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Hurghada International Airport

ICAO HEGN27.1768°N 33.7967°E10 m / 32 ftLarge airport

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Hurghada International Airport (IATA: HRG, ICAO: HEGN) is a large airport in Hurghada, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt. It opened on 27 Dec 2014. It has 2 runways; the longest is 4,015 m (13,171 ft). It is operated by Egyptian Airports Company. In 2025 it handled 11.4 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 2014–2014

27 DEC 2014

OpenedHurghada International Airport opens.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

16L/34R165° / 345° · LIT

LENGTH4,015 m13,171 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

16R/34L165° / 345° · LIT

LENGTH4,014 m13,168 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2010–2025

8.1M

6.0M

7.1M

5.8M

7.2M

6.8M

2.9M

4.7M

6.7M

7.2M

9.6M

11.4M

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Routes

116 destinations · 39 countries

Year-round51

SSHSharm El Sheikh International AirportEgypt · Air Cairo107 km66 mi LXRLuxor International AirportEgypt · Air Cairo200 km124 mi CAICairo International AirportEgypt · Air Cairo, EgyptAir, Nile Air402 km250 mi SAWIstanbul Sabiha Gökçen International AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines, AJet1,580 km982 mi ISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Air Cairo, Turkish Airlines1,635 km1,016 mi EVNZvartnots International AirportArmenia · Air Cairo1,741 km1,082 mi SKPSkopje International AirportNorth Macedonia · Air Cairo1,981 km1,231 mi KRRKrasnodar Pashkovsky International AirportRussia · Aeroflot2,042 km1,269 mi BEGBelgrade Nikola Tesla AirportSerbia · Air Cairo2,300 km1,429 mi SJJSarajevo International AirportBosnia & Herzegovina · Air Cairo2,313 km1,437 mi NAPNaples International AirportItaly · Air Cairo2,347 km1,458 mi FCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · Wizz Air2,545 km1,581 mi BUDBudapest Liszt Ferenc International AirportHungary · Air Cairo2,583 km1,605 mi BTSM. R. Štefánik AirportSlovakia · Air Cairo, Wizz Air2,740 km1,703 mi VIEVienna International AirportAustria · Air Cairo, Corendon Airlines2,764 km1,717 mi KTWKatowice Wojciech Korfanty International AirportPoland · Wizz Air2,875 km1,786 mi WMIWarsaw Modlin AirportPoland · Wizz Air3,015 km1,873 mi MXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · Air Cairo3,017 km1,875 mi WROCopernicus Wrocław AirportPoland · Wizz Air3,018 km1,875 mi MUCMunich AirportGermany · Air Cairo, Marabu Airlines, Condor Flugdienst +13,025 km1,880 