Almaza Air Base
Almaza Air Force Base Airport is a regional airport in north-eastern Cairo, the capital of Egypt. It was established as a civilian aerodrome, but was partly taken over by the British military, designated RAF Heliopolis and later RAF Almaza. Today it is a military aerodrome of the Egyptian Air Force as well as regional civil airport.
Almaza Air Force Base Airport مطار ألماظة | |||||||||||||||
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RAF Avro York MW173, the personal aircraft of Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park, AOC Air Command South East Asia, at Almaza in 1946. In the background are Tiger Moths of the Egyptian airline Misr Airwork. | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Civil/Military | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Egyptian Air Force | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Cairo, Egypt | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1910 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 300 ft / 91 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 30°05′40″N 031°21′35″E | ||||||||||||||
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Almaza Air Force Base Airport Almaza in Egypt | |||||||||||||||
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