# Sharm El Sheikh International Airport (SSH / HESH)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: SSH / HESH
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Egyptian Airports Company
- Serves: Sharm El Sheikh, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt
- Opened: May 1968
- Elevation: 58 m / 191 ft
- Coordinates: 27.9773, 34.3947
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 3,081 m / 10,108 ft
- Passengers: 9,046,690 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+2/+3 · Africa/Cairo
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharm_El_Sheikh_International_Airport (41 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q326268
- Weather station: HESH
- Ident: HESH

## Timeline

- May 1968: Sharm El Sheikh International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04R/22L | 3,081 m / 10,108 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 043° / 223° | yes |
| 04L/22R | 3,081 m / 10,108 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 043° / 223° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2008 | 7,758,859 | Wikidata |
| 2009 | 7,430,940 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 8,693,990 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 5,476,388 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 6,625,153 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 5,953,034 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 6,239,021 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 5,777,152 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 1,756,554 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 2,985,035 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 4,734,641 | Wikidata |
| 2025 | 9,046,690 | Wikidata |

## Routes

120 destinations in 38 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (53)

- [HRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hegn.md) Hurghada International Airport · Egypt · 107 km / 66 mi · Air Cairo, EgyptAir
- [LXR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/helx.md) Luxor International Airport · Egypt · 306 km / 190 mi · Air Cairo, EgyptAir
- [CAI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heca.md) Cairo International Airport · Egypt · 376 km / 234 mi · Air Cairo, EgyptAir, Nile Air
- [JED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oejn.md) King Abdulaziz International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 849 km / 528 mi · Flynas, Saudia
- [AYT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltai.md) Antalya International Airport · Türkiye · 1,048 km / 651 mi · SunExpress
- [RUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oerk.md) King Khalid International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,269 km / 789 mi · Flynas, Saudia
- [ADB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltbj.md) Adnan Menderes International Airport · Türkiye · 1,329 km / 826 mi · SunExpress
- [SAW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfj.md) Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport · Türkiye · 1,510 km / 938 mi · Pegasus Airlines, AJet
- [IST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfm.md) İstanbul Airport · Türkiye · 1,566 km / 973 mi · Air Cairo, Turkish Airlines
- [EVN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/udyz.md) Zvartnots International Airport · Armenia · 1,635 km / 1,016 mi · Air Cairo
- [AER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urss.md) Sochi International Airport · Russia · 1,791 km / 1,113 mi · Azimuth, Aeroflot
- [KRR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urkk.md) Krasnodar Pashkovsky International Airport · Russia · 1,943 km / 1,207 mi · Aeroflot
- [MRV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urmm.md) Mineralnye Vody Airport · Russia · 1,965 km / 1,221 mi · Azimuth
- [GYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ubbb.md) Heydar Aliyev International Airport · Azerbaijan · 1,995 km / 1,240 mi · Air Cairo, Azerbaijan Airlines
- [BRI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/libd.md) Bari Karol Wojtyła International Airport · Italy · 2,171 km / 1,349 mi · Air Cairo
- [PMO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/licj.md) Falcone–Borsellino Airport · Italy · 2,278 km / 1,415 mi · Wizz Air
- [NAP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirn.md) Naples International Airport · Italy · 2,327 km / 1,446 mi · Air Cairo, easyJet, Wizz Air
- [FCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirf.md) Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport · Italy · 2,525 km / 1,569 mi · Air Cairo, Wizz Air, Neos
- [BUD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lhbp.md) Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport · Hungary · 2,530 km / 1,572 mi · Wizz Air
- [GUW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uatg.md) Atyrau International Airport · Kazakhstan · 2,612 km / 1,623 mi · Air Cairo
