# Luxor International Airport (LXR / HELX)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: LXR / HELX
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Egyptian Airports Company
- Serves: Luxor, Luxor Governorate, Egypt
- Elevation: 84 m / 276 ft
- Coordinates: 25.6710, 32.7064
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,000 m / 9,843 ft
- Passengers: 753,440 (2018)
- Time zone: UTC+2/+3 · Africa/Cairo
- Website: http://www.luxor-airport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxor_International_Airport (30 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1347322
- Weather station: HELX · WMO 62405
- Ident: HELX

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02/20 | 3,000 m / 9,843 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 023° / 203° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2007 | 1,977,568 | Wikidata |
| 2008 | 2,168,700 | Wikidata |
| 2009 | 1,872,070 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 1,970,715 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 913,867 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 810,193 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 639,736 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 610,885 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 718,089 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 626,007 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 604,651 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 753,440 | Wikidata |

## Routes

31 destinations in 13 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (14)

- [HRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hegn.md) Hurghada International Airport · Egypt · 200 km / 124 mi · Air Cairo
- [SSH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hesh.md) Sharm El Sheikh International Airport · Egypt · 306 km / 190 mi · Air Cairo
- [CAI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heca.md) Cairo International Airport · Egypt · 510 km / 317 mi · Air Cairo, EgyptAir, Nile Air
- [KWI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/okkk.md) Kuwait International Airport · Kuwait · 1,556 km / 967 mi · Jazeera Airways
- [SAW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfj.md) Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport · Türkiye · 1,722 km / 1,070 mi · Pegasus Airlines
- [CTA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/licc.md) Catania-Fontanarossa Airport · Italy · 2,118 km / 1,316 mi · Air Cairo
- [FCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirf.md) Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport · Italy · 2,594 km / 1,612 mi · Air Cairo
- [BLQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lipe.md) Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport · Italy · 2,845 km / 1,768 mi · Air Cairo
- [MXP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/limc.md) Milan Malpensa International Airport · Italy · 3,078 km / 1,913 mi · Air Cairo
- [VLC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/levc.md) Valencia Airport · Spain · 3,442 km / 2,139 mi · Air Cairo
- [BRU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ebbr.md) Brussels Airport · Belgium · 3,689 km / 2,292 mi · Air Cairo
- [AGP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lemg.md) Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport · Spain · 3,718 km / 2,310 mi · Air Cairo
- [MAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lemd.md) Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport · Spain · 3,725 km / 2,315 mi · Air Cairo
- [BIO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lebb.md) Bilbao Airport · Spain · 3,766 km / 2,340 mi · Air Cairo

