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Cairo-Farouk Airport profile
Last updated: 5 November 2013
General data
Cairo-Farouk Airport
Country: Egypt
IATA code:CAI
ICAO code: HECA
Elevation: 382 feet / 116 m
Airport history:  
Cairo-Payne Field Air Basetransferred to Egypt; became Farouk Airport
DEC 1946Cairo-Farouk Airportrenamed International Airport
Cairo International Airport

Aircraft accidents at or near Cairo-Farouk Airport (CAI)

27 occurrences in the ASN safety database

date type registration operator fat. location   pic cat
29-JUL-2011Boeing 777-266ER SU-GBP EgyptAir 0 Cairo Intern... A1
17-JUL-2010Boeing 747-306M HS-VAC Saudi Arabian, lsf Phuket Airlines 0 Cairo Intern... A1
21-OCT-2009Boeing 737   EgyptAir 0 Cairo Intern...   H2
17-APR-2004Airbus   Qatar Airways 0 Cairo Intern...   H2
02-APR-2004Boeing 707-366C SU-AVZ Air Memphis 0 Cairo Intern... A1
16-NOV-2001Airbus A321-231 F-OHMP MEA 0 Cairo Intern...   A2
12-MAY-1998Airbus A320-231 SU-GBD EgyptAir 0 Cairo Intern... A2
12-MAY-1998Boeing 767-33AER ET-AKW Ethiopian Airlines 0 Cairo Intern...   A2
31-MAR-1988Douglas DC-8-55F 5N-ARH Arax Airlines 4 Cairo Intern... A1
10-JUN-1986Fokker F-27 Friendship 500 SU-GAD Air Sinai 23 near Cairo Intern... A1
19-MAR-1985Boeing KC-135A 61-0316 USAF 0 Cairo Intern... O1
13-OCT-1981Boeing 737-2K2C PH-TVC Air Malta 0 Cairo Intern... C2
30-OCT-1976Convair CV-440-88 N985 OMCO Petroleum Co. 0 Cairo Intern...   A1
06-SEP-1970Boeing 747-121 N752PA Pan Am 0 Cairo Intern...   H1
30-MAY-1970DC-9-32 I-DIBD Alitalia 0 Cairo Intern...   H2
14-MAR-1970Antonov An-24V SU-AOC UAA 0 Cairo Intern...   C1
30-SEP-1966Antonov An-24V SU-AOM UAA 0 Cairo Intern... A1
18-MAR-1966Antonov An-24V SU-AOA UAA 30 near Cairo Intern...   A1
20-MAY-1965Boeing 720-040B AP-AMH PIA 121 near Cairo Intern... A1
19-MAR-1965Vickers 773 Viscount YI-ACU Iraqi Airways 0 Cairo Intern...   A1
15-MAY-1962Douglas DC-3 SU-AJM UAA 3 near Cairo Intern...   A1
12-JUN-1961Lockheed L-188C Electra PH-LLM KLM 20 near Cairo Intern... A1
22-AUG-1960DH-106 Comet 4 G-APDB BOAC 0 Cairo Intern... A2
20-FEB-1956Douglas DC-6B F-BGOD TAI 52 near Cairo Intern...   A1
23-JUN-1952Douglas DC-6 SE-BDD SAS 0 Cairo Intern... A2
08-AUG-1945Curtiss C-46A 42-96611 USAAF Cairo-Payne ...   A1
27-MAR-1944Lockheed C-60A Lodestar 42-55919 USAAF near Cairo-Payne ...   A1

Aircraft that departed Cairo-Farouk Airport
date type registration operator fat. location   pic cat
31-AUG-1950Lockheed L-749A Constellation N6004C TWA 55 near Wadi Natrun A1

Aircraft with destination Cairo-Farouk Airport
date type registration operator fat. location   pic cat
08-APR-1954DH-106 Comet 1 G-ALYY BOAC, op.for South African Airways 21 near San Lucido A1