Sharm El Sheikh International Airport

By the numbers

• 20,216 ft

  Runway, all told

  3.3 nm of pavement across 2 runways

• 11th

  Longest in Egypt

  of 21 airfields in the country

• 844th

  Longest in the world

  of 4,677 with a measured runway

• 14th

  Highest in Egypt

  191 ft above sea level

• 46 nm

  Nearest airfield

  HESC, bearing 338

• Asphalt

  Surface

  Every runway lit