# Abu Simbel Airport (ABS / HEBL)

**Abu Simbel Airport** (IATA: ABS, ICAO: HEBL) is a medium airport in Abu Simbel, Aswan Governorate, Egypt. It has one runway, 3,000 m (9,843 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Egyptian Airports Company. In 2018 it handled 64 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ABS / HEBL
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Egyptian Airports Company
- Serves: Abu Simbel, Aswan Governorate, Egypt
- Elevation: 187 m / 614 ft
- Coordinates: 22.3759, 31.6117
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,000 m / 9,843 ft
- Passengers: 63,927 (2018)
- Time zone: UTC+2/+3 · Africa/Cairo
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Simbel_Airport (24 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q774216
- Weather station: HEBL · WMO 62419
- Ident: HEBL

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 15/33 | 3,000 m / 9,843 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 150° / 330° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2007 | 537,942 | Wikidata |
| 2008 | 634,235 | Wikidata |
| 2009 | 449,157 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 490,010 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 119,326 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 74,091 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 35,774 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 10,923 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 23,418 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 22,359 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 34,014 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 63,927 | Wikidata |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [ASW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hesn.md) Aswan International Airport · Egypt · 215 km / 134 mi · Air Cairo, EgyptAir
- [CAI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heca.md) Cairo International Airport · Egypt · 860 km / 534 mi · Air Cairo, EgyptAir

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- SM [Air Cairo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-cairo) · 2
- MS [EgyptAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/egyptair) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 64K (2018) | #1,984 of 3,974 | #135 in Africa | #10 in EG |
| Longest runway | 3,000 m / 9,843 ft | =1,196 of 29,858 | =185 in Africa | =27 in EG |
| Elevation | 187 m / 614 ft | =25,090 of 43,403 | =2,535 in Africa | #16 in EG |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =28 in EG |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| MISC | FIRE | 121.900 |
| RDO | RDO | 585.900 |
| TWR | TWR/APP | 118.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [WHF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hssw.md) Wadi Halfa Airport · 64 km / 40 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: “Abu Simbel Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abu_Simbel_Airport&oldid=1362957169), revision of 7 Jul 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/hebl/data