AirportsSuhaj International Airport is a large airport serving Suhaj, in Sohag Governorate, Egypt. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is HMB.
Key facts
- IATA code
- HMB
- ICAO code
- HESG
- City
- Suhaj
- State or region
- Sohag Governorate
- Country
- Egypt
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 26.3425° N, 31.7430° E
- Elevation
- 98 m (322 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 3,000 m (9,843 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, HMB means Suhaj International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: HESG. 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 26.3425° N, 31.7430° E. It stands 98 metres (322 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
Suhaj International Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 3,000 metres (9,843 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 17 airports of Egypt on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 14.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 3,000 m 9,843 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Asyut International AirportAsyut | ATZ | 107 km |
| Luxor International AirportLuxor | LXR | 122 km |
| Hurghada International AirportHurghada | HRG | 224 km |
| Aswan International AirportAswan | ASW | 286 km |
| Marsa Alam International AirportMarsa Alam | RMF | 298 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 4,455 km | 5 h 50 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 4,276 km | 5 h 40 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 2,365 km | 3 h 20 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 3,888 km | 5 h 10 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 9,324 km | 11 h 45 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 12,609 km | 15 h 40 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 8,176 km | 10 h 20 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 9,803 km | 12 h 20 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 14,212 km | 17 h 35 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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