Hurghada International Airport

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.

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
Map
HRG
Location of airport in Egypt
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
16L/34R 4,000 13,123 Asphalt
16R/34L 4,000 13,123 Asphalt
Source: DAFIF[1][2]

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.

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
Air Bucharest[6] Seasonal charter: Bucharest, Cluj–Napoca, Sibiu, Suceava
Air Cairo Belgrade, Bratislava, Prague
Seasonal: Billund (resumes 22 February 2021),[7] Copenhagen (resumes 26 February 2021),[7] Düsseldorf,[8] Frankfurt,[8] Zürich[8]
Air Serbia Seasonal charter: Belgrade[9]
airBaltic Seasonal charter: Riga[10]
ALK Airlines Seasonal charter: Sofia[10]
AlMasria Universal Airlines Seasonal: Cairo
Seasonal charter: Belgrade,[11] Budapest,[12] Cluj-Napoca,[13] Iași,[13] Oradea,[13] Paris–Charles de Gaulle,[14] Târgu Mureș,[13] Tirana,[15] Warsaw–Chopin,[16] Wrocław[17]
Animawings[18] Bucharest
Seasonal: Cluj–Napoca, Suceava, Timișoara
Azur Air Ukraine Charter: Kyiv–Boryspil[19]
Belavia Charter: Brest,[10] Gomel,[10] Grodno,[10][20] Minsk,[10] Mogilev,[10] Vitebsk[10]
Blue Air Seasonal charter: Bucharest,[10] Cluj–Napoca,[21] Iași[21] Oradea,[21] Timișoara[21]
Chair Airlines Zürich
Condor[22] Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Leipzig/Halle, Munich, Stuttgart
Corendon Airlines[23] Basel/Mulhouse, Berlin, Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Erfurt/Weimar, Friedrichshafen, Graz, Hannover, Leipzig/Halle, Linz,[24] Munich, Münster/Osnabrück, Nuremberg, Rostock, Saarbrücken, Vienna, Warsaw–Chopin, Weeze
Seasonal: Katowice (begins 6 May 2021)[23]
Seasonal charter: Cluj–Napoca,[10] Tallinn,[24][25] Timișoara,[10] Vilnius[24][26]
easyJetBristol, London–Gatwick, Manchester
Seasonal: Amsterdam,[27] Basel/Mulhouse,[27] Berlin,[27] Geneva,[27] Milan–Malpensa,[27] Naples[27]
Edelweiss Air Zurich
EgyptAir Cairo, Sharm El Sheikh
Seasonal: Alexandria, Budapest[28]
Enter Air Charter: Gdańsk,[17] Katowice,[17] Poznań,[17] Warsaw–Chopin,[17] Wrocław[17]
Finnair Seasonal charter: Helsinki[29]
Flynas Seasonal: Riyadh[30]
Freebird Airlines Seasonal charter: Leipzig/Halle[31]
GetJet Airlines Charter: Vilnius[10]
Holiday Europe Seasonal charter: Riga,[32] Sofia,[33] Tallinn,[34] Vilnius[35]
Iraqi Airways Charter: Baghdad[36]
Lufthansa Seasonal: Frankfurt (begins 3 April 2021)[37]
Luxair Seasonal: Luxembourg[38]
Neos Seasonal: Milan–Malpensa[39]
Nile Air Cairo
Novair Seasonal charter: Copenhagen,[40] Gothenburg,[41] Stockholm–Arlanda[41]
Pegasus Airlines Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen
SkyUp Charter: Kyiv–Boryspil,[42]
Seasonal charter: Lviv[42]
Smartlynx Airlines Seasonal charter: Riga,[10] Tallinn[10]
Smartwings Prague
Seasonal: Brno, Ostrava
Charter: Katowice,[43] Warsaw–Chopin[44]
Seasonal charter: Bratislava,[45] Budapest[46]
Sunclass Airlines Seasonal charter: Gothenburg,[47] Helsinki,[48] Oslo,[49] Stockholm–Arlanda[47]
Sundair Berlin, Dresden,[50] Kassel
Seasonal: Bremen[51]
Sunday Airlines Seasonal charter: Almaty,[52] Nur–Sultan[53]
Swiss International Air Lines Seasonal: Geneva[54]
TUI Airways[55] Birmingham, Bristol, London–Gatwick, Manchester
Seasonal: Doncaster/Sheffield (resumes 5 November 2021),[55] East Midlands,[56] London–Stansted, Newcastle upon Tyne[56]
TUI fly Belgium Brussels, Ostend/Bruges[57]
TUI fly Deutschland[58] Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hannover, Munich, Nuremberg,[59] Stuttgart
TUI fly Netherlands Amsterdam, Eindhoven
Turkish Airlines Istanbul
Ukraine International Airlines Charter: Kyiv–Boryspil[60]
Seasonal charter: Kharkiv,[60] Lviv[60]
Windrose Airlines Charter: Kyiv–Boryspil[10]
Seasonal charter: Lviv[10]

Ground transportation

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

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