- [VCE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lipz.md) Venice Marco Polo Airport · Italy · 2,749 km / 1,708 mi · Air Cairo
- [BLQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lipe.md) Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport · Italy · 2,754 km / 1,711 mi · Air Cairo, Neos
- [KTW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epkt.md) Katowice Wojciech Korfanty International Airport · Poland · 2,815 km / 1,749 mi · Wizz Air
- [VRN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lipx.md) Verona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport · Italy · 2,834 km / 1,761 mi · Neos
- [BGY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lime.md) Il Caravaggio International Airport · Italy · 2,927 km / 1,819 mi · Air Cairo
- [WMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epmo.md) Warsaw Modlin Airport · Poland · 2,949 km / 1,832 mi · Wizz Air
- [MUC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddm.md) Munich Airport · Germany · 2,984 km / 1,854 mi · Air Cairo
- [MXP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/limc.md) Milan Malpensa International Airport · Italy · 2,989 km / 1,857 mi · Air Cairo, easyJet, Wizz Air, Neos
- [TRN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/limf.md) Turin Airport · Italy · 3,036 km / 1,886 mi · Wizz Air
- [ZRH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lszh.md) Zürich Airport · Switzerland · 3,112 km / 1,934 mi · Edelweiss Air
- [SVO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuee.md) Sheremetyevo International Airport · Russia · 3,123 km / 1,941 mi · Air Cairo, Aeroflot
- [GDN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epgd.md) Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport · Poland · 3,207 km / 1,993 mi · Wizz Air
- [BER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddb.md) Berlin Brandenburg Airport · Germany · 3,215 km / 1,998 mi · Air Cairo
- [FRA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddf.md) Frankfurt Main Airport · Germany · 3,283 km / 2,040 mi · Air Cairo
- [DUS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddl.md) Düsseldorf Airport · Germany · 3,469 km / 2,156 mi · Air Cairo
- [TAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uttt.md) Tashkent International Airport · Uzbekistan · 3,487 km / 2,167 mi · Air Cairo
- [LED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ulli.md) Pulkovo Airport · Russia · 3,552 km / 2,207 mi · Air Cairo, Aeroflot
- [BRU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ebbr.md) Brussels Airport · Belgium · 3,573 km / 2,220 mi · TUI fly Belgium
- [LGW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egkk.md) London Gatwick Airport · United Kingdom · 3,866 km / 2,402 mi · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, easyJet
- [STN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egss.md) London Stansted Airport · United Kingdom · 3,881 km / 2,412 mi · Jet2.com, TUI Airways
- [LTN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eggw.md) London Luton Airport · United Kingdom · 3,916 km / 2,433 mi · easyJet
- [NQZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uacc.md) Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport · Kazakhstan · 4,015 km / 2,495 mi · Air Cairo
- [EMA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egnx.md) East Midlands Airport · United Kingdom · 4,025 km / 2,501 mi · Jet2.com, TUI Airways
- [BHX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egbb.md) Birmingham Airport · United Kingdom · 4,030 km / 2,504 mi · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, easyJet
- [BRS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eggd.md) Bristol Airport · United Kingdom · 4,035 km / 2,507 mi · TUI Airways, easyJet
- [LBA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egnm.md) Leeds Bradford Airport · United Kingdom · 4,101 km / 2,548 mi · Jet2.com
- [MAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egcc.md) Manchester Airport · United Kingdom · 4,108 km / 2,553 mi · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, easyJet
- [LPL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eggp.md) Liverpool John Lennon Airport · United Kingdom · 4,141 km / 2,573 mi · easyJet
- [ALA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uaaa.md) Almaty International Airport · Kazakhstan · 4,159 km / 2,584 mi · Air Cairo
- [NCL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egnt.md) Newcastle International Airport · United Kingdom · 4,169 km / 2,590 mi · TUI Airways, easyJet
- [EDI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egph.md) Edinburgh Airport · United Kingdom · 4,312 km / 2,679 mi · Jet2.com, easyJet
- [GLA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egpf.md) Glasgow Airport · United Kingdom · 4,365 km / 2,712 mi · TUI Airways, easyJet
- [BFS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egaa.md) Belfast International Airport · United Kingdom · 4,404 km / 2,737 mi · easyJet

