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Control tower at Sharm El Sheikh International Airport. The airport was opened on 14 May 1968 as an Israeli Air Force base. [citation needed] After the signing of the Egypt–Israel peace treaty in 1979 and subsequent Israeli withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula, it was reopened as a civilian airport. [citation needed]
Ras Shokeir New Airport Ras Shokeir Sharq El Owainat Airport: GSQ Sharq El Owainat: HEOW Sharm El Sheikh International Airport: SSH Sharm El Sheikh: HESH Sohag International Airport: HMB Sohag: HEMK St. Catherine International Airport: SKV St. Catherine: HESC Taba International Airport: TCP Taba: HETB Military airports Cairo West Air Base: CWE ...
Country Airport IATA ICAO City 2021 % Change (2021/2020) 1 Egypt Cairo International Airport: CAI HECA: Cairo: 11,346,398 [11]: 58.8 % 2 South Africa O. R. Tambo International Airport
The airport has a logistic location as it links three countries: Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Egypt. Neom Airport is the first airport in the region to use the 5G wireless network service. [5] It is 48 km (30 mi) east from the nearest airport, Sharm El Sheikh International Airport across the Red Sea in Egypt. [6]
Ofira was settled from 1969 and was meant to accommodate 500 families. An airfield was opened in 1976, today known as Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport. [citation needed] It was named after the Biblical Ophir, an African land where gold was mined. [2] Ofira overlooked Sharm el-Maya Bay and the Nesima area.
In January 2019 EgyptAir Express launched test flights to Hurghada, Sharm El Sheikh, Luxor and Aswan. [6] On 1 January 2020, the airport received its first international flight from Jordan, operated by Fly Jordan. [7] On 2 November 2022, scheduled flights from Sharm El Sheikh to Sphinx airport started.
Metrojet Flight 9268 was an international chartered passenger flight [1] operated by Russian airline Kogalymavia (branded as Metrojet). On 31 October 2015, at 06:13 local time EST (04:13 UTC), [2] the Airbus A321-231 operating the flight exploded above the northern Sinai Peninsula following its departure from Sharm El Sheikh International Airport, Egypt en route to Pulkovo Airport, Saint ...
The airport is reachable by car from the O-7 motorway and/or D.020 highway. Istanbul city taxis are available 24 hours a day outside the arrival and departure areas of the airport. A trip to Istanbul city centre by taxi takes approximately an hour. [251]