# El Owainat East International Airport (GSQ / HEOW)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: GSQ / HEOW
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Sharq El Owainat, New Valley Governorate, Egypt
- Opened: 2003
- Elevation: 257 m / 843 ft
- Coordinates: 22.5843, 28.7216
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 3,500 m / 11,483 ft
- Passengers: 42,344 (2018)
- Time zone: UTC+2/+3 · Africa/Cairo
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharq_El_Owainat_Airport (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7490460
- Weather station: HEOW · WMO 62425
- Ident: HEOW

## Timeline

- 2003: El Owainat East International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 36R/18L | 3,500 m / 11,483 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 009° / 189° |  |
| 36L/18R | 3,500 m / 11,483 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2007 | 4,836 | Wikidata |
| 2008 | 8,163 | Wikidata |
| 2009 | 8,004 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 6,613 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 6,559 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 15,188 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 22,804 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 10,928 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 23,361 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 26,700 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 46,332 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 42,344 | Wikidata |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 42K (2018) | #2,147 of 3,974 | #146 in Africa | #11 in EG |
| Longest runway | 3,500 m / 11,483 ft | =488 of 29,858 | =64 in Africa | =8 in EG |
| Elevation | 257 m / 843 ft | =20,557 of 43,403 | =2,438 in Africa | #8 in EG |
| Age | Opened 2003 | =11,754 of 15,079 | #117 in Africa | #10 in EG |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =24 in Africa | =6 in EG |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.900 |

## Nearby airports

No open airport within 150 km / 93 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)
- [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/heow/data