Alexandria Airport
| Alexandria Airport | |
|---|---|
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | HEAX |
| IATA code | ALY |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 2 m (7 ft ) below MSL |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 3 km south of Alexandria |
| Street | Autobahn 01 |
| Local transport | Taxis |
| Basic data | |
| operator | Civil Government |
| Terminals | 1 |
| Passengers | 795,128 (2007) |
| Flight movements |
13,442 (2005) |
| Runways | |
| 04/22 | 2201 m × 45 m asphalt |
| 18/36 | 1801 m × 30 m asphalt |
The airport Alexandria Airport ( Arabic مطار الإسكندرية الدولي; IATA code ALY, El Nozha) is the older of the two airports in the city of Alexandria in northern Egypt . It connects directly to the city in the south and thus has good transport links. However, this airport is currently closed. This makes Burg al-ʿArab Airport the only operational airport for Alexandria.
After the opening of Burg al-ʿArab airport, it was not certain whether El Nozha airport could continue to exist. In early 2010, however, the Egyptian Ministry of Civil Aviation announced plans to overhaul the airport as one of two commercial airports for Alexandria and the Nile Delta region.
The airport was closed in December 2011 for this purpose. This renovation was originally supposed to take two years, cost 120 million US dollars and include both an extension of runway 04/22 by 750 m and the construction of a new terminal to replace the old one. In mid-2015, however, the airport was still closed and further construction work was still described as "planned". It serves as the hub of Egypt Air .
Incidents
- On October 16, 1949, a Fiat G.212CP of the Egyptian SAIDE ( aircraft registration SU-AFX ) had an accident while taking off from Alexandria Airport. The machine was supposed to fly to Benghazi and was irreparably damaged. All three crew members, the only occupants, survived the accident.
Web links
- Airport data in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
- Airport data in flightstats.com (English)
- Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Data on the airport (English) March 11, 2009
- ^ Alexandria International Airport / El Nouzha Airport. airports-worldwide.com, accessed January 24, 2016 .
- ^ Egypt's aviation sector benefits from renewed focus. domdudley.com, June 30, 2015, accessed on January 24, 2016 (English): "A new passenger terminal is also planned for El-Nozha airport, also in Alexandria ..."
- ^ Accident report Fiat G.212 SU-AFX , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on June 1, 2020.