SSH
Sharm El Sheikh International Airport
Sharm El Sheikh International Airport (IATA: SSH, ICAO: HESH) is a large airport in Sharm El Sheikh, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt. It opened in May 1968. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,081 m (10,108 ft). It is operated by Egyptian Airports Company. In 2025 it handled 9.0 million passengers.
Timeline
1 event · 1968–1968MAY 1968
OpenedSharm El Sheikh International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026
Runways & airfield
Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap04R/22L043° / 223° · LIT
LENGTH3,081 m10,108 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt
04L/22R043° / 223° · LIT
LENGTH3,081 m10,108 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt
Passengers per year
2008–20257.8M
7.4M
8.7M
5.5M
6.6M
6.0M
6.2M
5.8M
1.8M
3.0M
4.7M
9.0M
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Routes
120 destinations · 38 countriesYear-round53
HRGHurghada International AirportEgypt · Air Cairo, EgyptAir107 km66 miLXRLuxor International AirportEgypt · Air Cairo, EgyptAir306 km190 miCAICairo International AirportEgypt · Air Cairo, EgyptAir, Nile Air376 km234 miJEDKing Abdulaziz International AirportSaudi Arabia · Flynas, Saudia849 km528 miAYTAntalya International AirportTürkiye · SunExpress1,048 km651 miRUHKing Khalid International AirportSaudi Arabia · Flynas, Saudia1,269 km789 miADBAdnan Menderes International AirportTürkiye · SunExpress1,329 km826 miSAWIstanbul Sabiha Gökçen International AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines, AJet1,510 km938 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Air Cairo, Turkish Airlines1,566 km973 miEVNZvartnots International AirportArmenia · Air Cairo1,635 km1,016 miAERSochi International AirportRussia · Azimuth, Aeroflot1,791 km1,113 miKRRKrasnodar Pashkovsky International AirportRussia · Aeroflot1,943 km1,207 miMRVMineralnye Vody AirportRussia · Azimuth1,965 km1,221 miGYDHeydar Aliyev International AirportAzerbaijan · Air Cairo, Azerbaijan Airlines1,995 km1,240 miBRIBari Karol Wojtyła International AirportItaly · Air Cairo2,171 km1,349 miPMOFalcone–Borsellino AirportItaly · Wizz Air2,278 km1,415 miNAPNaples International AirportItaly · Air Cairo, easyJet, Wizz Air2,327 km1,446 miFCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · Air Cairo, Wizz Air, Neos2,525 km1,569 miBUDBudapest Liszt Ferenc International AirportHungary · Wizz Air2,530 km1,572 miGUWAtyrau International AirportKazakhstan · Air Cairo2,612 km1,623 miVCEVenice Marco Polo AirportItaly · Air Cairo2,749 km1,708 miBLQBologna Guglielmo Marconi AirportItaly · Air Cairo, Neos2,754 km1,711 miKTWKatowice Wojciech Korfanty International AirportPoland · Wizz Air2,815 km1,749 miVRNVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo AirportItaly · Neos2,834 km1,761 miBGYIl Caravaggio International AirportItaly · Air Cairo2,927 km1,819 miWMIWarsaw Modlin AirportPoland · Wizz Air2,949 km1,832 miMUCMunich AirportGermany · Air Cairo2,984 km1,854 miMXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · Air Cairo, easyJet, Wizz Air +12,989 km1,857 miTRNTurin AirportItaly · Wizz Air3,036 km1,886 miZRHZürich AirportSwitzerland · Edelweiss Air3,112 km1,934 miSVOSheremetyevo International AirportRussia · Air Cairo, Aeroflot3,123 km1,941 miGDNGdańsk Lech Wałęsa AirportPoland · Wizz Air3,207 km1,993 miBERBerlin Brandenburg AirportGermany · Air Cairo3,215 km1,998 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Air Cairo3,283 km2,040 miDUSDüsseldorf AirportGermany · Air Cairo3,469 km2,156 miTASTashkent International AirportUzbekistan · Air Cairo3,487 km2,167 miLEDPulkovo AirportRussia · Air Cairo, Aeroflot3,552 km2,207 miBRUBrussels AirportBelgium · TUI fly Belgium3,573 km2,220 miLGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, easyJet3,866 km2,402 miSTNLondon Stansted AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, TUI Airways3,881 km2,412 miLTNLondon Luton AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet3,916 km2,433 miNQZNursultan Nazarbayev International AirportKazakhstan · Air Cairo4,015 km2,495 miEMAEast Midlands AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, TUI Airways4,025 km2,501 miBHXBirmingham AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, easyJet4,030 km2,504 miBRSBristol AirportUnited Kingdom · TUI Airways, easyJet4,035 km2,507 miLBALeeds Bradford AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com4,101 km2,548 miMANManchester AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, easyJet4,108 km2,553 miLPLLiverpool John Lennon AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet4,141 km2,573 miALAAlmaty International AirportKazakhstan · Air Cairo4,159 km2,584 miNCLNewcastle International AirportUnited Kingdom · TUI Airways, easyJet4,169 km2,590 miEDIEdinburgh AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, easyJet4,312 km2,679 miGLAGlasgow AirportUnited Kingdom · TUI Airways, easyJet4,365 km2,712 miBFSBelfast International AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet4,404 km2,737 miSeasonal32
