Cairo International Airport

HECA · Qalyubia, Egypt

The METAR station used is 41 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 140° Cairo International Airport 5C/23C
Wind: 7 kt, 3 beaufort

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CAVOK
METAR HECP 281200Z 14007KT CAVOK 32/M05 Q1014 NOSIG

METAR Cairo International Airport - HECA/CAI

Cairo International Airport is a large airport in Qalyubia, Egypt. The airport is located at latitude 30.11661 and longitude 31.41397. The airport has 3 runways: 5C/23C, 5R/23L and 5L/23R. The ICAO airport code of this field is HECA. The airport's IATA code is CAI. The airport is in the Cairo FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Capital International Airport on March 28, 2024 14:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 140° with a speed of 7 kt.

The weather is CAVOK. That means there are no clouds below 5,000 ft or the MSA (minimum safe altitude), whichever is higher. This also means that no cumulonimbus or towering cumulus clouds have been observed and the visibility is 10 km or more or more. Furthermore, there can't be fog, precipitation nor other significant weather.

The temperature and wind chill are 32 °C. The dew point is -5 °C, the relative humidity is 9%. The air pressure at sea level is 1014 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 05:47 and sets at 18:10. This applies to Cairo International Airport, the universal daylight period may be different. The difference between the local time and UTC is +2 hour. Currently, there is no daylight saving time in effect.

Companies

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Runways

Id Heading Crosswind Headwind Crosswind %
5C/23C 044°-224° 7 kt 99 %
5R/23L 044°-224° 7 kt 99 %
5L/23R 044°-224° 7 kt 99 %

The direction with the greatest headwind component is highlighted and used for crosswind calculation. This does not necessarily mean this direction is in use.

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 32 °C
Dewpoint -5 °C
Rel. humidity 9%
Kp-index 2 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
05:46
Midday
11:57
Sunset
18:09 (2:47h)

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