Airports in Egypt

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Town	Airport name	ICAO	IATA	Usage	Customs	Runway	IFR	Rwy length
Abu El Ghradieq	Abu El Ghradieq			Priv.	No	Paved	No	6000 ft
Abu Rudeis	Abu Rudeis		AUE	Priv.	No	Paved	No	6500 ft
Abu Simbel	Abu Simbel	HEBL	ABS	Civ.	No	Paved	Yes	9800 ft
Alexandria	Alexandria Intl	HEAX	ALY	Civ.	Yes	Paved	Yes	7200 ft
Alexandria	Borg El Arab Intl	HEBA	HBE	Civ.	Yes	Paved	Yes	11100 ft
Aswan	Aswan Intl	HESN	ASW	Civ.	Yes	Paved	Yes	11100 ft
Asyut	Asyut Intl	HEAT	ATZ	Civ.	No	Paved	Yes	9900 ft
Badr-3	Badr-3			Priv.	No	Paved	No	6500 ft
Cairo	Cairo Intl	HECA	CAI	Civ.	Yes	Paved	Yes	13100 ft
Cairo	Cairo West Ab	HECW		Mil.		Paved	No	9700 ft
Dakhla	Dakhla	HEDK	DAK	Civ.	No	Paved	Yes	8100 ft
El Arish	El Arish Intl	HEAR	AAC	Civ.	No	Paved	Yes	9900 ft
El Gora	El Gora	HEGR		Civ.	No	Paved	No	7800 ft
El Kharga	El Kharga	HEKG	UVL	Civ.	No	Paved	Yes	9800 ft
El Tor	El Tor	HETR	ELT	Civ.	No	Paved	No	9800 ft
Giza	Embaba	HEEM		Civ.	No	Paved	No	3700 ft
Hurghada	Hurghada Intl	HEGN	HRG	Civ.	Yes	Paved	Yes	13100 ft
Khalda Meleiha	Khalda Meleiha			Priv.	No	Paved	No	6500 ft
Luxor	Luxor Intl	HELX	LXR	Civ.	Yes	Paved	Yes	9800 ft
Marsa Alam	Marsa Alam Intl	HEMA	RMF	Civ.	Yes	Paved	Yes	9800 ft
Mersa Matruh	Mersa Matruh	HEMM	MUH	Civ.	No	Paved	No	9800 ft
Port Said	Port Said	HEPS	PSD	Civ.	No	Paved	Yes	7700 ft
Ras Gharib	Ras Gharib			Civ.	No	Unpaved	No	4700 ft
Ras Shukeir	Ras Shukeir			Priv.	No	Paved	No	7200 ft
Shark El Oweinat	Shark El Oweinat Intl	HEOW	GSQ	Civ.	No	Paved	Yes	11400 ft
Sharm El Sheikh	Sharm El Sheikh Intl	HESH	SSH	Civ.	Yes	Paved	Yes	10100 ft
St Catherine	St Catherine Intl	HESC	SKV	Civ.	Yes	Paved	Yes	6900 ft
Taba	Taba Intl	HETB	TCP	Civ.	Yes	Paved	Yes	13100 ft
Zeit Bay	Gebel El Zeit			Priv.	No	Paved	No	7800 ft

Explanations on technical data
ICAO-code International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a 4-letter airport location indicator. The field above is left blank if no ICAO location indicator is available for the selected airport.

IATA-code International Air Transport Association (IATA), a 3-letter identifier for the relevant airport. The field above is left blank if no IATA code is available for the selected airport.

Usage Airports are classified in three categories: civil airports open for public use, military airports and private airports not open to the public. Airports that are joint use, both civil and military, are shown as civil airports.
Civ.	Civil airport, open for public use (including joint use).
Mil.	Military airport, not open for public use.
Priv.	Private airport, not open for public use.

Customs
Yes	Customs service available during airport operating hours.
No	Customs service not available.
O/R	Airport has customs service, prior notification is required.
Pto.	Airport has part-time customs service available, not necessarily identical to the airport hours.
ADCUS	An airport within the USA for which the FAA 'ADCUS' method of prior notification may be used.
ADCUS O/R	An airport within the USA for which the FAA 'ADCUS' method of prior notification may be used but where restrictions apply.

Runway
Identification of the surface of the longest runway available:
Paved	Paved (hard surface) runway
Unpaved	Unpaved (soft surface) runway (Only lighter aircraft)
Water	Water (for float planes)

IFR
This field indicates if the airport has any officially published instrument approach procedure.
Yes	Instrument approach procedure is published.
No	Instrument approach procedure is not published. (Airport not suitable for traffic during bad weather or darkness.)

Runway Length
Shows the length in feet of the longest runway available at the selected airport, rounded down to the next full hundred feet. If the airport has both hard (paved) and soft (unpaved) runways, the length of the longest hard surface runway is shown. If the longest runway is both, hard and soft surface, the length of the hard surface portion is shown.
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Airports in Egypt

Explanations on technical data