### Seasonal (32)

- [AMM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ojai.md) Queen Alia International Airport · Jordan · 444 km / 276 mi · Air Cairo, Jordan Aviation, Royal Jordanian
- [ADJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ojam.md) Marka International (Amman Civil) Airport · Jordan · 470 km / 292 mi · Royal Jordanian
- [HBE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heba.md) Alexandria International Airport · Egypt · 561 km / 349 mi · Air Cairo, EgyptAir
- [JED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oejn.md) King Abdulaziz International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 849 km / 528 mi · Air Cairo, flyadeal
- [AYT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltai.md) Antalya International Airport · Türkiye · 1,048 km / 651 mi · Pegasus Airlines
- [RUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oerk.md) King Khalid International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,269 km / 789 mi · Air Cairo, flyadeal
- [KWI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/okkk.md) Kuwait International Airport · Kuwait · 1,332 km / 828 mi · Jazeera Airways, Kuwait Airways
- [ATH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgav.md) Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport · Greece · 1,473 km / 915 mi · Aegean Airlines
- [BAH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/obbi.md) Bahrain International Airport · Bahrain · 1,618 km / 1,005 mi · Gulf Air
- [CTA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/licc.md) Catania-Fontanarossa Airport · Italy · 2,087 km / 1,297 mi · Air Cairo, Wizz Air, Neos
- [BRI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/libd.md) Bari Karol Wojtyła International Airport · Italy · 2,171 km / 1,349 mi · Neos
- [NAP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirn.md) Naples International Airport · Italy · 2,327 km / 1,446 mi · Neos
- [PSR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/libp.md) Abruzzo Airport · Italy · 2,429 km / 1,509 mi · Neos
- [RMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lipr.md) Federico Fellini International Airport · Italy · 2,635 km / 1,637 mi · Neos
- [VCE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lipz.md) Venice Marco Polo Airport · Italy · 2,749 km / 1,708 mi · Wizz Air
- [BGY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lime.md) Il Caravaggio International Airport · Italy · 2,927 km / 1,819 mi · Neos
- [DME](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uudd.md) Domodedovo International Airport · Russia · 3,063 km / 1,903 mi · EgyptAir
- [AKX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uatt.md) Aktobe International Airport · Kazakhstan · 3,137 km / 1,949 mi · Air Cairo
- [GVA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lsgg.md) Geneva International Airport · Switzerland · 3,197 km / 1,987 mi · easyJet
- [BER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddb.md) Berlin Brandenburg Airport · Germany · 3,215 km / 1,998 mi · easyJet
- [BCN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lebl.md) Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport · Spain · 3,281 km / 2,039 mi · Vueling
- [RIX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/evra.md) Riga International Airport · Latvia · 3,322 km / 2,064 mi · AirBaltic
- [TAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uttt.md) Tashkent International Airport · Uzbekistan · 3,487 km / 2,167 mi · Nile Air, Uzbekistan Airways
- [EIN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eheh.md) Eindhoven Airport · Netherlands · 3,557 km / 2,210 mi · TUI fly Netherlands
- [CDG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfpg.md) Charles de Gaulle International Airport · France · 3,580 km / 2,225 mi · easyJet
- [AMS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eham.md) Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · Netherlands · 3,647 km / 2,266 mi · easyJet, Transavia
- [KSN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uauu.md) Kostanay International Airport · Kazakhstan · 3,682 km / 2,288 mi · Air Cairo
- [ARN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/essa.md) Stockholm-Arlanda Airport · Sweden · 3,738 km / 2,323 mi · Norwegian Air Shuttle
- [SEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egmc.md) London Southend Airport · United Kingdom · 3,836 km / 2,384 mi · easyJet
- [LGW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egkk.md) London Gatwick Airport · United Kingdom · 3,866 km / 2,402 mi · Wizz Air, British Airways
- [LTN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eggw.md) London Luton Airport · United Kingdom · 3,916 km / 2,433 mi · Wizz Air
- [CMN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gmmn.md) Mohammed V International Airport · Morocco · 4,033 km / 2,506 mi · Air Cairo

