Arrivals
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SPX
Airport information
Sphinx International Airport
Giza, EgyptIATA: SPXICAO: HESX
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Departures
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Live radar
Live radar around the airport
View current aircraft positions around this airport and find a flight directly on the map.
The runways at this airport
What do the colors mean?
- No traffic seen The runway is there, but we see nothing on it right now.
- Arriving traffic Aircraft are descending toward this runway right now.
- Departing traffic Aircraft are climbing out from this runway right now.
- Direction unknown It says “in use now” without an arrow: we see traffic, but the aircraft does not report whether it is climbing or descending.
The white arrow on the runway points the way the traffic is going. Derived from the positions of aircraft flying low near the airport right now. Not an official runway plan; what we see.
Designation, direction and length of every runway. These rarely change; which one is in use right now shows up here whenever we observe traffic.
1 runway · Longest runway: 11,975 ft
- 16R/34L11,975 ft · heading 165/345 degrees
We currently see no traffic on approach or just after takeoff. That happens at a quiet airport or in the middle of the night.
Runway data: OurAirports, public domain.
Fly direct
Direct destinations
The destinations we know the most flight numbers for. That approximates how heavily a route is served; it is not a passenger count.
AUHUnited Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi
- Distance
- 1,507 mi
- Estimated duration
- 3h 9m
- Airlines
- Abu Dhabi Amiri Flight · Air Arabia Abu Dhabi
DXBUnited Arab Emirates
Dubai
- Distance
- 1,532 mi
- Estimated duration
- 3h 11m
- Airlines
- flydubai
LTNUnited Kingdom
London
- Distance
- 2,188 mi
- Estimated duration
- 4h 44m
- Airlines
- easyJet · Wizz Air UK
MXPItaly
Milan
- Distance
- 1,606 mi
- Estimated duration
- 3h 30m
- Airlines
easyJet Europe · Sardinian Sky · +1
easyJet Europe · Sardinian Sky · Wizz Air Malta
Airports nearby
Other airports within reach, with the straight-line distance and the number of direct destinations we know of. Airports without scheduled service are left out.
- CairoCairo International AirportCAI30 mi61 destinations
- AlexandriaAlexandria International AirportHBE91 mi15 destinations
- Tel AvivBen Gurion International AirportTLV270 mi97 destinations
- AmmanQueen Alia International AirportAMM322 mi86 destinations
- PaphosPaphos International AirportPFO332 mi57 destinations
Airport facts
Practical information
- Full name
- Sphinx International Airport
- City and country
- Giza, Egypt
- IATA / ICAO
- SPX / HESX
- Time zone
- Africa/Cairo
- Category
- Regional airport