SSHHESH

Sharm El Sheikh International Airport

Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt · Asia

Asia Africa/Cairo IVCA 43.4

114direct destinations

58airlines

2runways

3,081 mLongest runway

1968opened

Sharm El Sheikh International Airport (Arabic: ???? ??? ????? ?????? Ma??r Sharm El Sheikh El Dawli) (IATA: SSH, ICAO: HESH) is an international airport located in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. It is the third-busiest airport in Egypt after Cairo International Airport and Hurghada International Airport and one of the busiest airports in the Middle East. Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport has two main passenger terminals, with the larger terminal, handling most international flights, and the other terminal, which is primarily used for domestic flights.

Location

27.977°N, 34.395°E · 58 m s. n. m. (191 ft)

General data

CountryEgypt

CitySharm El Sheikh

IATA codeSSH

ICAO codeHESH

Coordinates27.977°N, 34.395°E

Elevation58 m s. n. m. (191 ft)

Time zoneAfrica/Cairo

Runways2

Longest runway3,081 m

OperatorEgyptian Airports Company

Opened1968

Direct destinations114

Its quality in the IVCA Ranking

Runways · 2

04L/22R

Length3,081 m10,108 ft

Width45 m148 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

04R/22L

Length3,081 m10,108 ft

Width45 m148 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

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

Radio frequencies · 3

Tower

118.900

Ground

121.900

Approach

121.100RADAR

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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 They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation.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 · 58

Airlines using it as a main base (hub)

Air Cairo AlMasria Universal Airlinescharter SkyUpcharter

Other airlines with direct routes

easyJet Wizz Air Neos Red Sea Airlinescharter Sky Vision Airlines TUI Airways EgyptAir Rossiyacharter Belaviacharter Red Wings Airlines SCAT Airlinescharter Azur Aircharter Aeroflot Air Algériecharter Alexandria Airlinescharter Heston Airlinescharter Ural Airlinescharter Air Djibouticharter AirBaltic Enter Aircharter FlyOne Nile Air Pegasus Airlines Royal Jordanian Saudia SunExpress Aegean Airlines Air Samarkandcharter Air Serbiacharter AJet Avion Expresscharter Azerbaijan Airlines British Airways Brussels Airlines Edelweiss Air Fly Lilicharter GetJet Airlinescharter HiSkycharter Iraqi Airways Jazeera Airways Jordan Aviation Kuwait Airways LOT Polish Airlinescharter Nesma Airlinescharter Norwegian Air Shuttle Petroleum Air Servicescharter Skyline Express Airlinescharter Smartwingscharter Somon Aircharter Transavia TUI fly Belgium TUI fly Netherlands TUI fly Deutschland Turkish Airlines Uzbekistan Airways

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

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APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Sharm El Sheikh International Airport (SSH). Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/SSH

MLA

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Harvard

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BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_ssh,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Sharm El Sheikh International Airport (SSH)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/SSH},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/SSH}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-16},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-16}
}

Wikipedia

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