### Charter (1)

- [PRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lkpr.md) Václav Havel Airport Prague · Czechia · 2,992 km / 1,859 mi · SkyUp

### Seasonal charter (69)

- [CAI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heca.md) Cairo International Airport · Egypt · 376 km / 234 mi · Petroleum Air Services
- [BEY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/olba.md) Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport · Lebanon · 658 km / 409 mi · Air Cairo, Petroleum Air Services, Middle East Airlines - Air Liban
- [JED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oejn.md) King Abdulaziz International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 849 km / 528 mi · Alexandria Airlines
- [BGW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/orbi.md) Baghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air Base · Iraq · 1,109 km / 689 mi · Iraqi Airways
- [EVN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/udyz.md) Zvartnots International Airport · Armenia · 1,635 km / 1,016 mi · Red Sea Airlines (charter airline)
- [AER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urss.md) Sochi International Airport · Russia · 1,791 km / 1,113 mi · Air Cairo, Red Wings Airlines, Azur Air, Ural Airlines, Rossiya
- [SOF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lbsf.md) Sofia Airport · Bulgaria · 1,912 km / 1,188 mi · BH Air
- [OGZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urmo.md) Vladikavkaz Beslan International Airport · Russia · 1,925 km / 1,196 mi · Ural Airlines
- [KRR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urkk.md) Krasnodar Pashkovsky International Airport · Russia · 1,943 km / 1,207 mi · Nesma Airlines
- [MRV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urmm.md) Mineralnye Vody Airport · Russia · 1,965 km / 1,221 mi · Azur Air
- [BBU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lrbs.md) Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport · Romania · 1,980 km / 1,230 mi · Fly Lili
- [MCX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urml.md) Makhachkala Uytash International Airport · Russia · 2,036 km / 1,265 mi · Red Wings Airlines
- [RMO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lukk.md) Chişinău International Airport · Moldova · 2,160 km / 1,342 mi · FlyOne
- [BRI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/libd.md) Bari Karol Wojtyła International Airport · Italy · 2,171 km / 1,349 mi · AlbaStar
- [BEG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lybe.md) Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport · Serbia · 2,250 km / 1,398 mi · Air Serbia
- [SCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uate.md) Aktau International Airport · Kazakhstan · 2,310 km / 1,435 mi · FlyArystan
- [NAP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirn.md) Naples International Airport · Italy · 2,327 km / 1,446 mi · AlbaStar
- [VOG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urww.md) Volgograd International Airport · Russia · 2,465 km / 1,532 mi · Air Cairo
- [FCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirf.md) Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport · Italy · 2,525 km / 1,569 mi · ITA Airways
- [GUW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uatg.md) Atyrau International Airport · Kazakhstan · 2,612 km / 1,623 mi · FlyArystan
- [GME](https://dromopedia.com/airports/umgg.md) Gomel Airport · Belarus · 2,744 km / 1,705 mi · Belavia
- [CZL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dabc.md) Mohamed Boudiaf International Airport · Algeria · 2,762 km / 1,716 mi · Air Algérie
- [KTW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epkt.md) Katowice Wojciech Korfanty International Airport · Poland · 2,815 km / 1,749 mi · Enter Air
