ASWHESN

Aswan International Airport

Aswan, Egypt · Africa

Africa Africa/Cairo

4direct destinations

3airlines

1runway

3,402 mLongest runway

Aswan International Airport (IATA: ASW, ICAO: HESN), is a domestic airport (despite its name) located 16 km southwest of Aswan, Egypt. It was built in 1956 and upgraded in 1992 and 1999 by the Egyptian government.

Location

23.961°N, 32.820°E · 198 m s. n. m. (650 ft)

General data

CountryEgypt

CityAswan

IATA codeASW

ICAO codeHESN

Coordinates23.961°N, 32.820°E

Elevation198 m s. n. m. (650 ft)

Time zoneAfrica/Cairo

Runways1

Longest runway3,402 m

OperatorEgyptian Airports Company

Direct destinations4

Runways · 1

17/35

Length3,402 m11,161 ft

Width45 m148 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 2

Tower

118.300

Approach

119.350RADAR

Look for a live feed on LiveATC External site; not every airport has a feed.

Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.

Airlines operating here · 3

Other airlines with direct routes

Air Cairo EgyptAir Nile Air

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

Photo: Warren LeMay from Cullowhee, NC, United States · CC0 · view original

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APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Aswan International Airport (ASW). Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/ASW

MLA

“Aswan International Airport (ASW).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/ASW. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

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Harvard

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BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_asw,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Aswan International Airport (ASW)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/ASW},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/ASW}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-24},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-24}
}

Wikipedia

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