AirportsAswan International Airport is a large airport serving Aswan, in Aswan Governorate, Egypt. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is ASW.
Key facts
- IATA code
- ASW
- ICAO code
- HESN
- City
- Aswan
- State or region
- Aswan Governorate
- Country
- Egypt
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 23.9611° N, 32.8204° E
- Elevation
- 198 m (650 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 3,402 m (11,161 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, ASW means Aswan International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: HESN. ICAO codes that begin with H belong to east and north-east Africa. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 23.9611° N, 32.8204° E. It stands 198 metres (650 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Africa/Cairo, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Aswan International Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 3,402 metres (11,161 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 17 airports of Egypt on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 8.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 3,402 m 11,161 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Luxor International AirportLuxor | LXR | 190 km |
| Abu Simbel AirportAbu Simbel | ABS | 215 km |
| Marsa Alam International AirportMarsa Alam | RMF | 252 km |
| Suhaj International AirportSuhaj | HMB | 286 km |
| Hurghada International AirportHurghada | HRG | 371 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 4,420 km | 5 h 50 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 4,164 km | 5 h 30 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 2,282 km | 3 h 15 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 4,167 km | 5 h 30 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 9,584 km | 12 h 05 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 12,894 km | 16 h 00 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 8,037 km | 10 h 10 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 9,885 km | 12 h 25 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 14,003 km | 17 h 20 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
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