- [BQT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/umbb.md) Brest International Airport · Belarus · 2,821 km / 1,753 mi · Belavia
- [RDO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epra.md) Warsaw Radom Airport · Poland · 2,827 km / 1,757 mi · Skyline Express Airlines
- [MVQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/umoo.md) Mogilev Airport · Belarus · 2,910 km / 1,808 mi · Belavia
- [WAW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epwa.md) Warsaw Chopin Airport · Poland · 2,911 km / 1,809 mi · Enter Air
- [BGY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lime.md) Il Caravaggio International Airport · Italy · 2,927 km / 1,819 mi · AlbaStar
- [MSQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/umms.md) Minsk National Airport · Belarus · 2,927 km / 1,819 mi · Belavia
- [URA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uarr.md) Manshuk Mametova International Airport · Kazakhstan · 2,950 km / 1,833 mi · FlyArystan, SCAT Airlines
- [MXP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/limc.md) Milan Malpensa International Airport · Italy · 2,989 km / 1,857 mi · AlbaStar
- [PRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lkpr.md) Václav Havel Airport Prague · Czechia · 2,992 km / 1,859 mi · Smartwings
- [VTB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/umii.md) Vitebsk Vostochny Airport · Belarus · 3,036 km / 1,886 mi · Belavia
- [SKX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwps.md) Saransk International Airport · Russia · 3,038 km / 1,888 mi · Red Wings Airlines
- [VNO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eyvi.md) Vilnius International Airport · Lithuania · 3,054 km / 1,898 mi · GetJet Airlines
- [DME](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uudd.md) Domodedovo International Airport · Russia · 3,063 km / 1,903 mi · Alexandria Airlines, Red Wings Airlines, Ural Airlines
- [ALG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/daag.md) Houari Boumediene Airport · Algeria · 3,070 km / 1,908 mi · Air Algérie
- [VKO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuww.md) Vnukovo International Airport · Russia · 3,079 km / 1,913 mi · Red Sea Airlines (charter airline), Azur Air
- [ZIA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uubw.md) Zhukovsky International Airport · Russia · 3,081 km / 1,914 mi · Red Wings Airlines
- [KUF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwww.md) Kurumoch International Airport · Russia · 3,118 km / 1,937 mi · Azur Air, Rossiya
- [SVO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuee.md) Sheremetyevo International Airport · Russia · 3,123 km / 1,941 mi · Red Sea Airlines (charter airline), Sky Vision Airlines, Rossiya
- [AKX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uatt.md) Aktobe International Airport · Kazakhstan · 3,137 km / 1,949 mi · FlyArystan, SCAT Airlines
- [REN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwoo.md) Orenburg Central Airport · Russia · 3,175 km / 1,973 mi · Air Cairo
- [KGD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/umkk.md) Khrabrovo Airport · Russia · 3,193 km / 1,984 mi · Air Cairo
- [GOJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwgg.md) Nizhny Novgorod / Strigino International Airport · Russia · 3,229 km / 2,006 mi · Azur Air, Ural Airlines, Rossiya
- [KZN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwkd.md) Kazan International Airport · Russia · 3,295 km / 2,047 mi · Air Cairo, Sky Vision Airlines, Red Wings Airlines, Azur Air, Ural Airlines, Rossiya
- [RIX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/evra.md) Riga International Airport · Latvia · 3,322 km / 2,064 mi · GetJet Airlines
