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Capital International Airport

New Cairo, Egypt

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761 ft

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Location

New Cairo · C · Egypt

Position

30.065°, 31.840° · 761 ft elev.

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Egypt's newest international gateway serving greater Cairo.

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New Cairo, Egypt

Capital International Airport (IATA: CCE, ICAO: HECP) is a major new airport located in New Cairo, Egypt, developed to serve the country's new administrative capital and to relieve congestion at Cairo International Airport. The airport is part of Egypt's broader infrastructure investment strategy tied to the development of the New Administrative Capital city, situated approximately 45 kilometers east of central Cairo. The facility is designed with modern infrastructure and high passenger capacity to accommodate growing air travel demand in the region. It represents a significant component of Egypt's Vision 2030 development plans, intended to attract international carriers and stimulate economic activity in the new capital area. As a relatively new and still-developing facility, full operational details including complete airline rosters and terminal configurations continue to evolve as the airport progresses toward full commissioning.

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Ground transport connections between Capital International Airport and central Cairo are planned to include road links and potentially rail connections tied to the New Administrative Capital's transit network.

Notable facts

›Developed to serve Egypt's newly built New Administrative Capital city east of Cairo.
›Intended to relieve pressure on the existing Cairo International Airport.
›Part of Egypt's broader national infrastructure and economic modernization program.
›Located approximately 45 kilometers east of central Cairo.
›Assigned IATA code CCE and ICAO code HECP.

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Beijing Capital International Airport is the busier of the two international airports serving Beijing, the capital city of China. The airport is located 32 km (20 mi) northeast of downtown Beijing, in an exclave of Chaoyang and the surroundings of that exclave in suburban Shunyi. The airport is owned and operated by the Beijing Capital International Airport Company Limited, a state-controlled company. The airport's IATA Airport code, PEK, is based on the city's former romanized name, Peking. The facility covers an area of 1,480 hectares of airport property. It was opened in 1958.

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