# Massawa International Airport (MSW / HHMS)

**Massawa International Airport** (IATA: MSW, ICAO: HHMS) is a medium airport in Massawa, Northern Red Sea Region, Eritrea. It has one runway, 3,500 m (11,483 ft) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MSW / HHMS
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Massawa, Northern Red Sea Region, Eritrea
- Elevation: 59 m / 194 ft
- Coordinates: 15.6700, 39.3701
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,500 m / 11,483 ft
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Africa/Asmara
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massawa_International_Airport (20 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q651210
- Weather station: HAMS
- Ident: HHMS

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 07/25 | 3,500 m / 11,483 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 075° / 255° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,500 m / 11,483 ft | =488 of 29,858 | =64 in Africa | #2 in ER |
| Elevation | 59 m / 194 ft | =34,137 of 43,403 | =2,785 in Africa | #11 in ER |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =2 in ER |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 123.900 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [ASM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hhas.md) Asmara International Airport · 65 km / 40 mi
- [ER-0003](https://dromopedia.com/airports/er-0003.md) Dahlak West Airfield · 65 km / 40 mi
- [ER-0002](https://dromopedia.com/airports/er-0002.md) Dahlak Central Airfield · 76 km / 47 mi
- [ER-0001](https://dromopedia.com/airports/er-0001.md) Dahlak South Airfield · 79 km / 49 mi
- [HHGU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hhgu.md) Gura Airfield · 80 km / 50 mi
- [HHMG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hhmg.md) Gulbub Airstrip · 85 km / 53 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/hhms/data