Aeronautical current weather observation and short-term forecast for pilots, flight preparation with the METAR (Meteorological Aerodrome Report : current weather report), and TAF (Terminal Aerodrome Forecast: short-term weather forecast message for aviation). And other resources like VAC (Visual Approach Chart) to prepare a flights.
METAR, TAF, VAC Cairo airport (Egypt) / ICAO HECA/ IATA CAI
Cairo airport (Egypt) is located close to Cairo, testing at 0 mile↑, Al Khankah at 7 mile↑, Masākin al Akhshāb wa ash Shāy at 10 mile↑, Cairo (le caire caire) at 10 mile↑, Al ‘Atabah at 10 mile↑, Qalyub at 13 mile↑, Al Jizah at 14 mile↑, Shibin al Qanatir at 14 mile↑, Muḩāfaz̧at al Qalyūbīyah at 15 mile↑, Muḩāfaz̧at al Qāhirah at 15 mile↑,
Elevation : 116 m = 381 ft
Runways
- runway 05R/23L : 4000 m = 13123 ft
- runway 05C/23C : 3999 m = 13120 ft
- runway 05L/23R : 3301 m = 10830 ft
aerial view of Cairo
METAR for Cairo airport - HECA
HECA 231400Z 26013KT 9999 SCT025 BKN070 17/04 Q1017 NOSIG
Decoded METAR for Cairo Airport (Egypt)
METAR issued by HECA on Sunday 23rd of January 2022 at 14:00 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 2 days and 50 hours and -2865 minutes ago.
Visibility is greater than 10 km = greater than 6 mile.
Temperature is 17 °C = 63 °F and dew point is 4 °C = 39 °F . This correspond to 42% relative humidity.
QNH is 1017 mb = 30.03 inHg
Wind speed is 24 km/h = 13 kt, direction is 260°.
Clouds : scattered clouds at 2500 ft = 760 m. broken at 7000 ft = 2130 m.
No significant change forecasted in next 2 hours
TAF for Cairo airport - HECA
HECA 231100Z 2312/2418 26010KT 9999 FEW025 PROB30 TEMPO 2312/2318 27012G22KT 4000 -RA SA BKN020
Decoded TAF for Cairo Airport (Egypt)
TAF issued by HECA on Sunday 23rd of January 2022 at 11:00 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 2 days and 5 hours and 15 minutes ago. A 30 hour weather forecast that is updated every 6 hours.
from Sunday 23rd of January 2022 à 12:00 heure TU to Monday 24th of January 2022 à 18:00 heure UTC
2312/2418 26010KT 9999 FEW025
Wind 10 kt = 19 km/h, direction is 260°
Visibility is greater than 10 km = greater than 6 mile.
few clouds at 2500 ft = 760 m
probability of 30% to have temporarily from Sunday 23rd of January 2022 à 12:00 heure TU to Sunday 23rd of January 2022 à 18:00 heure UTC
PROB30 TEMPO 2312/2318 27012G22KT 4000 -RA SA BKN020
Wind 12 kt = 22 km/h with gusts at 22 kt = 41 km/h, direction is 270°
Visibility is 4 km = 2 mile.
light rain
sand cloud
broken at 2000 ft = 610 m
close by
- Nearest hotels
- Hotels in testing
- for Almaza Air Force Base airport at 3 mile↑
- for Embaba airport at 13 mile↑
nearest airports to Cairo
- for Almaza Air Force Base airport (HEAZ) at 3 mile↑
- for Embaba airport (HEEM) at 13 mile↑
- for Cairo West airport (HECW) at 29 mile↑
- for October airport (HEOC) at 41 mile↑
- for Beni Suef Air Base airport (HEBS) at 67 mile↑
- for Jiyanklis Air Base airport (HEGS) at 87 mile↑
- for Port Said airport (HEPS) at 94 mile↑METAR & TAF
- for Alexandria airport (HEAX) at 113 mile↑METAR & TAF
Data sources
- METAR : AVWX (avwx.rest)
- TAF : AVWX (avwx.rest)
- Météo générale : Openweathermap (www.openweathermap.org) et AVWX (avwx.rest)
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA (www.sia.aviation-civile.gouv.fr), Espagne ENAIRE (https://aip.enaire.es)
- Aerial maps : Google Maps (www.google.com), Microsoft Bing (www.microsoft.com) ou OpenStreetMap (www.openstreetmap.org)