Cairo West Air Base

HECW · Giza, Egypt

Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 050° Cairo West Air Base 10/28
Wind: 10 kt, 3 beaufort

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CAVOK
METAR HESX 232300Z 05010KT CAVOK 20/12 Q1011 NOSIG

METAR Cairo West Air Base - HECW

Cairo West Air Base is a midsized airport in Giza, Egypt. The airport is located at latitude 30.11718 and longitude 30.91789. The airport has 2 runways: 10/28 and 16L/34R. The ICAO airport code of this field is HECW. The airport is in the Cairo FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Sphinx International Airport on April 24, 2024 01:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 050° with a speed of 10 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 20 °C. The dew point is 12 °C, the relative humidity is 60%. The air pressure at sea level is 1011 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 05:19 and sets at 18:29. This applies to Cairo West Air Base, the universal daylight period may be different. The difference between the local time and UTC is +2 hour. Daylight saving time is currently in progress.

Companies

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Runways

Id Heading Crosswind Headwind Crosswind %
10/28 106°-286° 8 kt 6 kt 83 %
16L/34R 166°-346° 9 kt 4 kt 90 %

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 20 °C
Dewpoint 12 °C
Rel. humidity 60%
Kp-index 0 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
05:20 (2:53h)
Midday
11:54
Sunset
18:28

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