- [ORN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/daoo.md) Oran Es-Sénia (Ahmed Ben Bella) International Airport · Algeria · 3,397 km / 2,111 mi · Air Algérie
- [UFA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwuu.md) Ufa International Airport · Russia · 3,428 km / 2,130 mi · Air Cairo, Sky Vision Airlines, Azur Air, Rossiya
- [TAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uttt.md) Tashkent International Airport · Uzbekistan · 3,487 km / 2,167 mi · Air Samarkand
- [CPH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ekch.md) Copenhagen Kastrup Airport · Denmark · 3,530 km / 2,193 mi · Air Cairo, DAT, Atlantic Airways
- [CIT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uaii.md) Shymkent International Airport · Kazakhstan · 3,533 km / 2,195 mi · SCAT Airlines
- [LED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ulli.md) Pulkovo Airport · Russia · 3,552 km / 2,207 mi · Sky Vision Airlines, Red Wings Airlines, Azur Air, Rossiya
- [TLL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eetn.md) Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport · Estonia · 3,571 km / 2,219 mi · GetJet Airlines
- [AAR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ekah.md) Aarhus Airport · Denmark · 3,669 km / 2,280 mi · Air Cairo
- [KSN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uauu.md) Kostanay International Airport · Kazakhstan · 3,682 km / 2,288 mi · SCAT Airlines
- [MAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lemd.md) Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport · Spain · 3,723 km / 2,313 mi · Air Cairo
- [PEE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uspp.md) Perm International Airport · Russia · 3,729 km / 2,317 mi · Air Cairo, Sky Vision Airlines, Azur Air, Ural Airlines, Rossiya
- [CEK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uscc.md) Kurchatov Chelyabinsk International Airport · Russia · 3,733 km / 2,320 mi · Azur Air, Rossiya
- [SVX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/usss.md) Koltsovo Airport · Russia · 3,814 km / 2,370 mi · Red Sea Airlines (charter airline), Sky Vision Airlines, Rossiya
- [TNG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gmtt.md) Tangier Ibn Battuta Airport · Morocco · 3,876 km / 2,408 mi · Alexandria Airlines
- [BSZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uafm.md) Manas International Airport · Kyrgyzstan · 3,949 km / 2,454 mi · Red Sea Airlines (charter airline)
- [NQZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uacc.md) Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport · Kazakhstan · 4,015 km / 2,495 mi · Red Sea Airlines (charter airline), SCAT Airlines
- [CMN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gmmn.md) Mohammed V International Airport · Morocco · 4,033 km / 2,506 mi · Alexandria Airlines
- [TJM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ustr.md) Roshchino International Airport · Russia · 4,048 km / 2,515 mi · Sky Vision Airlines, Azur Air
- [PPK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uacp.md) Petropavl International Airport · Kazakhstan · 4,083 km / 2,537 mi · SCAT Airlines
- [RAK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gmmx.md) Marrakesh Menara Airport · Morocco · 4,089 km / 2,541 mi · Alexandria Airlines
- [ALA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uaaa.md) Almaty International Airport · Kazakhstan · 4,159 km / 2,584 mi · Red Sea Airlines (charter airline), SCAT Airlines
- [OMS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unoo.md) Omsk Central Airport · Russia · 4,322 km / 2,686 mi · Sky Vision Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (62)

