Capital International Airport

HECP · Cairo, Egypt

The METAR station used is 91 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 360° Capital International Airport 2/20
Wind: 6 kt, 2 beaufort

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CAVOK
METAR HESX 022000Z 36006KT CAVOK 21/13 Q1012 NOSIG

METAR Capital International Airport - HECP/CCE

Capital International Airport is a midsized airport in Cairo, Egypt. The airport is located at latitude 30.05716 and longitude 31.83758. The airport has 3 runways: 2/20, 1R/19L and 1L/19R. The ICAO airport code of this field is HECP. The airport's IATA code is CCE. The airport is in the Cairo FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Sphinx International Airport on May 2, 2024 23:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 360° with a speed of 6 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 21 °C. The dew point is 13 °C, the relative humidity is 60%. The air pressure at sea level is 1012 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:08 and sets at 19:30. This applies to Capital 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 %
2/20 015°-195° 2 kt 6 kt 26 %
1R/19L 019°-199° 2 kt 6 kt 33 %
1L/19R 015°-195° 2 kt 6 kt 26 %

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 21 °C
Dewpoint 13 °C
Rel. humidity 60%
Kp-index 7 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:12 (6:18h)
Midday
12:53
Sunset
19:34

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