Fayid Air Base
| Fayid Air Base RAF Fayid - LG-211 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arabic: قاعدة فايد الجوية | |||||||
| Fayed, Ismailia Governorate in Egypt | |||||||
| Site information | |||||||
| Type | Air Base | ||||||
| Owner | Ministry of Defense (Egypt) | ||||||
| Operator | Egyptian Air Force | ||||||
| Location | |||||||
| Coordinates | 30°19′49″N 032°16′11″E / 30.33028°N 32.26972°E | ||||||
| Site history | |||||||
| Built | 1942 & 1980 | ||||||
| In use | 1942 - present | ||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||
| Elevation | 21 metres (69 ft) AMSL | ||||||
| |||||||
Fayid Air Base is an Air base of the Egyptian Air Force located west of Fayed, Ismailia Governorate, Egypt and 23 km (14 mi) south of Ismailia (Al Isma`iliyah) and 116 km (72 mi) northeast of Cairo. It was formerly RAF Fayid, a Royal Air Force station operational from 1942.
The base is home to both 86 and 88 Squadrons of 282 Tactical Fighter Wing of 149 Air Division, both squadrons fly the General Dynamics F-16C/D-40 Fighting Falcon.