# Saint Catherine International Airport (SKV / HESC)

**Saint Catherine International Airport** (IATA: SKV, ICAO: HESC) is a medium airport in Saint Catherine, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt. It has one runway, 2,115 m (6,939 ft) long, asphalt. In 2018 it handled 621 passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: SKV / HESC
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Saint Catherine, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt
- Elevation: 1,342 m / 4,402 ft
- Coordinates: 28.6843, 34.0644
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,115 m / 6,939 ft
- Passengers: 621 (2018)
- Time zone: UTC+2/+3 · Africa/Cairo
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Catherine_International_Airport (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1936042
- Weather station: HESC
- Ident: HESC

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 2,115 m / 6,939 ft | 36 m / 118 ft | Asphalt | 172° / 352° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2007 | 979 | Wikidata |
| 2008 | 752 | Wikidata |
| 2009 | 767 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 902 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 247 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 1,682 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 1,267 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 294 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 112 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 351 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 568 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 621 | Wikidata |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 621 (2018) | #3,384 of 3,974 | #907 in Asia | #18 in EG |
| Longest runway | 2,115 m / 6,939 ft | =3,550 of 29,858 | #1,031 in Asia | #48 in EG |
| Elevation | 1,342 m / 4,402 ft | =2,803 of 43,403 | #335 in Asia | #1 in EG |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =28 in EG |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| RDO | Cathrine Radio | 579.000 |
| TWR | TWR | 122.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [SSH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hesh.md) Sharm El Sheikh International Airport · 85 km / 53 mi
- [TCP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hetb.md) Taba International Airport · 123 km / 76 mi
- [AQJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ojaq.md) King Hussein International Airport · 139 km / 86 mi
- [NUM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oenn.md) Neom Bay Airport · 147 km / 91 mi
- [ETM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ller.md) Ramon International Airport · 148 km / 92 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/hesc/data