AirportsLuxor International Airport is a large airport serving Luxor, in Luxor Governorate, Egypt. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is LXR.
Key facts
- IATA code
- LXR
- ICAO code
- HELX
- City
- Luxor
- State or region
- Luxor Governorate
- Country
- Egypt
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 25.6710° N, 32.7064° E
- Elevation
- 84 m (276 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 3,000 m (9,843 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, LXR means Luxor International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: HELX. 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 25.6710° N, 32.7064° E. It stands 84 metres (276 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
Luxor 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 15.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 3,000 m 9,843 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Suhaj International AirportSuhaj | HMB | 122 km |
| Marsa Alam International AirportMarsa Alam | RMF | 190 km |
| Aswan International AirportAswan | ASW | 190 km |
| Hurghada International AirportHurghada | HRG | 200 km |
| Asyut International AirportAsyut | ATZ | 228 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 4,380 km | 5 h 45 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 4,178 km | 5 h 30 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 2,273 km | 3 h 15 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 4,005 km | 5 h 20 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 9,446 km | 11 h 55 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 12,719 km | 15 h 50 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 8,071 km | 10 h 15 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 9,775 km | 12 h 15 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 14,094 km | 17 h 30 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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