal LarnacaEgyptairAbidjan begins 10 July 2024 43 Abha Abu Dhabi Abuja Accra Addis Ababa Alexandria Algiers Amman Queen Alia Amsterdam Asmara Assiut Aswan Athens Baghdad Bahrain Barcelona Beijing Capital 44 Beirut Benghazi 45 Berlin Brussels Budapest Casablanca Copenhagen Dammam Dar es Salaam Delhi 46 Dhaka 47 Doha 48 Douala Dubai International Dublin Dusseldorf 49 El Kharga 50 Entebbe Erbil Frankfurt Fujairah resumes 11 July 2024 51 Gassim Geneva Guangzhou Hangzhou 52 53 Hurghada Istanbul 54 Jakarta Soekarno Hatta 55 Jeddah Johannesburg O R Tambo Juba Kano Khartoum Kigali Kinshasa N djili 56 Kuwait City Lagos Larnaca London Heathrow Luxor Madrid Manchester Marsa Alam Medina Milan Malpensa Misrata 57 Moroni 58 Moscow Domodedovo 59 Mumbai Munich Muscat Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta N Djamena Newark 60 New York JFK Paris Charles de Gaulle Port Sudan 61 Prague begins 9 July 2024 62 Riyadh Rome Fiumicino Shanghai Pudong 63 Sharjah Sharm El Sheikh Sohag Tel Aviv Tokyo Narita 64 Toronto Pearson Tripoli Mitiga 65 Tunis Vienna Washington Dulles 66 Zurich resumes 8 July 2024 67 Charter Taba 68 Seasonal charter Osaka Kansai 69 Sao Paulo GuarulhosEmiratesDubai InternationalEritrean AirlinesAsmara Khartoum 70 Milan Malpensa 71 Ethiopian AirlinesAddis AbabaEtihad AirwaysAbu DhabiEuropean Air CharterSeasonal charter SofiaFlyadeal 72 Dammam Jeddah RiyadhFlyBaghdadNajaf suspended 73 FlyEgypt 74 Jeddah Riyadh SharjahFlynasAbha Dammam 75 Jeddah Medina 76 Riyadh 77 Gulf AirBahrainHainan AirlinesShenzhen 78 IberiaSeasonal Madrid 79 Iraqi AirwaysBaghdad Basra Erbil SulaimaniyahITA AirwaysRome Fiumicino 80 Jazeera AirwaysKuwait CityJordan AviationAmman Queen AliaKuwait AirwaysKuwait CityLibyan AirlinesBenghazi Tripoli Mitiga 81 LOT Polish AirlinesWarsaw ChopinLufthansaFrankfurt MunichMiddle East AirlinesBeirutNeosMilan Malpensa 82 Nesma AirlinesAbha Gassim Jeddah Kuwait City 83 Tabuk Ta if YanbuNile AirAbha Al Ain Al Jawf Aswan Baghdad Basra Bergamo begins 28 June 2024 84 Dusseldorf 85 better source needed Gassim Ha il Hofuf Hurghada Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen Jeddah Jizan Kuwait Luxor Port Sudan Rome Fiumicino 86 Sharm El Sheikh Sohag 87 Stockholm Arlanda 88 Tabuk Ta if YanbuNordwind AirlinesSaint PetersburgOman AirMuscatPetroleum Air ServicesSeasonal Charter Abu Rudeis Alexandria Antalya Aqaba Aswan El Kharga Hurghada Luxor Paphos Sharm El SheikhQatar AirwaysDohaRossiya AirlinesSochi 89 Royal Air MarocCasablancaRoyal JordanianAmman Queen Alia 90 SaudiaAbha Jeddah Medina RiyadhSichuan AirlinesBeijing Capital 91 Chengdu Tianfu 92 Sudan AirwaysKhartoum Port SudanSwiss International Air LinesZurichSyrian AirDamascus LatakiaTarco AviationKhartoum 93 TAROMBucharest Otopeni 94 TransaviaParis Orly 95 TunisairTunisTurkish AirlinesIstanbulVueling 96 Barcelona Paris OrlyYemeniaAden Seiyun Cargo edit AirlinesDestinationsCargolux 97 Beirut LuxembourgDHL Aviation 98 BahrainEgyptair Cargo 99 Accra Amman Queen Alia Brussels 100 Cologne Bonn Dammam Dubai Al Maktoum Istanbul Johannesburg O R Tambo Kano Khartoum Kuwait Lagos Lahore Milan Malpensa Mumbai N Djamena Ostend Bruges Riyadh SharjahEmirates SkyCargo 101 Dubai Al MaktoumEthiopian Airlines Cargo 102 Addis Ababa Beirut LiegeLufthansa Cargo 103 FrankfurtRoyal Jordanian Cargo 104 Amman Queen AliaTurkish Cargo 105 IstanbulGround transport editLimousines and shuttle buses edit There are several ways to leave Cairo airport upon arrival The most convenient way is by one of the numerous limousine services Pick up points are in front of the terminals curb side The prices are fixed depending on the destination and the car category but different providers may charge wildly different prices Category A are luxury limousines e g Mercedes Benz E Class Category B are micro buses for up to seven passengers Category C are midsized cars e g Mitsubishi Lancer and new Category D are London Taxis 106 Public transport edit nbsp Internal Cairo Airport Shuttle shuffling passengers between Terminals 1 2 3 and the Cairo Airport Bus Terminal A shuttle bus connects with all the passenger terminals and finally stops at the Cairo Airport Bus Terminal where public buses heading to other destinations in Cairo and connect frequently to major transportation hubs like Abbasia and Tahrir Square Abdel Moniem Riad bus terminus However there were efforts by Transport for Cairo TFC to map the major bus routes and metro lines in Cairo 107 Having this map in hand is useful 108 Also scheduling