AirportsEl Alamein International Airport is a large airport serving El Alamein, in Matruh Governorate, Egypt. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is DBB.
Key facts
- IATA code
- DBB
- ICAO code
- HEAL
- City
- El Alamein
- State or region
- Matruh Governorate
- Country
- Egypt
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 30.9243° N, 28.4616° E
- Elevation
- 47 m (154 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 3,499 m (11,479 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, DBB means El Alamein International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: HEAL. ICAO codes that begin with H belong to east and north-east Africa. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 30.9243° N, 28.4616° E. It stands 47 metres (154 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Marsá Maţrūḩ, about 126 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Africa/Cairo, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
El Alamein International Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 3,499 metres (11,479 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 17 airports of Egypt on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 6.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 3,499 m 11,479 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Alexandria International AirportAlexandria | HBE | 118 km |
| Mersa Matruh International AirportMarsa Matruh | MUH | 126 km |
| Sphinx International AirportAl Jiza | SPX | 250 km |
| Cairo International AirportCairo | CAI | 295 km |
| Capital International AirportNew Cairo | CCE | 337 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 4,666 km | 6 h 05 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 4,631 km | 6 h 05 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 2,707 km | 3 h 45 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 3,288 km | 4 h 30 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 8,746 km | 11 h 00 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 12,009 km | 15 h 00 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 8,553 km | 10 h 50 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 9,721 km | 12 h 15 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 14,699 km | 18 h 15 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
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