AMMQueen Alia International AirportJordan · Air Cairo, Jordan Aviation, Royal Jordanian444 km276 miADJMarka International (Amman Civil) AirportJordan · Royal Jordanian470 km292 miHBEAlexandria International AirportEgypt · Air Cairo, EgyptAir561 km349 miJEDKing Abdulaziz International AirportSaudi Arabia · Air Cairo, flyadeal849 km528 miAYTAntalya International AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines1,048 km651 miRUHKing Khalid International AirportSaudi Arabia · Air Cairo, flyadeal1,269 km789 miKWIKuwait International AirportKuwait · Jazeera Airways, Kuwait Airways1,332 km828 miATHAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International AirportGreece · Aegean Airlines1,473 km915 miBAHBahrain International AirportBahrain · Gulf Air1,618 km1,005 miCTACatania-Fontanarossa AirportItaly · Air Cairo, Wizz Air, Neos2,087 km1,297 miBRIBari Karol Wojtyła International AirportItaly · Neos2,171 km1,349 miNAPNaples International AirportItaly · Neos2,327 km1,446 miPSRAbruzzo AirportItaly · Neos2,429 km1,509 miRMIFederico Fellini International AirportItaly · Neos2,635 km1,637 miVCEVenice Marco Polo AirportItaly · Wizz Air2,749 km1,708 miBGYIl Caravaggio International AirportItaly · Neos2,927 km1,819 miDMEDomodedovo International AirportRussia · EgyptAir3,063 km1,903 miAKXAktobe International AirportKazakhstan · Air Cairo3,137 km1,949 miGVAGeneva International AirportSwitzerland · easyJet3,197 km1,987 miBERBerlin Brandenburg AirportGermany · easyJet3,215 km1,998 miBCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportSpain · Vueling3,281 km2,039 miRIXRiga International AirportLatvia · AirBaltic3,322 km2,064 miTASTashkent International AirportUzbekistan · Nile Air, Uzbekistan Airways3,487 km2,167 miEINEindhoven AirportNetherlands · TUI fly Netherlands3,557 km2,210 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · easyJet3,580 km2,225 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · easyJet, Transavia3,647 km2,266 miKSNKostanay International AirportKazakhstan · Air Cairo3,682 km2,288 miARNStockholm-Arlanda AirportSweden · Norwegian Air Shuttle3,738 km2,323 miSENLondon Southend AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet3,836 km2,384 miLGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · Wizz Air, British Airways3,866 km2,402 miLTNLondon Luton AirportUnited Kingdom · Wizz Air3,916 km2,433 miCMNMohammed V International AirportMorocco · Air Cairo4,033 km2,506 miSeasonal charter69
CAICairo International AirportEgypt · Petroleum Air Services376 km234 miBEYBeirut Rafic Hariri International AirportLebanon · Air Cairo, Petroleum Air Services, Middle East Airlines - Air Liban658 km409 miJEDKing Abdulaziz International AirportSaudi Arabia · Alexandria Airlines849 km528 miBGWBaghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air BaseIraq · Iraqi Airways1,109 km689 miEVNZvartnots International AirportArmenia · Red Sea Airlines (charter airline)1,635 km1,016 miAERSochi International AirportRussia · Air Cairo, Red Wings Airlines, Azur Air +21,791 km1,113 miSOFSofia AirportBulgaria · BH Air1,912 km1,188 miOGZVladikavkaz Beslan International AirportRussia · Ural Airlines1,925 km1,196 miKRRKrasnodar Pashkovsky International AirportRussia · Nesma Airlines1,943 km1,207 miMRVMineralnye Vody AirportRussia · Azur Air1,965 km1,221 miBBUBucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International AirportRomania · Fly Lili1,980 km1,230 miMCXMakhachkala Uytash International AirportRussia · Red Wings Airlines2,036 km1,265 miRMOChişinău International AirportMoldova · FlyOne2,160 km1,342 miBRIBari Karol Wojtyła International AirportItaly · AlbaStar2,171 km1,349 miBEGBelgrade Nikola Tesla AirportSerbia · Air Serbia2,250 km1,398 miSCOAktau International AirportKazakhstan · FlyArystan2,310 km1,435 miNAPNaples International AirportItaly · AlbaStar2,327 km1,446 miVOGVolgograd International AirportRussia · Air Cairo2,465 km1,532 miFCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · ITA Airways2,525 