Hurghada International Airport
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IATA: HRG – ICAO: HEGN
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| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Government | ||
| Serves | Hurghada, Egypt | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 52 ft / 16 m | ||
| Coordinates | 27°10′41″N 33°47′57″E / 27.17806°N 33.79917°E | ||
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
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| 16/34 | 4,000 | 13,124 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2010) | |||
| Passengers | 8,062,652 | ||
| Source: List of the busiest airports in Africa, DAFIF[1][2] | |||
Hurghada International Airport (IATA: HRG, ICAO: HEGN) is an international airport located in Hurghada, Egypt.
The airport is located inland, 5 km (3.1 mi) southwest of El Dahar (downtown Hurghada).
In 2009 the airport handled 6,730,087 passengers (-0.2% compared to 2008).
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[edit] Terminal
The airport is currently served by one terminal. In recent years, a large number of expansion works was carried out at the airport, including the building of the arrival hall, which cost US$155 million
[edit] Future Developments
- Construction of a new terminal complex at a cost of $300 million with an annual passenger capacity of 7.5 million. The project will be implemented over the course of 36 month period. Passengers will have access to a wide variety of stores, duty-free boutiques and restaurants. The planned opening date is 2011.
- Construction of a second 4,000m runway.
[edit] Airlines and destinations
Hurghada Airport is served by the following scheduled airlines:
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Aeroflot | Moscow-Sheremetyevo |
| Air Berlin | Berlin-Tegel, Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Hanover, Munich, Sttutgart |
| Air Bucharest | Seasonal Charter: Bucharest-Otopeni |
| Arkefly | Amsterdam |
| Belair | Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse, Zürich |
| Condor | Berlin-Schönefeld, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanover, Leipzig/Halle, Munich, Stuttgart |
| Corendon Airlines | Seasonal: Amsterdam |
| EasyJet | London-Gatwick |
| EasyJet Switzerland | Geneva |
| Edelweiss Air | Seasonal: Zürich |
| EgyptAir | Cairo |
| EgyptAir operated by EgyptAir Express | Alexandria-El Nouzha, Cairo, Sharm el-Sheikh |
| Enter Air | Seasonal: Warsaw-Chopin |
| Finnair | Seasonal: Helsinki |
| Flydubai | Dubai |
| Germania | Seasonal Charter: Düsseldorf, Magdeburg |
| Germanwings | Seasonal Charter: Cologne/Bonn |
| Jetairfly | Brussels |
| Meridiana Fly | Bologna, Milan-Malpensa, Rome-Fiumicino |
| Neos | Milan-Malpensa, Rome-Fiumicino |
| Niki | Vienna |
| Rossiya | Seasonal: St Petersburg |
| SunExpress | Berlin, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Munich |
| Thomas Cook Airlines | Birmingham, London-Gatwick, Manchester |
| Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium | Brussels |
| Thomson Airways | Birmingham, London-Gatwick, Manchester |
| Transavia | Amsterdam |
| Transavia France | Paris-Orly |
| Transaero Airlines | Seasonal: Moscow-Domodedovo, Saint Petersburg, Yekaterinburg |
| TUIfly | Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Hanover, Frankfurt, Munich, Stuttgart, Zweibrücken Seasonal: Berlin-Tegel, Hamburg, Nuremberg |
| UTair Aviation | Charter: Krasnodar, Moscow-Domodedovo, Novosibirsk, Rostov-on-Don, Samara, Tyumen |
[edit] Transportation
- Car hire is available at the airport
- Regular taxis, tourist taxis and minibuses operate from the airport
[edit] References
- ^ Airport information for HEGN at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
- ^ Airport information for HRG at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
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