CCEHECP

Capital International Airport

New Cairo, Egypt · Africa

Africa

2direct destinations

2airlines

3runways

3,652 mLongest runway

2019opened

Capital International Airport (Arabic: ???? ??????? ??????) (IATA: CCE, ICAO: HECP) is the primary international airport serving the New Administrative Capital of Egypt. It is located approximately 45 km (28 miles) east of Cairo and was built at the same time as the Sphinx International Airport, west of Cairo. The airport has an area of 16 square kilometres (6.2 mi2) and is expected to partially ease pressure on Cairo International Airport and Sphinx International Airport. The airport was inaugurated by the president of Egypt, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and was opened by the Egyptian Airports Company on 9 July 2019 for a one-month trial period (300 hourly passengers), and with commercial operations commencing in 2020. The main contractor of the airport is Hassan Allam Holding, it is operated by the Egyptian Airports Company and owned by the Egyptian Armed Forces.

Location

30.065°N, 31.840°E · 232 m s. n. m. (761 ft)

General data

CountryEgypt

CityNew Cairo

IATA codeCCE

ICAO codeHECP

Coordinates30.065°N, 31.840°E

Elevation232 m s. n. m. (761 ft)

Runways3

Longest runway3,652 m

OperatorEgyptian Airports Company

Opened2019

Direct destinations2

Runways · 3

01L/19R

Length3,652 m11,982 ft

Width60 m197 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

02/20

Length3,329 m10,922 ft

Width40 m131 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

01R/19L

Length3,210 m10,531 ft

Width40 m131 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 2

Tower

118.900Capital tower

Ground

121.925Capital Ground

Look for a live feed on LiveATC External site; not every airport has a feed.

Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.

Airlines operating here · 2

Other airlines with direct routes

Air Cairo Smartwingscharter

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

Photo: Ziad Rashad · CC0 · view original

Data from OurAirports (public domain) · destinations and airlines from Wikipedia route tables (CC BY-SA, 2026), unless another source is given · profile and photo from Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons (CC0 / CC) · summary and history from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Capital International Airport (CCE). Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CCE

MLA

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Chicago

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Harvard

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BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_cce,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Capital International Airport (CCE)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CCE},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CCE}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-24},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-24}
}

Wikipedia

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