SPX

Sphinx International Airport

ICAO HESX30.1082°N 30.8957°E155 m / 510 ftLarge airport
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Sphinx International Airport (IATA: SPX, ICAO: HESX) is a large airport in Al Jiza, Giza Governorate, Egypt. It has one runway, 3,650 m (11,975 ft) long, paved. It is operated by Egyptian Airports Company.

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
16R/34L165° / 345° · LIT
LENGTH3,650 m11,975 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEPaved

Routes

19 destinations · 10 countries
1,000 km2,000 km3,000 km4,000 km1,000 mi2,000 miMED · Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport · 1,066 km / 662 miKWI · Kuwait International Airport · 1,651 km / 1,026 miRUH · King Khalid International Airport · 1,658 km / 1,030 miAHB · Abha International Airport · 1,776 km / 1,104 miFCO · Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport · 2,115 km / 1,314 miDXB · Dubai International Airport · 2,465 km / 1,532 miSHJ · Sharjah International Airport · 2,476 km / 1,539 miMXP · Milan Malpensa International Airport · 2,585 km / 1,606 miMCT · Muscat International Airport · 2,804 km / 1,742 miCDG · Charles de Gaulle International Airport · 3,179 km / 1,975 miLTN · London Luton Airport · 3,521 km / 2,188 miNAP · Naples International Airport · 1,917 km / 1,191 miBUD · Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport · 2,169 km / 1,348 miAUH · Zayed International Airport · 2,426 km / 1,507 miNCE · Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport · 2,574 km / 1,599 miZRH · Zürich Airport · 2,715 km / 1,687 miGVA · Geneva International Airport · 2,792 km / 1,735 miBER · Berlin Brandenburg Airport · 2,854 km / 1,773 miMAN · Manchester Airport · 3,716 km / 2,309 miMANLTNCDGBERMCTGVANCEDXBBUDFCOAHBRUHKWIMEDZRHMXPAUHNAPSPX
Year-round11
MEDPrince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz AirportSaudi Arabia · Flynas1,066 km662 miKWIKuwait International AirportKuwait · Kuwait Airways1,651 km1,026 miRUHKing Khalid International AirportSaudi Arabia · Flynas1,658 km1,030 miAHBAbha International AirportSaudi Arabia · Flynas1,776 km1,104 miFCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · Wizz Air2,115 km1,314 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · flydubai2,465 km1,532 miSHJSharjah International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Air Arabia2,476 km1,539 miMXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · easyJet2,585 km1,606 miMCTMuscat International AirportOman · SalamAir2,804 km1,742 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · easyJet3,179 km1,975 miLTNLondon Luton AirportUnited Kingdom · Wizz Air3,521 km2,188 mi
Most destinationseasyJet 8Wizz Air 4Flynas 3Air Arabia 2Kuwait Airways 1flydubai 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from SPX. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Sphinx International Airport” (revision of 21 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway3,650 m11,975 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=356of 29,823 · =38 Africa · #5 EGElevation155 m510 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=26,846of 43,341 · #2,580 Africa · #20 EGRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =176 Africa · =28 EG
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record