# Marsa Alam International Airport (RMF / HEMA)

**Marsa Alam International Airport** (IATA: RMF, ICAO: HEMA) is a large airport in Marsa Alam, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt. It opened on 1 Nov 2001. It has one runway, 3,430 m (11,253 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Groupe ADP. In 2025 it handled 2.8 million passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: RMF / HEMA
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Groupe ADP
- Serves: Marsa Alam, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
- Opened: 1 Nov 2001
- Elevation: 65 m / 213 ft
- Coordinates: 25.5555, 34.5924
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,430 m / 11,253 ft
- Passengers: 2,817,308 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+2/+3 · Africa/Cairo
- Website: https://marsaalam-airport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsa_Alam_International_Airport (22 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123222
- Weather station: HEMA
- Ident: HEMA

## Timeline

- 1 Nov 2001: Marsa Alam International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 15/33 | 3,430 m / 11,253 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 150° / 330° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2008 | 819,885 | Wikidata |
| 2009 | 938,858 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 1,182,256 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 820,078 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 1,089,167 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 913,616 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 1,174,289 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 1,077,730 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 575,162 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 1,093,714 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 1,491,793 | Wikidata |
| 2025 | 2,817,308 | Wikidata |

## Routes

28 destinations in 11 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (18)

- [CAI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heca.md) Cairo International Airport · Egypt · 596 km / 370 mi · EgyptAir
- [FCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirf.md) Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport · Italy · 2,730 km / 1,696 mi · Neos
- [VIE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/loww.md) Vienna International Airport · Austria · 2,961 km / 1,840 mi · Air Cairo
- [BLQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lipe.md) Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport · Italy · 2,972 km / 1,847 mi · Neos
- [VRN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lipx.md) Verona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport · Italy · 3,055 km / 1,898 mi · Neos
- [KTW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epkt.md) Katowice Wojciech Korfanty International Airport · Poland · 3,072 km / 1,909 mi · Wizz Air
- [BGY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lime.md) Il Caravaggio International Airport · Italy · 3,147 km / 1,955 mi · Neos
- [MXP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/limc.md) Milan Malpensa International Airport · Italy · 3,206 km / 1,992 mi · easyJet, Neos
- [MUC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddm.md) Munich Airport · Germany · 3,220 km / 2,001 mi · Air Cairo
- [PRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lkpr.md) Václav Havel Airport Prague · Czechia · 3,238 km / 2,012 mi · Smartwings
- [ZRH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lszh.md) Zürich Airport · Switzerland · 3,338 km / 2,074 mi · Air Cairo, Edelweiss Air
- [STR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edds.md) Stuttgart Airport · Germany · 3,385 km / 2,103 mi · Air Cairo
- [GDN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epgd.md) Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport · Poland · 3,468 km / 2,155 mi · Wizz Air
- [FRA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddf.md) Frankfurt Main Airport · Germany · 3,518 km / 2,186 mi · Air Cairo
- [HAJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddv.md) Hannover Airport · Germany · 3,646 km / 2,266 mi · Air Cairo
- [CGN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddk.md) Cologne Bonn Airport · Germany · 3,655 km / 2,271 mi · Air Cairo, Corendon Airlines
- [DUS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddl.md) Düsseldorf Airport · Germany · 3,705 km / 2,302 mi · Air Cairo
- [AMS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eham.md) Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · Netherlands · 3,884 km / 2,413 mi · TUI fly Netherlands

### Seasonal (11)

- [FCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirf.md) Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport · Italy · 2,730 km / 1,696 mi · Wizz Air
- [OSR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lkmt.md) Leoš Janáček Airport Ostrava · Czechia · 3,036 km / 1,886 mi · Smartwings
- [BRQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lktb.md) Brno-Tuřany Airport · Czechia · 3,046 km / 1,893 mi · Smartwings
- [SZG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lows.md) Salzburg Airport · Austria · 3,111 km / 1,933 mi · Eurowings
- [WMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epmo.md) Warsaw Modlin Airport · Poland · 3,211 km / 1,995 mi · Wizz Air
- [WRO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epwr.md) Copernicus Wrocław Airport · Poland · 3,215 km / 1,998 mi · Smartwings
- [MUC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddm.md) Munich Airport · Germany · 3,220 km / 2,001 mi · Lufthansa
- [GVA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lsgg.md) Geneva International Airport · Switzerland · 3,412 km / 2,120 mi · easyJet
- [BER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddb.md) Berlin Brandenburg Airport · Germany · 3,466 km / 2,154 mi · easyJet
- [DUS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddl.md) Düsseldorf Airport · Germany · 3,705 km / 2,302 mi · Eurowings
- [LGW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egkk.md) London Gatwick Airport · United Kingdom · 4,091 km / 2,542 mi · TUI Airways

### Charter (1)

- [GDN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epgd.md) Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport · Poland · 3,468 km / 2,155 mi · Enter Air

### Seasonal charter (2)

- [BUD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lhbp.md) Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport · Hungary · 2,780 km / 1,727 mi · Smartwings
- [BTS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lzib.md) M. R. Štefánik Airport · Slovakia · 2,937 km / 1,825 mi · Smartwings

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (13)

- SM [Air Cairo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-cairo) · 8
- QS [Smartwings](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/smartwings) · 6
- NO [Neos](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/neos) · 5
- W6 [Wizz Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/wizz-air) · 4
- U2 [easyJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/easyjet) · 3
- EW [Eurowings](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/eurowings) · 2 · seasonal
- XC [Corendon Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/corendon-airlines) · 1
- WK [Edelweiss Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/edelweiss-air) · 1
- MS [EgyptAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/egyptair) · 1
- E4 [Enter Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/enter-air) · 1 · charter
- LH [Lufthansa](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/lufthansa) · 1 · seasonal
- BY [TUI Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tui-airways) · 1 · seasonal
- OR [TUI fly Netherlands](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tui-fly-netherlands) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 2.8M (2025) | #486 of 3,974 | #20 in Africa | #4 in EG |
| Longest runway | 3,430 m / 11,253 ft | #572 of 29,858 | #82 in Africa | #12 in EG |
| Elevation | 65 m / 213 ft | =33,573 of 43,403 | =2,754 in Africa | =31 in EG |
| Age | Opened 2001 | =11,465 of 15,079 | #115 in Africa | #9 in EG |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =28 in EG |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 121.000 |
| EMR | FIRE | 121.900 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| TWR | TWR | 121.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [HE17](https://dromopedia.com/airports/he17.md) Abu Rahal Well Airport · 127 km / 79 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: “Marsa Alam International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marsa_Alam_International_Airport&oldid=1374534920), revision of 12 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/hema/data