Cairo West Air Base

HECW · Giza, Egypt

The METAR station used is 147 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 310° Cairo West Air Base 10/28
Wind: 10 kt, 3 beaufort

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SCT 2,000
METAR HEBA 060500Z 31010KT 9999 SCT020 19/12 Q1012 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 Borj El Arab International Airport on May 6, 2024 08:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 310° with a speed of 10 kt.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

There are scattered clouds at an altitude of 2,000 ft. No ceiling has been observed.

The temperature and wind chill are 19 °C. The dew point is 12 °C, the relative humidity is 64%. The air pressure at sea level is 1012 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:08 and sets at 19:37. This applies to Cairo West Air Base, 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 %
10/28 106°-286° 4 kt 9 kt 41 %
16L/34R 166°-346° 6 kt 8 kt 59 %

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

Clouds

2,000 ft SCT Scattered clouds

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 19 °C
Dewpoint 12 °C
Rel. humidity 64%
Kp-index 2 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:12
Midday
12:57
Sunset
19:43 (10:42h)

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