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The scintillation (Cn2) had estimated using a compatible model of Cairo weather, and the turbulence effect (beam divergence) becomes very weak by using the aperture diameter of the receiver higher than the maximum optical spot size due to turbulence and divergence. During the year 2019, the visibility must be greater than 5Km, and weak scintillation turbulence is Cn2&lt;0.00566\u221710\u221216 m-2\/3at distance 500Km. The availability evaluations based on predicted attenuation due to weather and turbulence using data measured in Cairo and the effects of all parameters on the performance of FSO are discussed. The required transmitted power must be related to the expected visibility. 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