and route information of both the public Cairo Transportation Authority 109 CTA and Mwasalat Mirs MM 110 buses are now readily available on Google Transit and can be accessed using the Google Maps app and website 111 112 There were plans to connect the Line 3 of the Cairo Metro to the airport however these plans have been put on hold citation needed The nearest metro stations are Heliopolis square and Adly Mansour Interchange station Taxi edit With the exception of the so called and increasingly scarce Black and White cabs all regular Cairo taxis colloquially known as the White taxi are equipped with digital taxi meters Taxi drivers in Cairo are legally required to switch on their Taxi meters the moment they pick up a new client See video on Mada Masr 113 However some taxi drivers will try to either manipulate how the meter counts the distance driven by electronically tampering with their meters 114 or will remove the meter and force the customer to bargain for a price 115 Ride Sharing edit An affordable and reliable form of private transport readily available in Cairo are the popular ride sharing mobile phone app based services such as Uber 116 and Careem 117 which both accepts cash and card payments Car edit The airport can be reached via Oroba Road from Heliopolis or via the new road connecting Terminal 3 with the Cairo Ring Road and Suez Road interchange 118 The toll for driving into the airport grounds is approximately 30 EGP depending on the type of the vehicle 119 Note Cairo Suez road is part of the Arab Mashreq International Road Network designated as the Motorway 50 M50 It connects Cairo to Suez South Sinai through the Ahmed Hamdi Tunnel under the Suez Canal then to Israel via the Taba Border Crossing Jordan via the Wadi Araba Crossing to Saudi Arabia via Durra Border Crossing and then finally into Iraq via the Arar border crossing where the road ends in the capital Baghdad 120 To bypass crossing through the Taba Border Crossing where an entry visa to Israel may be required the majority of the intra Arab road traffic including cargo and trucking uses the Nuweiba Aqaba ferries Accidents and incidents editOn 20 February 1956 a Transports Aeriens Intercontinentaux Douglas DC 6B on a scheduled Saigon Karachi Cairo Paris flight crashed on approach to Cairo airport killing 52 of the 63 people on board On 12 June 1961 KLM Flight 823 a Lockheed L 188 Electra crashed 4 km 2 5 mi SE of Cairo Airport because of the pilot in command s inattention to his instruments Three crew and 17 passengers were killed out of the 36 passengers and crew on board 121 On 15 May 1962 a United Arab Airlines Douglas DC 3 crashed shortly after takeoff for a cargo flight to Beirut All three occupants died 122 On 19 March 1965 Vickers Viscount YI ACU of Iraqi Airways was damaged beyond economic repair when it ran into a number of lamp standards after a hydraulic system failure 123 On 20 May 1965 Pakistan International Airlines Flight 705 a Boeing 720 040B crashed on approach to Runway 34 killing 121 On 18 March 1966 United Arab Airlines Flight 749 crashed while attempting to land at Cairo International Airport All 30 passengers and crew on board were killed On 15 January 1968 Douglas DC 3 SU AJG of United Arab Airlines departed on an international scheduled cargo flight to Beirut when the crew decided to return due to icing The aircraft subsequently broke up in mid air and crashed at Zefta killing all four people on board The cargo shifting in flight and the aircraft being 500 kilograms 1 100 lb overloaded may have contributed to the accident 124 On 6 September 1970 Pan Am Flight 93 which was flying to New York City from Amsterdam was hijacked and landed in Cairo after refueling and picking up another hijacker in Beirut The Boeing 747 100 was blown up after everyone got out The hijackers were arrested later On 10 June 1986 an Air Sinai Fokker F 27 Friendship upon returning to Cairo crashed short of the runway while approaching in a sandstorm colliding with the side of a building and catching fire All five crew and 18 passengers out of the 26 on board were killed 125 On 31 March 1988 an Arax Airlines Douglas DC 8 crashed on its second takeoff attempt at the runway end because of an engine fire All four occupants died 126 On 29 July 2011 EgyptAir Flight 667 caught fire while parked at the terminal just before its scheduled flight to Saudi Arabia Everyone on board was able to quickly evacuate the 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