Cairo Airport Cairo Airport is located in the northeast direction of Cairo, the capital of the Arab Republic of Egypt, and Egypt is located in the north of Africa. Egypt is bordered on the north by the Mediterranean Sea, on the south by the Republic of Sudan, on the west by Libya, and on the east by the Red Sea. Egypt's position on the northeastern corner of Africa made it an influential country in Africa and the Arab world as a whole through the Nile Valley and Pharaonic civilizations and, most recently, Egypt's population and economic weight.
History of Cairo International Airport The history of Cairo Airport dates back to 1942. The US Air Force, in cooperation with Britain, established an airport in the vicinity of Cairo as a military airport to serve the armies of allies participating in World War II. An American pilot was killed in World War II, and the airport was highly equipped and space at the time; it included two runways and air control tower, and warehouses (hangars), fuel tanks, and a number of buildings to provide all the necessary services for aircraft and Airport staff.
A brief history of the airport after the war and the victory of the Allies and the United States All the assets of the British army in Egypt, including this airport to the Egyptian Aviation Authority, and that was in 1946, the Egyptian Aviation Authority began modernizing and expanding the airport buildings to accommodate the number of passengers and arrivals, and began the expansion work Modernization in 1957 after the necessary technical studies were done and the new airport was named Cairo Air Port. The increasing number of routes to and from Egypt requires reconsideration of the expansion of the airport. Two lounges, passenger terminals and other facilities necessary for air traffic have been added, especially preparations to ensure the general safety of passengers and aircraft.
Cairo Airport is currently the second largest airport in the African continent in terms of congestion and the number of passengers, the airport square with its buildings and all public facilities on a large area estimated at 40 million square meters.Airport statistics for 2008 that it served more than 14000.000 passengers, and that it Cairo Airport has routes to all countries of the world, and because of the growing air traffic in the region, the airport has been updated more than once, and equipped with the latest public safety equipment.In 2006, Cairo Airport was selected as the best airport in Africa. By the union of the decoy V African aviation in terms of infrastructure, modernization and management.
The airport currently has three passenger terminals, four runways for take-off and landing, and the airport is capable of receiving all types of commercial aircraft, and the airport has all the necessary services for passengers, cargo warehouses and all amenities and public safety