km1,569 miGUWAtyrau International AirportKazakhstan · FlyArystan2,612 km1,623 miGMEGomel AirportBelarus · Belavia2,744 km1,705 miCZLMohamed Boudiaf International AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie2,762 km1,716 miKTWKatowice Wojciech Korfanty International AirportPoland · Enter Air2,815 km1,749 miBQTBrest International AirportBelarus · Belavia2,821 km1,753 miRDOWarsaw Radom AirportPoland · Skyline Express Airlines2,827 km1,757 miMVQMogilev AirportBelarus · Belavia2,910 km1,808 miWAWWarsaw Chopin AirportPoland · Enter Air2,911 km1,809 miBGYIl Caravaggio International AirportItaly · AlbaStar2,927 km1,819 miMSQMinsk National AirportBelarus · Belavia2,927 km1,819 miURAManshuk Mametova International AirportKazakhstan · FlyArystan, SCAT Airlines2,950 km1,833 miMXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · AlbaStar2,989 km1,857 miPRGVáclav Havel Airport PragueCzechia · Smartwings2,992 km1,859 miVTBVitebsk Vostochny AirportBelarus · Belavia3,036 km1,886 miSKXSaransk International AirportRussia · Red Wings Airlines3,038 km1,888 miVNOVilnius International AirportLithuania · GetJet Airlines3,054 km1,898 miDMEDomodedovo International AirportRussia · Alexandria Airlines, Red Wings Airlines, Ural Airlines3,063 km1,903 miALGHouari Boumediene AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie3,070 km1,908 miVKOVnukovo International AirportRussia · Red Sea Airlines (charter airline), Azur Air3,079 km1,913 miZIAZhukovsky International AirportRussia · Red Wings Airlines3,081 km1,914 miKUFKurumoch International AirportRussia · Azur Air, Rossiya3,118 km1,937 miSVOSheremetyevo International AirportRussia · Red Sea Airlines (charter airline), Sky Vision Airlines, Rossiya3,123 km1,941 miAKXAktobe International AirportKazakhstan · FlyArystan, SCAT Airlines3,137 km1,949 miRENOrenburg Central AirportRussia · Air Cairo3,175 km1,973 miKGDKhrabrovo AirportRussia · Air Cairo3,193 km1,984 miGOJNizhny Novgorod / Strigino International AirportRussia · Azur Air, Ural Airlines, Rossiya3,229 km2,006 miKZNKazan International AirportRussia · Air Cairo, Sky Vision Airlines, Red Wings Airlines +33,295 km2,047 miRIXRiga International AirportLatvia · GetJet Airlines3,322 km2,064 miORNOran Es-Sénia (Ahmed Ben Bella) International AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie3,397 km2,111 miUFAUfa International AirportRussia · Air Cairo, Sky Vision Airlines, Azur Air +13,428 km2,130 miTASTashkent International AirportUzbekistan · Air Samarkand3,487 km2,167 miCPHCopenhagen Kastrup AirportDenmark · Air Cairo, DAT, Atlantic Airways3,530 km2,193 miCITShymkent International AirportKazakhstan · SCAT Airlines3,533 km2,195 miLEDPulkovo AirportRussia · Sky Vision Airlines, Red Wings Airlines, Azur Air +13,552 km2,207 miTLLLennart Meri Tallinn AirportEstonia · GetJet Airlines3,571 km2,219 miAARAarhus AirportDenmark · Air Cairo3,669 km2,280 miKSNKostanay International AirportKazakhstan · SCAT Airlines3,682 km2,288 miMADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · Air Cairo3,723 km2,313 miPEEPerm International AirportRussia · Air Cairo, Sky Vision Airlines, Azur Air +23,729 km2,317 miCEKKurchatov Chelyabinsk International AirportRussia · Azur Air, Rossiya3,733 km2,320 miSVXKoltsovo AirportRussia · Red Sea Airlines (charter airline), Sky Vision Airlines, Rossiya3,814 km2,370 miTNGTangier Ibn Battuta AirportMorocco · Alexandria Airlines3,876 km2,408 miBSZManas International AirportKyrgyzstan · Red Sea Airlines (charter airline)3,949 km2,454 miNQZNursultan Nazarbayev International AirportKazakhstan · Red Sea Airlines (charter airline), SCAT Airlines4,015 km2,495 miCMNMohammed V International AirportMorocco · Alexandria Airlines4,033 km2,506 miTJMRoshchino International AirportRussia · Sky Vision Airlines, Azur Air4,048 km2,515 miPPKPetropavl International AirportKazakhstan · SCAT Airlines4,083 km2,537 miRAKMarrakesh Menara AirportMorocco · Alexandria Airlines4,089 km2,541 miALAAlmaty International AirportKazakhstan · Red Sea Airlines (charter airline), SCAT Airlines4,159 km2,584 miOMSOmsk Central AirportRussia · Sky Vision Airlines4,322 km2,686 miMost destinationsAir Cairo 42easyJet 17Wizz Air 13Azur Air 11Neos 10Rossiya 10
Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from SSH. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Sharm El Sheikh International Airport” (revision of 16 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · countryScale: 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
4 channelsAPPRADAR121.100
GNDGND121.900
RDORDO317.500
TWRTWR118.900