mi PRGVáclav Havel Airport PragueCzechia · Air Cairo, Smartwings3,042 km1,890 mi ZRHZürich AirportSwitzerland · Air Cairo, Chair Airlines, Edelweiss Air3,146 km1,955 mi DRSDresden AirportGermany · Sundair3,152 km1,959 mi STRStuttgart AirportGermany · Air Cairo, Condor Flugdienst, TUI fly Deutschland3,191 km1,983 mi SVOSheremetyevo International AirportRussia · Aeroflot3,215 km1,998 mi BSLEuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–FreiburgFrance · Air Cairo, Nesma Airlines3,218 km2,000 mi LEJLeipzig/Halle AirportGermany · Air Cairo3,246 km2,017 mi BERBerlin Brandenburg AirportGermany · Air Cairo, Sundair3,269 km2,031 mi FRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Air Cairo, Condor Flugdienst, TUI fly Deutschland3,324 km2,065 mi LUXLuxembourg-Findel International AirportLuxembourg · Luxair3,428 km2,130 mi HAJHannover AirportGermany · Air Cairo, TUI fly Deutschland3,450 km2,144 mi CGNCologne Bonn AirportGermany · Air Cairo, Marabu Airlines, Corendon Airlines3,461 km2,151 mi DUSDüsseldorf AirportGermany · Air Cairo, Eurowings, Condor Flugdienst +23,511 km2,182 mi FMOMünster Osnabrück AirportGermany · Condor Flugdienst3,524 km2,190 mi HAMHamburg Helmut Schmidt AirportGermany · Air Cairo, Corendon Airlines3,530 km2,193 mi TASTashkent International AirportUzbekistan · Uzbekistan Airways3,586 km2,228 mi BRUBrussels AirportBelgium · TUI fly Belgium3,611 km2,244 mi LEDPulkovo AirportRussia · Aeroflot3,638 km2,261 mi LGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, easyJet3,900 km2,423 mi STNLondon Stansted AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com3,917 km2,434 mi LTNLondon Luton AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet3,952 km2,456 mi EMAEast Midlands AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, TUI Airways4,062 km2,524 mi BHXBirmingham AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, TUI Airways4,065 km2,526 mi BRSBristol AirportUnited Kingdom · TUI Airways, easyJet4,067 km2,527 mi CWLCardiff International AirportUnited Kingdom · TUI Airways4,106 km2,551 mi LBALeeds Bradford AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com4,140 km2,572 mi MANManchester AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, easyJet4,146 km2,576 mi LPLLiverpool John Lennon AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet4,178 km2,596 mi NCLNewcastle International AirportUnited Kingdom · TUI Airways4,211 km2,617 mi GLAGlasgow AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, easyJet4,407 km2,738 mi BFSBelfast International AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet4,441 km2,760 mi

