{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Airport","name":"Cairo West Air Base","iataCode":null,"icaoCode":"HECW","city":"Cairo","country":"EG","airportType":"medium_airport","cargoCapable":false,"cargoRank":null,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":30.107943,"longitude":30.915222},"elevationMeters":163,"runwayLengthMeters":null,"description":"Despite carrying the capital's name, Cairo West is not the city's freight gateway but a military air base of the Egyptian Air Force, west of Cairo near the 6th of October industrial zone. It runs no scheduled flights, no public cargo terminal and no forwarder customs desk. All commercial air freight for greater Cairo clears instead at Cairo International Airport (CAI), roughly 40 km to the east, the nation's busiest cargo facility. Shippers should route Cairo-area shipments to CAI rather than to","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/cairo-west-air-base-airport-hecw","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/airports/en/cairo-west-air-base-airport-hecw","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Cairo West Air Base · Cairo, EG · 163 m"}