# Asyut International Airport (ATZ / HEAT)

**Asyut International Airport** (IATA: ATZ, ICAO: HEAT) is a large airport in Asyut, Asyut Governorate, Egypt. It opened in 1974. It has one runway, 3,019 m (9,905 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Egyptian Airports Company. In 2018 it handled 329 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/heat

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ATZ / HEAT
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Egyptian Airports Company
- Serves: Asyut, Asyut Governorate, Egypt
- Opened: 1974 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 228 m / 748 ft
- Coordinates: 27.0460, 31.0128
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,019 m / 9,905 ft
- Passengers: 329,416 (2018)
- Time zone: UTC+2/+3 · Africa/Cairo
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assiut_Airport (21 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2107478
- Weather station: HEAT · WMO 62393
- Ident: HEAT

## Timeline

- 1974: Asyut International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 3,019 m / 9,905 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 130° / 310° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2007 | 132,688 | Wikidata |
| 2008 | 328,708 | Wikidata |
| 2009 | 258,856 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 314,671 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 235,927 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 289,377 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 359,556 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 174,899 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 88,026 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 396,939 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 340,139 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 329,416 | Wikidata |

## Routes

13 destinations in 5 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (11)

- [CAI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heca.md) Cairo International Airport · Egypt · 343 km / 213 mi · EgyptAir
- [TUU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oetb.md) Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 572 km / 355 mi · Air Cairo
- [ADJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ojam.md) Marka International (Amman Civil) Airport · Jordan · 729 km / 453 mi · Air Cairo
- [MED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oema.md) Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport · Saudi Arabia · 913 km / 567 mi · Air Cairo
- [AJF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oesk.md) Al-Jawf International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 939 km / 583 mi · Air Cairo
- [JED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oejn.md) King Abdulaziz International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,018 km / 633 mi · Air Cairo, Flynas
- [ELQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oegs.md) Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,270 km / 789 mi · Air Cairo
- [AHB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oeab.md) Abha International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,543 km / 959 mi · Air Cairo
- [RUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oerk.md) King Khalid International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,584 km / 984 mi · Air Cairo, Flynas
- [KWI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/okkk.md) Kuwait International Airport · Kuwait · 1,679 km / 1,043 mi · Air Cairo
- [DMM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oedf.md) King Fahd International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,865 km / 1,159 mi · Air Cairo

### Seasonal (2)

- [AUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omaa.md) Zayed International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 2,382 km / 1,480 mi · Air Arabia
- [SHJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omsj.md) Sharjah International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 2,449 km / 1,522 mi · Air Cairo

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from ATZ, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (4)

- SM [Air Cairo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-cairo) · 11
- XY [Flynas](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flynas) · 2
- G9 [Air Arabia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-arabia) · 1 · seasonal
- MS [EgyptAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/egyptair) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 329K (2018) | #1,295 of 3,974 | #85 in Africa | #9 in EG |
| Longest runway | 3,019 m / 9,905 ft | =1,135 of 29,858 | #167 in Africa | =19 in EG |
| Elevation | 228 m / 748 ft | =22,470 of 43,403 | =2,478 in Africa | #12 in EG |
| Age | Opened 1974 | =6,983 of 15,079 | =84 in Africa | #7 in EG |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =28 in EG |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| EMR | FIRE | 121.900 |
| RDO | RDO | 585.900 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [HMB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hesg.md) Suhaj International Airport · 107 km / 66 mi
- [EMY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/he25.md) El Minya Airport · 119 km / 74 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: “Assiut Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Assiut_Airport&oldid=1373527098), revision of 6 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/heat/data