Seasonal56

ASWAswan International AirportEgypt · Air Cairo371 km231 mi AMMQueen Alia International AirportJordan · Air Cairo548 km341 mi JEDKing Abdulaziz International AirportSaudi Arabia · Flynas, Saudia817 km508 mi RUHKing Khalid International AirportSaudi Arabia · Flynas1,311 km815 mi KWIKuwait International AirportKuwait · Jazeera Airways1,407 km874 mi NAPNaples International AirportItaly · easyJet, Wizz Air2,347 km1,458 mi BNXBanja Luka International AirportBosnia & Herzegovina · Air Cairo2,460 km1,529 mi FCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · Air Cairo2,545 km1,581 mi BUDBudapest Liszt Ferenc International AirportHungary · Wizz Air, EgyptAir2,583 km1,605 mi GRZGraz AirportAustria · Eurowings2,725 km1,693 mi OSRLeoš Janáček Airport OstravaCzechia · Smartwings2,839 km1,764 mi BRQBrno-Tuřany AirportCzechia · Smartwings2,850 km1,771 mi SZGSalzburg AirportAustria · Eurowings, Corendon Airlines2,917 km1,813 mi MXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · easyJet3,017 km1,875 mi MUCMunich AirportGermany · Discover Airlines3,025 km1,880 mi PRGVáclav Havel Airport PragueCzechia · Eurowings, EgyptAir3,042 km1,890 mi MRSMarseille Provence AirportFrance · Transavia France3,136 km1,949 mi DRSDresden AirportGermany · Air Cairo3,152 km1,959 mi DMEDomodedovo International AirportRussia · EgyptAir3,157 km1,962 mi STRStuttgart AirportGermany · Eurowings, Corendon Airlines3,191 km1,983 mi SVOSheremetyevo International AirportRussia · Air Cairo3,215 km1,998 mi BSLEuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–FreiburgFrance · easyJet3,218 km2,000 mi GVAGeneva International AirportSwitzerland · easyJet3,223 km2,003 mi LYSLyon Saint-Exupéry AirportFrance · Transavia France, easyJet3,263 km2,028 mi BERBerlin Brandenburg AirportGermany · Marabu Airlines, Eurowings, easyJet +13,269 km2,031 mi ERFErfurt-Weimar AirportGermany · Air Cairo3,271 km2,033 mi FRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Discover Airlines3,324 km2,065 mi RIXRiga International AirportLatvia · AirBaltic3,398 km2,111 mi PADPaderborn Lippstadt AirportGermany · Air Cairo3,438 km2,136 mi VLCValencia AirportSpain · Air Cairo3,440 km2,138 mi HAJHannover AirportGermany · Eurowings3,450 km2,144 mi CGNCologne Bonn AirportGermany · Eurowings3,461 km2,151 mi HAMHamburg Helmut Schmidt AirportGermany · Marabu Airlines, Eurowings3,530 km2,193 mi MSTMaastricht Aachen AirportNetherlands · Corendon Dutch Airlines3,539 km2,199 mi CPHCopenhagen Kastrup AirportDenmark · Air Cairo, Norwegian Air Shuttle3,589 km2,230 mi ORYParis-Orly AirportFrance · Transavia France3,607 km2,241 mi BRUBrussels AirportBelgium · Brussels Airlines3,611 km2,244 mi CDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · easyJet3,611 km2,244 mi BODBordeaux–Mérignac AirportFrance · Transavia France3,632 km2,257 mi LEDPulkovo AirportRussia · Air Cairo3,638 km2,261 mi GRQGroningen Airport EeldeNetherlands · Corendon Dutch Airlines3,653 km2,270 mi AMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · Corendon Dutch Airlines, Transavia France, easyJet3,689 km2,292 mi OSTOstend-Bruges International AirportBelgium · TUI fly Belgium3,722 km2,313 mi AGPMálaga-Costa del Sol AirportSpain · Air Cairo3,738 km2,323 mi BIOBilbao AirportSpain · Air Cairo3,744 km2,326 mi HELHelsinki Vantaa AirportFinland · Norwegian Air Shuttle3,746 km2,328 mi GOTGöteborg Landvetter AirportSweden · Norwegian Air Shuttle3,786 km2,353 mi NTENantes Atlantique AirportFrance · Transavia France, easyJet3,793 km2,357 mi ARNStockholm-Arlanda AirportSweden · Norwegian Air Shuttle3,809 km2,367 mi AALAalborg AirportDenmark · Air Cairo3,825 km2,377 mi SVXKoltsovo AirportRussia · Air Cairo3,920 km2,436 mi LTNLondon Luton AirportUnited Kingdom · Wizz Air3,952 km2,456 mi OSLOslo-Gardermoen International AirportNorway · Air Cairo, Norwegian Air Shuttle4,054 km2,519 mi BHXBirmingham AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet4,065 km2,526 mi LISLisbon Humberto Delgado AirportPortugal · Air Cairo4,165 km2,588 mi EDIEdinburgh AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet4,355 km2,706 mi

