Ismailia Air Base ' is an air base of the Egyptian Air Force located approximately west-northwest of the city of Ismailia; northeast of Cairo, Egypt.
Ismailia was a pre-World War II station, originally opened by the British about 1915 as Moascar.
On 5âÂÂ7 November 1938, RAF Vickers Wellesley aircraft set a non-stop distance record by flying from Ismailia to Darwin, Australia, a distance of 7,162 miles (11520.4 km).
During World War II, the airfield, then known as RAF Ismailia, continued to be used as a military airfield by the British Royal Air Force and also the United States Army Air Forces during the North African campaign against Axis forces.
The base houses an Mil Mi-17 unit and is also being used for other military movements.