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Hurghada International Airport

Coordinates: 27°10′41″N 33°47′57″E / 27.17806°N 33.79917°E / 27.17806; 33.79917
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Hurghada International Airport

مطار الغردقة الدولي
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorGovernment
ServesHurghada, Egypt
Focus city for
Elevation AMSL52 ft / 16 m
Coordinates27°10′41″N 33°47′57″E / 27.17806°N 33.79917°E / 27.17806; 33.79917
Map
HRG is located in Egypt
HRG
HRG
Location of airport in Egypt
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
16L/34R 4,000 13,123 Asphalt
16R/34L 4,000 13,123 Asphalt
Source: DAFIF[1][2]

Hurghada International Airport (IATA: HRG, ICAO: HEGN) is the international airport of Hurghada in Egypt. It is located inland, 5 km (3.1 mi) southwest of El Dahar, the downtown of Hurghada. It is the second busiest airport in Egypt after Cairo International Airport and an important destination for leisure flights mainly from Europe.

Terminal

Aerial overview
Departure area
Control tower

The airport currently has two passenger terminals: Terminal 1 and Terminal 2. Construction of the new terminal complex cost $335 million, which was mainly financed by the Arab Fund for Economic Development. Egypt's aviation minister, Houssam Kamal, said that the airport would be able to host up to 13 million visitors annually.[3][4] The project was inaugurated by President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on December 17, 2014.[5] The new terminal has a total area of 92,000 square meters on three levels. The departure hall has 72 check-in counters and 20 departure gates.[citation needed][6]

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Hurghada Airport:

AirlinesDestinations
Aeroflot Moscow–Sheremetyevo[7]
Air Astana Seasonal charter: Almaty[8]
Air Bucharest[9] Seasonal charter: Bucharest, Cluj–Napoca, Sibiu, Suceava
Air Arabia Egypt Cairo
Air Cairo Basel/Mulhouse, Belgrade, Berlin,[10][11] Bratislava, Budapest, Cairo, Cologne/Bonn,[10][11] Düsseldorf,[12] Frankfurt,[12] Hamburg,[10][11] Hannover,[10][11] Leipzig/Halle,[10][11] Luxor (begins 27 March 2023),[13] Milan–Malpensa (begins 27 March 2023),[13] Munich,[10][11] Münster/Osnabrück (begins 24 June 2023),[13] Naples (begins 26 March 2023),[14] Nuremberg, Paderborn/Lippstadt, Prague, Sarajevo, Skopje,[15] Stuttgart,[10][11] Vienna, Zürich[12]
Seasonal: Aswan (begins 23 December 2022),[16] Banja Luka,[15] Bilbao (begins 27 March 2023),[13] Copenhagen,[16] Lisbon (begins 23 December 2022),[16] Málaga (begins 27 March 2023),[13] Valencia (begins 27 March 2023)[13]
Air Serbia Charter: Belgrade[17]
Seasonal charter: Niš
airBaltic Seasonal charter: Riga[18]
AlMasria Universal Airlines Seasonal: Cairo
Seasonal charter: Wrocław[19]
Animawings[20] Bucharest
Seasonal: Cluj-Napoca, Suceava, Timișoara
Austrian AirlinesSeasonal charter: Vienna
Azimuth[21] Seasonal: Mineralnye Vody
Belavia Charter: Minsk[18]
BH Air Seasonal charter: Sofia[18]
Brussels Airlines Brussels[22]
Chair Airlines Zürich
Condor[23] Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Leipzig/Halle, Munich, Stuttgart
Corendon Airlines[24] Basel/Mulhouse, Berlin, Brussels, Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Erfurt/Weimar, Friedrichshafen, Graz, Hannover, Leipzig/Halle, Linz, Memmingen, Münster/Osnabrück, Nuremberg, Rostock, Vienna
Seasonal: Bremen, Munich, Stuttgart
Corendon Dutch Airlines Seasonal: Amsterdam, Maastricht/Aachen
easyJetBristol, London–Gatwick, London–Luton,[25] Manchester
Seasonal: Amsterdam,[26] Basel/Mulhouse,[26] Berlin,[26] Geneva,[26] Milan–Malpensa,[26] Venice
Edelweiss Air Zurich
EgyptAir Cairo, Sharm El Sheikh
Seasonal: Alexandria, Budapest,[27] Prague[28]
Charter: Moscow–Domodeovo[29]
Enter Air[19] Charter: Gdańsk, Katowice, Poznań, Warsaw–Chopin, Wrocław
Eurowings[30] Seasonal: Berlin, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Prague, Salzburg, Stuttgart
Eurowings Discover[31] Seasonal: Frankfurt, Munich
Finnair Seasonal charter: Helsinki[32]
FlyArna Yerevan[33]
FlyEgypt Seasonal charter: Belgrade, Graz,[34] Linz,[35] Skopje, Yerevan[36]
Flynas Seasonal: Jeddah,[37] Riyadh[38]
Freebird Airlines Europe[39] Seasonal charter: Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf
GetJet Airlines Seasonal charter: Riga,[40] Tallinn,[40] Vilnius[18]
HiSky[41] Seasonal charter: Baia Mare, Chișinău[18] Cluj-Napoca, Oradea, Târgu Mureș
I-Fly Seasonal charter: Moscow–Vnukovo[42]
Luxair Seasonal: Luxembourg[43]
Nile Air Cairo
Novair Seasonal charter: Billund,[44] Copenhagen,[44] Gothenburg,[45] Stockholm–Arlanda[45]
Pegasus Airlines Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen
Red Wings Airlines Seasonal charter: Moscow–Sheremetyevo[46]
Scandinavian Airlines Seasonal charter: Gothenburg,[47] Oslo,[48] Stockholm,[47]
SCAT Airlines Seasonal charter: Almaty,[18] Nur–Sultan[18]
Smartlynx Airlines Seasonal charter: Tallinn[18]
Smartwings Prague
Seasonal: Brno, Ostrava
Charter: Katowice,[49] Warsaw–Chopin[50]
Seasonal charter: Bratislava,[51] Budapest[52]
Sunclass Airlines Seasonal charter: Helsinki,[53] Oslo,[54] Stockholm–Arlanda[55]
Sundair[56] Berlin, Dresden, Kassel
Seasonal: Bremen, Düsseldorf, Leipzig/Halle
Swiss International Air Lines Seasonal: Geneva[57]
TAROM Seasonal charter: Bucharest,[18] Cluj–Napoca,[18] Iași,[18] Timișoara[18]
Transavia Seasonal: Lyon, Paris–Orly
TUI Airways[58] Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands (begins 2 May 2023),[59] London–Gatwick, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne[60]
TUI fly Belgium[61] Brussels, Ostend/Bruges
Seasonal: Charleroi
TUI fly Deutschland[62] Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hannover, Munich, Nuremberg, Stuttgart
TUI fly Netherlands Amsterdam, Eindhoven
Seasonal: Rotterdam
Turkish Airlines Istanbul
Wizz Air Seasonal: Budapest,[63] London–Luton, Rome–Fiumicino[64]

Ground transportation

Car hire is available at the airport. Regular taxis, tourist taxis and minibuses operate from the airport as well.

References

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