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Old 2nd January 2007 | 10:40
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Flying in Egypt?

It looks like avgas is available only at Luxor, another airport about 100nm N of Luxor, and one more near Cairo (which curiously lists 100LL only).

Does anyone have any recent experience of Egypt?

There is very little GA there; just a few business jets flying around, and I am told (having just been there) there are some local pleasure flights around Luxor which is why Luxor has avgas.

The choice of alternates is rather poor, even with a TB20 with a 1200nm zero-fuel range. I might have to fill up at Iraklion at Crete.

I am looking at going down there later this year, via the Yugoslavia route; then back via Libya and Malaga.

Quite a lot of people have done flights down there with some complicated logistics, having avgas shipped ahead in drums.
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