### Seasonal (23)

- [SSH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hesh.md) Sharm El Sheikh International Airport · Egypt · 306 km / 190 mi · EgyptAir
- [CAI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heca.md) Cairo International Airport · Egypt · 510 km / 317 mi · Nesma Airlines
- [MED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oema.md) Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport · Saudi Arabia · 715 km / 444 mi · Air Cairo
- [JED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oejn.md) King Abdulaziz International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 793 km / 493 mi · Air Cairo, Nesma Airlines, EgyptAir
- [KWI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/okkk.md) Kuwait International Airport · Kuwait · 1,556 km / 967 mi · Kuwait Airways
- [ATH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgav.md) Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport · Greece · 1,594 km / 990 mi · Aegean Airlines
- [VRN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lipx.md) Verona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport · Italy · 2,932 km / 1,822 mi · Air Cairo
- [MXP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/limc.md) Milan Malpensa International Airport · Italy · 3,078 km / 1,913 mi · easyJet, EgyptAir, Neos
- [ZRH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lszh.md) Zürich Airport · Switzerland · 3,217 km / 1,999 mi · Edelweiss Air
- [BCN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lebl.md) Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport · Spain · 3,303 km / 2,052 mi · Air Cairo, EgyptAir, Vueling
- [LYS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfll.md) Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport · France · 3,315 km / 2,060 mi · easyJet
- [BER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddb.md) Berlin Brandenburg Airport · Germany · 3,377 km / 2,098 mi · Sundair
- [LUX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ellx.md) Luxembourg-Findel International Airport · Luxembourg · 3,504 km / 2,177 mi · Luxair
- [CGN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddk.md) Cologne Bonn Airport · Germany · 3,545 km / 2,203 mi · Air Cairo
- [DUS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddl.md) Düsseldorf Airport · Germany · 3,596 km / 2,234 mi · TUI fly Deutschland
- [ORY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfpo.md) Paris-Orly Airport · France · 3,670 km / 2,280 mi · Transavia
- [CDG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfpg.md) Charles de Gaulle International Airport · France · 3,675 km / 2,284 mi · Air Cairo, easyJet
- [BRU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ebbr.md) Brussels Airport · Belgium · 3,689 km / 2,292 mi · TUI fly Belgium
- [MAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lemd.md) Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport · Spain · 3,725 km / 2,315 mi · EgyptAir
- [NTE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfrs.md) Nantes Atlantique Airport · France · 3,839 km / 2,385 mi · easyJet
- [LGW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egkk.md) London Gatwick Airport · United Kingdom · 3,969 km / 2,466 mi · TUI Airways, easyJet
- [LHR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egll.md) London Heathrow Airport · United Kingdom · 4,005 km / 2,489 mi · EgyptAir
- [MAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egcc.md) Manchester Airport · United Kingdom · 4,222 km / 2,623 mi · TUI Airways

### Seasonal charter (2)

- [FCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirf.md) Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport · Italy · 2,594 km / 1,612 mi · Nile Air
- [MXP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/limc.md) Milan Malpensa International Airport · Italy · 3,078 km / 1,913 mi · Nile Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (18)

- SM [Air Cairo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-cairo) · 18
- MS [EgyptAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/egyptair) · 7
- U2 [easyJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/easyjet) · 5 · seasonal
- NP [Nile Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/nile-air) · 3
- NE [Nesma Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/nesma-airlines) · 2 · seasonal
- BY [TUI Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tui-airways) · 2 · seasonal
- A3 [Aegean Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aegean-airlines) · 1 · seasonal
- WK [Edelweiss Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/edelweiss-air) · 1 · seasonal
- J9 [Jazeera Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jazeera-airways) · 1
- KU [Kuwait Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/kuwait-airways) · 1 · seasonal
- LG [Luxair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/luxair) · 1 · seasonal
- NO [Neos](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/neos) · 1 · seasonal
- PC [Pegasus Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pegasus-airlines) · 1
- SR [Sundair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sundair) · 1 · seasonal
- HV [Transavia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/transavia) · 1 · seasonal
- TB [TUI fly Belgium](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tui-fly-belgium) · 1 · seasonal
- X3 [TUI fly Deutschland](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tui-fly-deutschland) · 1 · seasonal
- VY [Vueling](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/vueling) · 1 · seasonal

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 753K (2018) | #937 of 3,974 | #55 in Africa | #6 in EG |
| Longest runway | 3,000 m / 9,843 ft | =1,196 of 29,858 | =185 in Africa | =27 in EG |
| Elevation | 84 m / 276 ft | =31,928 of 43,403 | =2,713 in Africa | #29 in EG |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =28 in EG |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | RADAR | 124.300 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| RDO | RDO | 585.900 |
| TWR | TWR | 119.900 |

## Nearby airports

- [HE26](https://dromopedia.com/airports/he26.md) Abu Shahat Valley Air Base · 107 km / 66 mi
- [HE17](https://dromopedia.com/airports/he17.md) Abu Rahal Well Airport · 109 km / 68 mi
- [HMB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hesg.md) Suhaj International Airport · 122 km / 76 mi
- [HE23](https://dromopedia.com/airports/he23.md) Darau Airport · 142 km / 88 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: “Luxor International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Luxor_International_Airport&oldid=1374360699), revision of 11 Sep 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/helx/data