Cairo West Air Base
| Cairo West Air Base | |||||||||
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Arabic: قاعدة غرب القاهرة الجوية | |||||||||
| Cairo, Cairo Governorate in Egypt | |||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||
| Type | Air Base | ||||||||
| Owner | Ministry of Defense (Egypt) | ||||||||
| Operator | Egyptian Air Force | ||||||||
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| Coordinates | 30°07′00″N 30°55′00″E / 30.11667°N 30.91667°E | ||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||
| Built | 1941 | ||||||||
| In use | 1941 - present | ||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||
| Identifiers | IATA: | ||||||||
| Elevation | 168 metres (551 ft) AMSL | ||||||||
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Cairo West AB (IATA: CWE, ICAO: HECW) is a military airport on the western side of Cairo, Egypt. The air base shares some infrastructure with the adjacent Sphinx International Airport.
The base is home to the Egyptian Fighter Weapon School of 139 Air Division, 95 & 97 Squadrons of 292 Tactical Fighter Wing of 139 Air Division with F-16C/D's, 87 Squadron of 601 Air Wing of 159 Air Division with E-2C's and a detachment from 16 Squadron of 516 Air Wing of 159 Air Division with C-130H's.