Port Said Airport
| Port Said Airport | |||
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| Characteristics | |||
| ICAO code | HEPS | ||
| IATA code | Psd | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Height above MSL | 2 m (7 ft ) | ||
| Transport links | |||
| Distance from the city center | 10 km west of Port Said | ||
| Basic data | |||
| Passengers | 30,196 (2009) | ||
| Start-and runway | |||
| 10/28 | 2349 m × 45 m asphalt | ||
The Port Said Airport in Egypt is west of the center of Port Said situated regional airport. The first modernized buildings were released in February 2011. These were rebuilt as part of the urban development. As approach aid is a VOR / DME available, an ILS is not available.
The airport is served in particular by the Egypt Air subsidiary EgyptAir Express , which operates twelve Embraer 170s .
Incidents
- On March 7, 1958, a Misrair Viking 1B ( aircraft registration SU-AGN) crashed into Lake Manzala while approaching Port Said Airport. The machine coming from Athens had evaded Cairo due to weather reasons. Eight of the 26 people on board were killed.
- On January 15, 2008, a Beech King Air C90B of the Egyptian Atomic Energy Agency (SU-ZAA) with a pilot and a trainee pilot had an accident 500 meters from the runway during a training flight .
Web links
- Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )
- Airport data in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.acukwik.com/AirportInfoInt.aspx?ICAO=HEPS ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Accident report Viking 1B SU-AGN , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on January 22, 2016.
- ^ Accident report King Air C90 SU-ZAA , Aviation Safety Network WikiBase , accessed on February 9, 2019.
