Port Said International Airport (IATA: PSD, ICAO: HEPS) serves Port Said, EG.
Port Said International Airport (IATA: PSD, ICAO: HEPS), also known as El Gamil Airport, is a public airport serving Port Said, Egypt, at the northern end of the Suez Canal. It operates as a regional airport.
The airport opened in 1941 and was previously a Royal Air Force station known as RAF El Gamil during World War II. Various RAF squadrons, equipped with aircraft such as the Hawker Hurricane, Curtiss Tomahawk, Supermarine Spitfire, and Bristol Beaufighter, were stationed there between 1941 and 1944. After being transferred to Egyptian authorities, El Gamil Airfield was attacked by British Armed Forces in November 1956 during the Suez Crisis as part of Operation Telescope,.
The airport underwent a modernization program with a partial inauguration in February 2011. It has one asphalt runway, 10/28, which is 2,349 meters (7,707 feet) long,. The airport's elevation is 2 meters (8 feet) above sea level,.
Currently, Port Said International Airport has no scheduled services,. Despite its location near the Suez Canal, it handles almost no air freight, with cargo operations in the region primarily waterborne through the East Port Said container terminal and the Suez Canal Economic Zone. In 2011, the airport served 36,962 passengers. An accident occurred on January 15, 2008, when a Beech C90B King Air crashed 500 meters from the airport during a training flight, killing both pilots,.
*Sources researched: en.wikipedia.org, ourairports.com, flightradar24.com, airportguide.com, freight-academy.com*
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Where is Port Said International Airport located?
Port Said International Airport is located in Port Said, EG, at an elevation of 10 ft. Its IATA code is PSD and ICAO code is HEPS.