# El Kharja Airport (UVL / HEKG)

**El Kharja Airport** (IATA: UVL, ICAO: HEKG) is a small airport in Kharja Oases, New Valley Governorate, Egypt. It has one runway, 3,500 m (11,483 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Egyptian Airports Company. In 2018 it handled 7 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: UVL / HEKG
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Egyptian Airports Company
- Serves: Kharja Oases, New Valley Governorate, Egypt
- Elevation: 59 m / 194 ft
- Coordinates: 25.4715, 30.5885
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,500 m / 11,483 ft
- Passengers: 7,133 (2018)
- Time zone: UTC+2/+3 · Africa/Cairo
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Kharga_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14209124
- Ident: HEKG

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 3,500 m / 11,483 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 360° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2007 | 3,431 | Wikidata |
| 2008 | 4,418 | Wikidata |
| 2009 | 4,306 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 6,259 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 3,663 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 7,259 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 7,651 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 7,472 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 6,771 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 6,976 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 7,600 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 7,133 | Wikidata |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [CAI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heca.md) Cairo International Airport · Egypt · 522 km / 324 mi · EgyptAir

### Seasonal charter (1)

- [CAI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heca.md) Cairo International Airport · Egypt · 522 km / 324 mi · Petroleum Air Services

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- MS [EgyptAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/egyptair) · 1
- UF [Petroleum Air Services](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/petroleum-air-services) · 1 · seasonal charter

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 7K (2018) | #2,818 of 3,974 | #189 in Africa | #16 in EG |
| Longest runway | 3,500 m / 11,483 ft | =488 of 29,858 | =64 in Africa | =8 in EG |
| Elevation | 59 m / 194 ft | =34,137 of 43,403 | =2,785 in Africa | #33 in EG |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =28 in EG |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| RDO | RDO | 585.900 |
| TWR | TWR | 122.800 |

## Nearby airports

No open airport within 150 km / 93 mi.

## Sources

- [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 Kharga Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=El_Kharga_Airport&oldid=1363035245), 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/hekg/data