Cairo International Airport

HECA · Qalyubia, Egypt

The METAR station used is 50 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 350° Cairo International Airport 5C/23C
Wind: 9 kt, 3 beaufort

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CAVOK
METAR HESX 280900Z 35009KT CAVOK 25/10 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 Sphinx International Airport on April 28, 2024 12:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 350° with a speed of 9 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 25 °C. The dew point is 10 °C, the relative humidity is 39%. The air pressure at sea level is 1014 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:13 and sets at 19:30. This applies to Cairo International Airport, the universal daylight period may be different. The difference between the local time and UTC is +3 hour. Daylight saving time is currently in progress.

Companies

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Runways

Id Heading Crosswind Headwind Crosswind %
5C/23C 044°-224° 7 kt 5 kt 81 %
5R/23L 044°-224° 7 kt 5 kt 81 %
5L/23R 044°-224° 7 kt 5 kt 81 %

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 25 °C
Dewpoint 10 °C
Rel. humidity 39%
Kp-index 0 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:15
Midday
12:53
Sunset
19:32 (6:27h)

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