El Nouzha Airport
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El Nouzha Airport Alexandria International Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 31°11′02″N 029°56′56″E / 31.18389°N 29.94889°E | ||||||||||||||
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  ALY Location of airport in Egypt | |||||||||||||||
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El Nouzha Airport or Alexandria International Airport (
Overview
The future of the airport was in doubt with the opening of
The airport was closed down by December 2011 to implement the expansion project and development and was scheduled to be reopened end of 2014. As of January 2016, the airport still remained closed. Satellite images showed the airports runways to be resurfaced and extended while the terminal site remains unfinished and abandoned.[3] Since then, it has been announced officially by the government that the airport will close completely and become defunct.[citation needed][when?]
Airlines and destinations
The airport was originally closed for refurbishment and there are no longer any services. The airport previously offered services to domestic destinations within
It was also served by some foreign airlines, including British Mediterranean Airways (BMED) from London–Heathrow.
See also
References
- ^ "Airport information for HEAX". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF. - ^ Airport information for ALY at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- ^ Satellite images on Google Maps, retrieved January 2016
External links
Media related to Alexandria International Airport (Egypt) at Wikimedia Commons
- Current weather for HEAX at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for ALY at Aviation Safety Network
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