Seasonal charter46

EVNZvartnots International AirportArmenia · SkyUp1,741 km1,082 mi AERSochi International AirportRussia · Ural Airlines1,892 km1,176 mi SOFSofia AirportBulgaria · BH Air1,964 km1,220 mi BBUBucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International AirportRomania · Fly Lili2,045 km1,271 mi OTPBucharest Henri Coandă International AirportRomania · TAROM, SkyUp2,052 km1,275 mi ININiš Constantine the Great AirportSerbia · Air Serbia2,094 km1,301 mi RMOChişinău International AirportMoldova · HiSky2,237 km1,390 mi IASIaşi International AirportRomania · TAROM2,289 km1,422 mi BEGBelgrade Nikola Tesla AirportSerbia · Air Serbia2,300 km1,429 mi TSRTimișoara Traian Vuia International AirportRomania · TAROM2,346 km1,458 mi CLJAvram Iancu Cluj International AirportRomania · TAROM, SkyUp2,353 km1,462 mi VOGVolgograd International AirportRussia · Nesma Airlines, AlMasria Universal Airlines2,568 km1,596 mi BUDBudapest Liszt Ferenc International AirportHungary · Smartwings2,583 km1,605 mi BTSM. R. Štefánik AirportSlovakia · Smartwings2,740 km1,703 mi VIEVienna International AirportAustria · Nile Air2,764 km1,717 mi GMEGomel AirportBelarus · Belavia2,828 km1,757 mi KTWKatowice Wojciech Korfanty International AirportPoland · Smartwings, SkyUp2,875 km1,786 mi GSVGagarin International AirportRussia · Nesma Airlines2,919 km1,814 mi WAWWarsaw Chopin AirportPoland · Smartwings, SkyUp2,977 km1,850 mi MSQMinsk National AirportBelarus · Belavia3,007 km1,868 mi MXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · ITA Airways3,017 km1,875 mi WROCopernicus Wrocław AirportPoland · SkyUp, AlMasria Universal Airlines3,018 km1,875 mi PRGVáclav Havel Airport PragueCzechia · Nile Air3,042 km1,890 mi ALGHouari Boumediene AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie3,058 km1,900 mi VNOVilnius International AirportLithuania · GetJet Airlines, SkyUp3,131 km1,946 mi POZPoznań-Ławica AirportPoland · Smartwings, SkyUp3,142 km1,952 mi DMEDomodedovo International AirportRussia · Red Wings Airlines, Ural Airlines, AlMasria Universal Airlines3,157 km1,962 mi VKOVnukovo International AirportRussia · Red Sea Airlines (charter airline), Nesma Airlines3,172 km1,971 mi SVOSheremetyevo International AirportRussia · Red Wings Airlines, Rossiya3,215 km1,998 mi KUFKurumoch International AirportRussia · Ural Airlines, Rossiya3,222 km2,002 mi ERFErfurt-Weimar AirportGermany · Red Sea Airlines (charter airline)3,271 km2,033 mi GDNGdańsk Lech Wałęsa AirportPoland · SkyUp3,272 km2,033 mi GOJNizhny Novgorod / Strigino International AirportRussia · Rossiya3,327 km2,067 mi KZNKazan International AirportRussia · Ural Airlines, AlMasria Universal Airlines, Rossiya3,397 km2,111 mi RIXRiga International AirportLatvia · GetJet Airlines, SkyUp3,398 km2,111 mi UFAUfa International AirportRussia · Rossiya3,533 km2,195 mi LEDPulkovo AirportRussia · Nesma Airlines3,638 km2,261 mi TLLLennart Meri Tallinn AirportEstonia · GetJet Airlines, SkyUp3,650 km2,268 mi HELHelsinki Vantaa AirportFinland · Finnair3,746 km2,328 mi ARNStockholm-Arlanda AirportSweden · Scandinavian Airlines3,809 km2,367 mi PEEPerm International AirportRussia · Azur Air, AlMasria Universal Airlines, Rossiya3,833 km2,382 mi CEKKurchatov Chelyabinsk International AirportRussia · AlMasria Universal Airlines, Rossiya3,839 km2,385 mi SVXKoltsovo AirportRussia · Ural Airlines, Rossiya3,920 km2,436 mi OSLOslo-Gardermoen International AirportNorway · Scandinavian Airlines4,054 km2,519 mi NQZNursultan Nazarbayev International AirportKazakhstan · SCAT Airlines4,121 km2,561 mi ALAAlmaty International AirportKazakhstan · Air Astana, SCAT Airlines4,259 km2,646 mi

Most destinationsAir Cairo 42easyJet 18SkyUp 11Eurowings 9Wizz Air 8Smartwings 8

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from HRG. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Hurghada International Airport” (revision of 12 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers11.4M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#187of 3,974 · #6 Africa · #2 EG Longest runway4,015 m13,171 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#99of 29,823 · #12 Africa · #1 EG Elevation10 m32 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=40,311of 43,341 · =3,021 Africa · #57 EG AgeOpened 20142026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=13,103of 15,079 · =131 Africa · #13 EG Runways21 · 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

4 channels

APPRADAR123.400

GNDGND121.900

RDORDO585.900

TWRTWR119.600