Airport · Egypt
El Arish International Airport
A large airport with scheduled flights, serving Al ‘Arīsh.
Official travel advice warns against all travel to North Sinai Governorate at present, so we do not offer trips there. This page gives its climate and geography only.
Read the official travel advice (UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)
- Codes
- AAC · HEAR
- Serves
- Al ‘Arīsh
- 8.9 km in a straight line
- Local time
- Africa/Cairo
- Elevation
- 36 m
- Runways
- 2 runways open
- Longest runway: 3,019 m
- From DXB
- 2,200 km
- 3 hrs 20 mins · Estimate
Facts
AAC at a glance
From OurAirports (public domain), with the time zone of the place it serves.
- Codes
- IATA AACICAO HEAR
- Size
- Large
- Serves
- Al ‘Arīsh
- To the city centre
- 8.9 km in a straight line
- Elevation
- 36 m (118 ft)
- Runways
- 2 runways open
- Longest runway: 3,019 m
- Time zone
- Africa/Cairo
- Links
- Wikipedia
- When to go
- Al ‘Arīsh, month by month
How far it is from the UAE
AAC from the UAE
From DXBAAC
2,200 km
3 hrs 20 mins · Estimate
From AUHAAC
2,170 km
3 hrs 20 mins · Estimate
The great-circle distance, and a rough flying time: the distance at an average 850 km/h plus 45 minutes for take-off and landing. Real flights follow airways, meet headwinds and wait for traffic, so schedules differ.
Airports
Other airports near AAC
- TLVBen Gurion International AirportLarge · Tel Aviv146 km away
- PSDPort Said International AirportLarge · Port Said153 km away
- TCPTaba International AirportMedium · Taba186 km away
- ETMRamon International AirportLarge · Eilat186 km away
- AQJKing Hussein International AirportLarge · Aqaba197 km away
- AMMQueen Alia International AirportLarge · Amman219 km away
- CCECapital International AirportMedium · Cairo220 km away
- HFAUri Michaeli Haifa International AirportMedium · Haifa226 km away
Facts
Practical facts
The currency, plugs and emergency numbers of Egypt, where the airport is, and its clock right now.
- Local time
- Africa/Cairo
- Country
- Egypt
- Currency
- Egyptian Pound EGPToday's indicative rate: EGP 10 ≈ USD 0.187Indicative, from the day's reference rates; a bank or card will charge its own.
- Plugs
- Type C and F220 V · 50 HzAs recorded in Wikidata.
- Emergency numbers
- 122police123ambulance180fireAs recorded in Wikidata. Check them locally on arrival; they are not the only safety information you need.
- Calling code · Driving
- +20 · On the right
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Travel advice
Official travel advice warns against all travel to North Sinai Governorate at present, so we do not offer trips there. This page gives its climate and geography only.
Read the official travel advice (UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)