El Owainat East International Airport

ICAO HEOW22.5843°N 28.7216°E257 m / 843 ftSmall airport

El Owainat East International Airport (IATA: GSQ, ICAO: HEOW) is a small airport in Sharq El Owainat, New Valley Governorate, Egypt. It opened in 2003. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,500 m (11,483 ft). In 2018 it handled 42 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 2003–2003

2003

OpenedEl Owainat East International Airport opens.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

36R/18L009° / 189°

LENGTH3,500 m11,483 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

36L/18R

LENGTH3,500 m11,483 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2007–2018

15K

23K

11K

23K

27K

46K

42K

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Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers42K (2018)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#2,147of 3,974 · #146 Africa · #11 EG Longest runway3,500 m11,483 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=489of 29,823 · =64 Africa · =8 EG Elevation257 m843 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=20,538of 43,341 · =2,438 Africa · #8 EG AgeOpened 20032026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=11,763of 15,079 · #117 Africa · #10 EG Runways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =24 Africa · =6 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

2 channels

GNDGND121.900

TWRTWR118.900