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Luxor International Airport

ICAO HELX25.6710°N 32.7064°E84 m / 276 ftLarge airport
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Luxor International
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Luxor International Airport (IATA: LXR, ICAO: HELX) is a large airport in Luxor, Luxor 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 753 thousand passengers.

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
02/20023° / 203° · LIT
LENGTH3,000 m9,843 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2007–2018
2.0M
2.2M
1.9M
2.0M
914K
810K
640K
611K
718K
626K
605K
753K
070809101112131415161718

Routes

31 destinations · 13 countries
1,000 km2,000 km3,000 km4,000 km1,000 mi2,000 miHRG · Hurghada International Airport · 200 km / 124 miSSH · Sharm El Sheikh International Airport · 306 km / 190 miCAI · Cairo International Airport · 510 km / 317 miKWI · Kuwait International Airport · 1,556 km / 967 miSAW · Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport · 1,722 km / 1,070 miCTA · Catania-Fontanarossa Airport · 2,118 km / 1,316 miFCO · Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport · 2,594 km / 1,612 miBLQ · Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport · 2,845 km / 1,768 miMXP · Milan Malpensa International Airport · 3,078 km / 1,913 miVLC · Valencia Airport · 3,442 km / 2,139 miBRU · Brussels Airport · 3,689 km / 2,292 miAGP · Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport · 3,718 km / 2,310 miMAD · Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport · 3,725 km / 2,315 miBIO · Bilbao Airport · 3,766 km / 2,340 miMED · Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport · 715 km / 444 miJED · King Abdulaziz International Airport · 793 km / 493 miATH · Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport · 1,594 km / 990 miVRN · Verona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport · 2,932 km / 1,822 miZRH · Zürich Airport · 3,217 km / 1,999 miBCN · Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport · 3,303 km / 2,052 miLYS · Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport · 3,315 km / 2,060 miBER · Berlin Brandenburg Airport · 3,377 km / 2,098 miLUX · Luxembourg-Findel International Airport · 3,504 km / 2,177 miCGN · Cologne Bonn Airport · 3,545 km / 2,203 miDUS · Düsseldorf Airport · 3,596 km / 2,234 miORY · Paris-Orly Airport · 3,670 km / 2,280 miCDG · Charles de Gaulle International Airport · 3,675 km / 2,284 miNTE · Nantes Atlantique Airport · 3,839 km / 2,385 miLGW · London Gatwick Airport · 3,969 km / 2,466 miLHR · London Heathrow Airport · 4,005 km / 2,489 miMAN · Manchester Airport · 4,222 km / 2,623 miMANLHRNTEBIOMADAGPCDGDUSBERLYSBCNVRNFCOCTASAWATHKWIJEDMEDCAISSHLUXVLCZRHBRUCGNMXPBLQHRGLGWLXR
Year-round14
HRGHurghada International AirportEgypt · Air Cairo200 km124 miSSHSharm El Sheikh International AirportEgypt · Air Cairo306 km190 miCAICairo International AirportEgypt · Air Cairo, EgyptAir, Nile Air510 km317 miKWIKuwait International AirportKuwait · Jazeera Airways1,556 km967 miSAWIstanbul Sabiha Gökçen International AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines1,722 km1,070 miCTACatania-Fontanarossa AirportItaly · Air Cairo2,118 km1,316 miFCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · Air Cairo2,594 km1,612 miBLQBologna Guglielmo Marconi AirportItaly · Air Cairo2,845 km1,768 miMXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · Air Cairo3,078 km1,913 miVLCValencia AirportSpain · Air Cairo3,442 km2,139 miBRUBrussels AirportBelgium · Air Cairo3,689 km2,292 miAGPMálaga-Costa del Sol AirportSpain · Air Cairo3,718 km2,310 miMADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · Air Cairo3,725 km2,315 miBIOBilbao AirportSpain · Air Cairo3,766 km2,340 mi
Seasonal23
SSHSharm El Sheikh International AirportEgypt · EgyptAir306 km190 miCAICairo International AirportEgypt · Nesma Airlines510 km317 miMEDPrince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz AirportSaudi Arabia · Air Cairo715 km444 miJEDKing Abdulaziz International AirportSaudi Arabia · Air Cairo, Nesma Airlines, EgyptAir793 km493 miKWIKuwait International AirportKuwait · Kuwait Airways1,556 km967 miATHAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International AirportGreece · Aegean Airlines1,594 km990 miVRNVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo AirportItaly · Air Cairo2,932 km1,822 miMXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · easyJet, EgyptAir, Neos3,078 km1,913 miZRHZürich AirportSwitzerland · Edelweiss Air3,217 km1,999 miBCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportSpain · Air Cairo, EgyptAir, Vueling3,303 km2,052 miLYSLyon Saint-Exupéry AirportFrance · easyJet3,315 km2,060 miBERBerlin Brandenburg AirportGermany · Sundair3,377 km2,098 miLUXLuxembourg-Findel International AirportLuxembourg · Luxair3,504 km2,177 miCGNCologne Bonn AirportGermany · Air Cairo3,545 km2,203 miDUSDüsseldorf AirportGermany · TUI fly Deutschland3,596 km2,234 miORYParis-Orly AirportFrance · Transavia3,670 km2,280 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Air Cairo, easyJet3,675 km2,284 miBRUBrussels AirportBelgium · TUI fly Belgium3,689 km2,292 miMADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · EgyptAir3,725 km2,315 miNTENantes Atlantique AirportFrance · easyJet3,839 km2,385 miLGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · TUI Airways, easyJet3,969 km2,466 miLHRLondon Heathrow AirportUnited Kingdom · EgyptAir4,005 km2,489 miMANManchester AirportUnited Kingdom · TUI Airways4,222 km2,623 mi
Most destinationsAir Cairo 18EgyptAir 7easyJet 5Nile Air 3Nesma Airlines 2TUI Airways 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from LXR. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Luxor International Airport” (revision of 11 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers753K (2018)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#937of 3,974 · #55 Africa · #6 EGLongest runway3,000 m9,843 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,196of 29,823 · =185 Africa · =27 EGElevation84 m276 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=31,880of 43,341 · =2,713 Africa · #29 EGRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =176 Africa · =28 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

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