# El Alamein International Airport (DBB / HEAL) **El Alamein International Airport** (IATA: DBB, ICAO: HEAL) is a large airport in El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt. It has one runway, 3,499 m (11,479 ft) long, asphalt. In 2018 it handled 2 thousand passengers. Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/heal ## At a glance - IATA / ICAO: DBB / HEAL - Type: Large airport - Serves: El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt - Elevation: 47 m / 154 ft - Coordinates: 30.9243, 28.4616 - Runways: 1 - Longest runway: 3,499 m / 11,479 ft - Passengers: 2,006 (2018) - Time zone: UTC+2/+3 · Africa/Cairo - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Alamein_International_Airport (11 languages) - Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11824194 - Weather station: HEAL - Ident: HEAL ## Runways | Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 13/31 | 3,499 m / 11,479 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 130° / 310° | yes | ## Passengers per year | Year | Passengers | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 2007 | 28,800 | Wikidata | | 2008 | 39,228 | Wikidata | | 2009 | 31,092 | Wikidata | | 2010 | 23,889 | Wikidata | | 2011 | 16,622 | Wikidata | | 2012 | 19,058 | Wikidata | | 2013 | 5,795 | Wikidata | | 2014 | 5,685 | Wikidata | | 2015 | 449 | Wikidata | | 2016 | 540 | Wikidata | | 2017 | 1,260 | Wikidata | | 2018 | 2,006 | Wikidata | ## Routes 13 destinations in 9 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article. ### Seasonal (4) - [JED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oejn.md) King Abdulaziz International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,479 km / 919 mi · Flynas, Saudia - [RUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oerk.md) King Khalid International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,907 km / 1,185 mi · Flynas, Saudia - [BAH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/obbi.md) Bahrain International Airport · Bahrain · 2,222 km / 1,381 mi · Gulf Air - [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 2,707 km / 1,682 mi · flydubai ### Seasonal charter (9) - [BEG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lybe.md) Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport · Serbia · 1,700 km / 1,056 mi · Air Serbia - [BTS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lzib.md) M. R. Štefánik Airport · Slovakia · 2,141 km / 1,330 mi · Air Cairo, Smartwings - [BQT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/umbb.md) Brest International Airport · Belarus · 2,385 km / 1,482 mi · Belavia - [PRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lkpr.md) Václav Havel Airport Prague · Czechia · 2,438 km / 1,515 mi · Smartwings - [MSQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/umms.md) Minsk National Airport · Belarus · 2,554 km / 1,587 mi · Belavia - [VKO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuww.md) Vnukovo International Airport · Russia · 2,829 km / 1,758 mi · Red Sea Airlines (charter airline) - [SVO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuee.md) Sheremetyevo International Airport · Russia · 2,872 km / 1,785 mi · Air Cairo - [KZN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwkd.md) Kazan International Airport · Russia · 3,193 km / 1,984 mi · Air Cairo - [ALA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uaaa.md) Almaty International Airport · Kazakhstan · 4,454 km / 2,768 mi · Air Cairo ## Airlines The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from DBB, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata. ### Passenger (9) - SM [Air Cairo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-cairo) · 4 · seasonal charter - B2 [Belavia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/belavia) · 2 · seasonal charter - XY [Flynas](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flynas) · 2 · seasonal - SV [Saudia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/saudia) · 2 · seasonal - QS [Smartwings](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/smartwings) · 2 · seasonal charter - JU [Air Serbia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-serbia) · 1 · seasonal charter - FZ [flydubai](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flydubai) · 1 · seasonal - GF [Gulf Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/gulf-air) · 1 · seasonal - [Red Sea Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/red-sea-airlines) · 1 · seasonal charter ## Rankings Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place. | Measure | Value | World | Region | Country | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Passengers | 2K (2018) | #3,157 of 3,974 | #201 in Africa | #17 in EG | | Longest runway | 3,499 m / 11,479 ft | #546 of 29,858 | #78 in Africa | #11 in EG | | Elevation | 47 m / 154 ft | =35,165 of 43,403 | =2,811 in Africa | #36 in EG | | Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =28 in EG | ## Radio frequencies | Type | Description | MHz | | --- | --- | --- | | GND | GND | 121.900 | | TWR | TWR | 123.400 | ## Nearby airports - [HBE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heba.md) Alexandria International Airport · 118 km / 73 mi - [HE31](https://dromopedia.com/airports/he31.md) Malan Frein Airport · 125 km / 78 mi - [MUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hemm.md) Mersa Matruh International Airport · 126 km / 78 mi - [HE11](https://dromopedia.com/airports/he11.md) Badr El Din Airport · 127 km / 79 mi - [HE33](https://dromopedia.com/airports/he33.md) Meliha Airport · 139 km / 87 mi ## Sources - [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government)) - [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain) - [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0) - [Wikipedia: “El Alamein International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=El_Alamein_International_Airport&oldid=1373859855), revision of 8 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0) - [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0) - Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/heal/data