Comments for Egypt

yes for airline service and open 24 h

Good evening,

could I know when the airport opens and closes?

Thank you.

Best regards.

Elisa

P.S.: My e-mail address: elisa.corsiero@lmlaw.it

Spent an interesting moth there in Nov '81 during the original Bright Star mission, anfter Sadat was assasinated

RUNWAY 04L---109.50---040º

Has the most beautiful little cottage looking houses I've seen in a long time. The water is a searingly beautiful redolent blue. Not like the Bahamas, even MORE blue.

According to this story, the base a unit of the U.S.A.F. built this base in only a few days as part of Operation Bright Star (2005), to simulate setting up an emergency air base in combat conditions. Presumably, it was then handed over to the Egyptian Air Force:

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2005/11/mil-051101-afpn01.htm

Hurghada is a major resort destination for European tourists, and the airport handles over 5 million passengers/year.

This is where new Egyptian Air Force pilots train, according to the Wikipedia article.

A King Air crashed 500m from Port Said airport on January 15, 2008 while performing training circuits:

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief2.asp?ev_id=20080122X00084&ntsbno=DCA08WA030&akey=1