Alexandria – Borg el Arab Airport (HBE)
The Borg El-Arab International Airport, also known under the name of Alexandria – Borg El-Arab is an important commercial airport, especially for Egyptian beach tourism. It is located near the destination Borg el Arab, which has hitherto been mainly used by local bathers, and which is about 55 kilometers southwest of Alexandria. Alexandria, the second largest city in the country, still has the more frequented Alexandria – El-Nouzha Airport, which is only 7 kilometers from the city center.
- URL: Alexandria – Borg el Arab (HBE)
- Time zone: GMT 2
- Service phone: +20 3 4591487
- Address: Alexandria – Borg el Arab, Alexandria, Egypt
- Operator: Egyptian Airports Company (EAC)
- Parking: Yes, chargeable, short-term and long-term parking
- Nearby cities: Alexandria (38 km), Kafr ad Dawwār (48 km), Idku (72 km), Damanhûr (75 km), Disuq (94 km)
- Transport connections: The airport is located in the village of Kafret Tayil Musa and is approx. 45 kilometers southwest of Alexandria.
- Train connections: Between the Misr station (Mahahat Misr) in Alexandria and the Ramses station (Mahahat Ramses) in Cairo there is a train connection every 60 minutes with the “turbo” express train between approx. 04:30 and 22:00 h.
- Flight distribution on the days of the week: Monday (14.17%), Tuesday (13.21%), Wednesday (14.01%), Thursday (15.05%), Friday (14.43%), Saturday (14.87%), Sunday (14.27%)
- other spellings: Borg al Arab, İskenderiye-Borg el Arab, Aleksandria-Borg el Arab, Alessandria-Borg el Arab, Burj Al-Arab, Alexandrie-Borg el Arab, Burg el Arab, Александрія-Борг-ель-Араб, Borg el Arab, Alejandría-Borg el Arab, مدينة برج العرب, مطار برج العرب الدولي, اسکندریه ، برج ال عرب, 알렉산드리아 – 보르그 엘 아랍, مطار برج العب
Most popular destinations from Alexandria – Borg el Arab (flights per week)
- Kuwait International(44, 16.00%)
- Jeddah – King Abdulaziz International(42, 15.27%)
- Sharjah(29, 10.55%)
- Riyadh – King Khaled International(26, 9.45%)
- Dubai(24, 8.73%)
- Muscat(13, 4.73%)
- Amman – Queen Alia International(11, 4.00%)
- Sharm El Sheikh(10, 3.64%)
- Istanbul Airport(10, 3.64%)
- Medina(9, 3.27%)
- other (20.72%)
Top airlines (share of take-offs / landings)
- Egyptair(120, 18.35%)
- Etihad Airways(101, 15.44%)
- Air Arabia Egypt(87, 13.30%)
- Air Arabia(58, 8.87%)
- flydubai(48, 7.34%)
- Air Cairo(41, 6.27%)
- FlyEgypt(32, 4.89%)
- Aegean Airlines(25, 3.82%)
- Libyan Airlines(24, 3.67%)
- Saudi Arabian Airlines(23, 3.52%)
- other (14.53%)
Location
The airport is around 45 kilometers southwest of Alexandria and around 25 east of the seaside resort of Borg el Arab, near the small town of Kafret Tayil Musa. Bus route # 555 runs regularly between the airport and Alexandria – Al-Raml Bus Terminal (Mahahat Al-Raml). You can find out the current departure times on site. Otherwise, it is also possible to travel to and from the airport by taxi.
Historical weather data for Alexandria – Borg el Arab
| Maximum Temperature °C | Mean Temperature °C | Lowest Temperature °C | Mean Water Temperature °C | |
| Jan | 18.0 | 14.1 | 9.0 | 17.0 |
| Feb | 19.0 | 14.7 | 9.0 | 16.0 |
| Mar | 21.0 | 16.2 | 11.0 | 16.0 |
| Apr | 24.0 | 18.6 | 13.0 | 18.0 |
| May | 27.0 | 21.3 | 16.0 | 20.0 |
| Jun | 28.0 | 24 | 20.0 | 23.0 |
| Jul | 30.0 | 25.9 | 23.0 | 25.0 |
| Aug | 31.0 | 26.5 | 23.0 | 26.0 |
| Sep | 29.0 | 25.5 | 21.0 | 26.0 |
| Oct | 28.0 | 23.6 | 18.0 | 24.0 |
| Nov | 24.0 | 20.2 | 15.0 | 22.0 |
| Dec | 20.0 | 16.2 | 11.0 | 19.0 |
