# Aswan International Airport (ASW / HESN)

**Aswan International Airport** (IATA: ASW, ICAO: HESN) is a large airport in Aswan, Aswan Governorate, Egypt. It has one runway, 3,402 m (11,161 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Egyptian Airports Company. In 2018 it handled 523 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ASW / HESN
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Egyptian Airports Company
- Serves: Aswan, Aswan Governorate, Egypt
- Elevation: 198 m / 650 ft
- Coordinates: 23.9611, 32.8204
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,402 m / 11,161 ft
- Passengers: 523,163 (2018)
- Time zone: UTC+2/+3 · Africa/Cairo
- Website: https://aswan-airport.com
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aswan_International_Airport (25 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q752537
- Weather station: HESN · WMO 62414
- Ident: HESN

## Timeline

- 20 Mar 1969: 1969 Aswan Ilyushin Il-18 crash. 100 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 3,402 m / 11,161 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 171° / 351° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2007 | 979,034 | Wikidata |
| 2008 | 1,106,863 | Wikidata |
| 2009 | 864,223 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 954,507 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 337,809 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 294,427 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 250,185 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 269,894 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 363,317 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 365,784 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 467,372 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 523,163 | Wikidata |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [ABS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hebl.md) Abu Simbel Airport · Egypt · 215 km / 134 mi · Air Cairo, EgyptAir
- [CAI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heca.md) Cairo International Airport · Egypt · 698 km / 434 mi · Air Cairo, EgyptAir, Nile Air

### Seasonal charter (1)

- [CAI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heca.md) Cairo International Airport · Egypt · 698 km / 434 mi · Petroleum Air Services

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (4)

- SM [Air Cairo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-cairo) · 2
- MS [EgyptAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/egyptair) · 2
- NP [Nile Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/nile-air) · 1
- UF [Petroleum Air Services](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/petroleum-air-services) · 1 · seasonal charter

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 523K (2018) | #1,095 of 3,974 | #74 in Africa | #8 in EG |
| Longest runway | 3,402 m / 11,161 ft | #582 of 29,858 | #85 in Africa | #13 in EG |
| Elevation | 198 m / 650 ft | =24,373 of 43,403 | =2,522 in Africa | #15 in EG |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =28 in EG |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | RADAR | 119.350 |
| EMR | FIRE | 121.900 |
| RDO | RDO | 585.900 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [HE23](https://dromopedia.com/airports/he23.md) Darau Airport · 52 km / 32 mi
- [HE17](https://dromopedia.com/airports/he17.md) Abu Rahal Well Airport · 134 km / 83 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)
- [Wikipedia: “Aswan International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aswan_International_Airport&oldid=1363014731), revision of 7 Jul 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/hesn/data