- SM [Air Cairo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-cairo) · 42
- U2 [easyJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/easyjet) · 17
- W6 [Wizz Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/wizz-air) · 13
- ZF [Azur Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/azur-air) · 11 · seasonal charter
- NO [Neos](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/neos) · 10
- FV [Rossiya](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/rossiya) · 10 · seasonal charter
- [Sky Vision Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sky-vision-airlines) · 8 · seasonal charter
- BY [TUI Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tui-airways) · 8
- LS [Jet2.com](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jet2-com) · 7
- [Red Sea Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/red-sea-airlines) · 7 · seasonal charter
- WZ [Red Wings Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/red-wings-airlines) · 7 · seasonal charter
- DV [SCAT Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/scat-airlines) · 7 · seasonal charter
- U6 [Ural Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ural-airlines) · 6 · seasonal charter
- XH [Alexandria Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/alexandria-airlines) · 5 · seasonal charter
- B2 [Belavia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/belavia) · 5 · seasonal charter
- MS [EgyptAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/egyptair) · 5
- SU [Aeroflot](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aeroflot) · 4
- AP [AlbaStar](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/albastar) · 4 · seasonal charter
- FS [FlyArystan](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flyarystan) · 4 · seasonal charter
- AH [Air Algérie](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-algerie) · 3 · seasonal charter
- GW [GetJet Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/getjet-airlines) · 3 · seasonal charter
- A4 [Azimuth](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/azimuth) · 2
- E4 [Enter Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/enter-air) · 2 · seasonal charter
- F3 [flyadeal](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flyadeal) · 2 · seasonal
- XY [Flynas](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flynas) · 2
- NP [Nile Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/nile-air) · 2
- PC [Pegasus Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pegasus-airlines) · 2
- UF [Petroleum Air Services](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/petroleum-air-services) · 2 · seasonal charter
- RJ [Royal Jordanian](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/royal-jordanian) · 2 · seasonal
- SV [Saudia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/saudia) · 2
- XQ [SunExpress](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sunexpress) · 2
- A3 [Aegean Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aegean-airlines) · 1 · seasonal
- 9S [Air Samarkand](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-samarkand) · 1 · seasonal charter
- JU [Air Serbia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-serbia) · 1 · seasonal charter
- BT [AirBaltic](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/airbaltic) · 1 · seasonal
- TK [AJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ajet) · 1
- RC [Atlantic Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/atlantic-airways) · 1 · seasonal charter
- J2 [Azerbaijan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/azerbaijan-airlines) · 1
- 8H [BH Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/bh-air) · 1 · seasonal charter
- BA [British Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/british-airways) · 1 · seasonal
- DX [DAT](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/dat) · 1 · seasonal charter
- WK [Edelweiss Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/edelweiss-air) · 1
- FL [Fly Lili](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fly-lili) · 1 · seasonal charter
- 5F [FlyOne](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flyone) · 1 · seasonal charter
- GF [Gulf Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/gulf-air) · 1 · seasonal
- IA [Iraqi Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/iraqi-airways) · 1 · seasonal charter
- AZ [ITA Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ita-airways) · 1 · seasonal charter
- J9 [Jazeera Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jazeera-airways) · 1 · seasonal
- R5 [Jordan Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jordan-aviation) · 1 · seasonal
- KU [Kuwait Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/kuwait-airways) · 1 · seasonal
- ME [Middle East Airlines - Air Liban](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/middle-east-airlines-air-liban) · 1 · seasonal charter
- NE [Nesma Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/nesma-airlines) · 1 · seasonal charter
- DY [Norwegian Air Shuttle](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/norwegian-air-shuttle) · 1 · seasonal
- QU [Skyline Express Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/skyline-express-airlines) · 1 · seasonal charter
- PQ [SkyUp](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/skyup) · 1 · charter
- QS [Smartwings](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/smartwings) · 1 · seasonal charter
- HV [Transavia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/transavia) · 1 · seasonal
- TB [TUI fly Belgium](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tui-fly-belgium) · 1
- OR [TUI fly Netherlands](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tui-fly-netherlands) · 1 · seasonal
- TK [Turkish Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/turkish-airlines) · 1
- HY [Uzbekistan Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/uzbekistan-airways) · 1 · seasonal
- VY [Vueling](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/vueling) · 1 · seasonal

Former hub of [Euro Mediterranean Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/euro-mediterranean-airlines).

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 9.0M (2025) | #238 of 3,974 | #77 in Asia | #3 in EG |
| Longest runway | 3,081 m / 10,108 ft | =965 of 29,858 | #294 in Asia | #17 in EG |
| Elevation | 58 m / 191 ft | =34,211 of 43,403 | =1,991 in Asia | #34 in EG |
| Age | Opened 1968 | =5,887 of 15,079 | =329 in Asia | #6 in EG |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =31 in Asia | =6 in EG |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | RADAR | 121.100 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| RDO | RDO | 317.500 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.900 |

## Nearby airports

- [SKV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hesc.md) Saint Catherine International Airport · 85 km / 53 mi
- [NUM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oenn.md) Neom Bay Airport · 88 km / 55 mi
- [HRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hegn.md) Hurghada International Airport · 107 km / 66 mi

## In collections

- [Most connected](https://dromopedia.com/collections/most-connected) #96

## 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: “Sharm El Sheikh International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sharm_El_Sheikh_International_Airport&oldid=1375212358), revision of 16 Sep 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/hesh/data