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El Nuzha Airport (HEAX), once known as Alexandria Airport, lies within the city of Alexandria, Egypt, and for decades served as the city's principal international gateway. The field is now closed to traffic, having been superseded by Borg El Arab Airport, but its distinctive geometry of four long runways in an asterisk pattern remains a point of historical interest for anyone studying Egyptian aviation.
El Nuzha Airport sits inside the urban area of Alexandria, Egypt, at an elevation of -7 feet, making it one of the lowest-lying aerodromes in the world. It was formerly Alexandria's main international airport, notable for its unusual four-runway asterisk layout linked by a circular taxiway, a configuration rarely seen elsewhere and one that makes the field an intriguing study for simulator pilots interested in classic airport design.
El Nuzha lies within the city of Alexandria on Egypt's Mediterranean coast. It was the city's principal international airport until it was closed for renovation in 2011, with all traffic subsequently transferred to Borg El Arab Airport, which had opened the previous year. No current operational airspace classification or navaid data is available for the field.
El Nuzha's layout comprises two long parallel hard-surfaced, lit runways aligned 14/32. One pair, 14L/32R, measures 11,129 feet on the 14L threshold and 11,512 feet on the 32R threshold. The second pair, 14R/32L, measures 11,318 feet on the 14R threshold and 11,321 feet on the 32L threshold. Historically the airport featured four runways arranged in an asterisk pattern, though only two remained active in its later years of operation.
The airport opened in 1948 as Fuad I Airport, taking its name from the Egyptian monarch, and was renamed Alexandria Airport in 1951. It was built with four runways arranged in an asterisk pattern connected by a circular taxiway, though in later years only two of these remained in active use. The field served as Alexandria's main international airport for over six decades before being shut down for major renovations in 2011, with all traffic transferred to the newly opened Borg El Arab Airport. The Egyptian government subsequently announced that El Nouzha would not reopen.
El Nuzha Airport has remained closed since 2011 and does not support scheduled or general aviation traffic; Borg El Arab Airport now handles Alexandria's air services. There is no indication of current flying operations, training activity, or facilities available to visiting pilots, and no simulator scenery availability is documented.
