RAF Ismailia

Ismailia Air Base RAF Ismailia
Near: Ismailia, Egypt
Members of No. 458 Squadron RAAF at RAF Ismailia, 1942
Ismailia Air Base Air Base Location in Egypt
Coordinates	30°35′53.75″N 32°14′12.86″E / 30.5982639°N 32.2369056°E / 30.5982639; 32.2369056Coordinates: 30°35′53.75″N 32°14′12.86″E / 30.5982639°N 32.2369056°E / 30.5982639; 32.2369056
Site information
Owner	Egyptian Armed Forces
Operator	Royal Air Force  United States Army Air Forces  Egyptian Air Force
Controlled by	Royal Air Force (1935-1956) Ninth Air Force (1942) Egyptian Air Force (1956-Present)
Site history
Battles/wars	World War II Western Desert Campaign
Airfield information
Runways Direction Length and surface 13/31 3217 ft Asphalt

World War II

Ismailia Air Base Air Base is an Egyptian Air Force (Arabic: القوات الجوية المصرية‎‎, El Qūwāt El Gawīyä El Maṣrīyä) base, located approximately 4 km west-northwest of Ismailia; (Al Isma`iliyah); 116 km northeast of Cairo.

During World War II, the airfield, then known as RAF Ismailia or Ismailia Airfield, was used as a military airfield by the British Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Force during the North African Campaign against Axis forces. Ismailia was a pre-World War II station, originally opened about 1916.

Today, the airfield is an active Egyptian Air Force base. Its World War II configuration is still evident in aerial photography.