# Mersa Matruh International Airport (MUH / HEMM)

**Mersa Matruh International Airport** (IATA: MUH, ICAO: HEMM) is a large airport in Marsa Matruh, Matruh Governorate, Egypt. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,000 m (9,843 ft). It is operated by Egyptian Airports Company. In 2018 it handled 23 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MUH / HEMM
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Egyptian Airports Company
- Serves: Marsa Matruh, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
- Elevation: 23 m / 75 ft
- Coordinates: 31.3243, 27.2223
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 3,000 m / 9,843 ft
- Passengers: 23,105 (2018)
- Time zone: UTC+2/+3 · Africa/Cairo
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsa_Matruh_International_Airport (18 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q651557
- Weather station: HEMM · WMO 62306
- Ident: HEMM

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 3,000 m / 9,843 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 060° / 240° |  |
| 15/33 | 3,000 m / 9,843 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 150° / 330° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2007 | 50,074 | Wikidata |
| 2008 | 42,509 | Wikidata |
| 2009 | 71,742 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 115,297 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 99,515 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 83,701 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 57,041 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 56,499 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 29,240 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 2,377 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 9,478 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 23,105 | Wikidata |

## Routes

9 destinations in 5 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Seasonal (3)

- [FCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirf.md) Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport · Italy · 1,769 km / 1,099 mi · Neos
- [VRN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lipx.md) Verona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport · Italy · 2,108 km / 1,310 mi · Neos
- [MXP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/limc.md) Milan Malpensa International Airport · Italy · 2,253 km / 1,400 mi · Neos

### Seasonal charter (6)

- [BEG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lybe.md) Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport · Serbia · 1,616 km / 1,004 mi · Air Serbia
- [BTS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lzib.md) M. R. Štefánik Airport · Slovakia · 2,055 km / 1,277 mi · Smartwings
- [BRQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lktb.md) Brno-Tuřany Airport · Czechia · 2,169 km / 1,348 mi · Smartwings
- [OSR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lkmt.md) Leoš Janáček Airport Ostrava · Czechia · 2,179 km / 1,354 mi · Smartwings
- [KTW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epkt.md) Katowice Wojciech Korfanty International Airport · Poland · 2,234 km / 1,388 mi · Smartwings
- [PRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lkpr.md) Václav Havel Airport Prague · Czechia · 2,349 km / 1,460 mi · Smartwings

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- QS [Smartwings](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/smartwings) · 5 · seasonal charter
- NO [Neos](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/neos) · 3 · seasonal
- JU [Air Serbia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-serbia) · 1 · seasonal charter

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 23K (2018) | #2,388 of 3,974 | #162 in Africa | #14 in EG |
| Longest runway | 3,000 m / 9,843 ft | =1,196 of 29,858 | =185 in Africa | =27 in EG |
| Elevation | 23 m / 75 ft | =37,921 of 43,403 | =2,914 in Africa | #45 in EG |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =24 in Africa | =6 in EG |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| RDO | MATRUH RDO | 579.000 |
| TWR | MATRUH TWR | 118.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [HE33](https://dromopedia.com/airports/he33.md) Meliha Airport · 69 km / 43 mi
- [DBB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heal.md) El Alamein International Airport · 126 km / 78 mi
- [SQK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/he40.md) Sidi EL Barrani Airport · 129 km / 80 mi
- [HE41](https://dromopedia.com/airports/he41.md) Misheifa Airport · 134 km / 83 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 Matruh International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marsa_Matruh_International_Airport&oldid=1364480985), revision of 16 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/hemm/data