Cairo Sphinx Airport

Cairo Sphinx Airport (Sphinx International Airport, IATA: SPX) is located in Giza, near the Pyramids, and is a separate facility from Cairo International Airport.

Whichever flight you end up on, the ground transport on either side of it is the part that's easiest to lock down in advance — a licensed driver tracking your flight number means no waiting around after landing.

Around a dozen airlines currently serve Sphinx Airport, including Wizz Air, Wizz Air UK, Wizz Air Malta, easyJet, Air Arabia, flydubai, Jazeera Airways, Flynas, Pegasus Airlines, SalamAir, Air Cairo, Swiss and Edelweiss Air, connecting Giza to destinations across Europe, the Gulf and North Africa alongside Egypt's domestic network.

The airport connects to roughly two dozen destinations. Istanbul is typically the busiest route, and the two longest scheduled flights run to Manchester and London Luton, each around five and a half hours; domestically, Sphinx Airport also links to airports such as Abu Simbel. As with most Egyptian airports, it's worth arriving at least 3 hours before an international departure and around 2 hours before a domestic one, since security screening and passport control can take longer at busier times.