Almaza Air Base
| Almaza Air Base RAF Almaza | |||||||||
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Arabic: مطار ألماظة | |||||||||
| Heliopolis, Cairo, Cairo Governorate in Egypt | |||||||||
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. | |||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||
| Type | Air Base | ||||||||
| Owner | Ministry of Defense (Egypt) | ||||||||
| Operator | Egyptian Air Force | ||||||||
| Location | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 30°05′40″N 031°21′35″E / 30.09444°N 31.35972°E | ||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||
| Built | 1920s | ||||||||
| In use | 1920s - present | ||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||
| Identifiers | ICAO: HEAZ | ||||||||
| Elevation | 91 metres (299 ft) AMSL | ||||||||
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Almaza Air Base is a Air base of the Egyptian Air Force located in Heliopolis, Cairo, Cairo Governorate. It was established as a civilian aerodrome, but was partly taken over by the British military, designated RAF Almaza. Today it is a military aerodrome of the Egyptian Air Force.