HBE

Alexandria International Airport

ICAO HEAX30.9325°N 29.6964°E52 m / 171 ftLarge airport
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Alexandria International Airport (IATA: HBE, ICAO: HEAX) is a large airport in Alexandria, Alexandria Governorate, Egypt. It opened in Feb 2010. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,400 m (11,156 ft). It is operated by Egyptian Airports Company. In 2018 it handled 2.3 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 2010–2010
FEB 2010
OpenedAlexandria International Airport opens.
From Wikidata and WikipediaEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Terminal 1New Terminal Building
14L/32R143° / 323° · LIT
LENGTH3,400 m11,156 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt
14R/32L143° / 323° · LIT
LENGTH3,400 m11,155 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2007–2018
236K
189K
372K
712K
1.0M
2.0M
2.3M
2.5M
2.8M
2.6M
2.2M
2.3M
070809101112131415161718

Routes

23 destinations · 11 countries
1,000 km2,000 km3,000 km500 mi1,000 mi1,500 mi2,000 miCAI · Cairo International Airport · 187 km / 116 miAMM · Queen Alia International Airport · 604 km / 375 miADJ · Marka International (Amman Civil) Airport · 608 km / 378 miBEN · Benina International Airport · 903 km / 561 miATH · Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport · 940 km / 584 miSAW · Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport · 1,109 km / 689 miIST · İstanbul Airport · 1,153 km / 716 miMED · Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport · 1,213 km / 754 miJED · King Abdulaziz International Airport · 1,394 km / 866 miTIF · Taif International Airport · 1,506 km / 936 miMJI · Mitiga International Airport · 1,562 km / 971 miKWI · Kuwait International Airport · 1,767 km / 1,098 miRUH · King Khalid International Airport · 1,795 km / 1,115 miFCO · Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport · 1,969 km / 1,223 miDMM · King Fahd International Airport · 2,019 km / 1,255 miDOH · Hamad International Airport · 2,235 km / 1,389 miAUH · Zayed International Airport · 2,554 km / 1,587 miDXB · Dubai International Airport · 2,590 km / 1,609 miSHJ · Sharjah International Airport · 2,601 km / 1,616 miSSH · Sharm El Sheikh International Airport · 561 km / 349 miHRG · Hurghada International Airport · 577 km / 359 miBGY · Il Caravaggio International Airport · 2,381 km / 1,479 miCMN · Mohammed V International Airport · 3,502 km / 2,176 miCMNSHJBGYDOHFCORUHKWIMJITIFMEDISTATHBENADJHRGCAIAUHDMMSSHJEDSAWAMMHBE
Year-round19
CAICairo International AirportEgypt · EgyptAir187 km116 miAMMQueen Alia International AirportJordan · Air Cairo604 km375 miADJMarka International (Amman Civil) AirportJordan · Air Arabia608 km378 miBENBenina International AirportLibya · Libyan Airlines, EgyptAir903 km561 miATHAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International AirportGreece · Air Cairo, Aegean Airlines940 km584 miSAWIstanbul Sabiha Gökçen International AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines1,109 km689 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines1,153 km716 miMEDPrince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz AirportSaudi Arabia · EgyptAir, Saudia1,213 km754 miJEDKing Abdulaziz International AirportSaudi Arabia · Air Cairo, flyadeal, EgyptAir +21,394 km866 miTIFTaif International AirportSaudi Arabia · Air Arabia1,506 km936 miMJIMitiga International AirportLibya · Libyan Airlines1,562 km971 miKWIKuwait International AirportKuwait · Jazeera Airways, Air Cairo, EgyptAir +11,767 km1,098 miRUHKing Khalid International AirportSaudi Arabia · EgyptAir, Air Arabia, Saudia1,795 km1,115 miFCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · Wizz Air1,969 km1,223 miDMMKing Fahd International AirportSaudi Arabia · EgyptAir, Air Arabia2,019 km1,255 miDOHHamad International AirportQatar · Qatar Airways2,235 km1,389 miAUHZayed International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Air Arabia2,554 km1,587 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · flydubai, EgyptAir2,590 km1,609 miSHJSharjah International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Air Arabia2,601 km1,616 mi
Most destinationsEgyptAir 10Air Arabia 8Air Cairo 7Saudia 3Libyan Airlines 2Aegean Airlines 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from HBE. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Alexandria International Airport (Egypt)” (revision of 20 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers2.3M (2018)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#532of 3,974 · #25 Africa · #5 EGLongest runway3,400 m11,156 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=584of 29,823 · #86 Africa · #14 EGElevation52 m171 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=34,632of 43,341 · =2,799 Africa · #35 EGAgeOpened 20102026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=12,749of 15,079 · =124 Africa · =11 EGRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =24 Africa · =6 EG
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

3 channels
APPALEX RADAR122.300
APPAPP122.800
TWRTWR119.100