AirportsMarsa Alam International Airport is a large airport serving Marsa Alam, in Red Sea Governorate, Egypt. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is RMF.
Key facts
- IATA code
- RMF
- ICAO code
- HEMA
- City
- Marsa Alam
- State or region
- Red Sea Governorate
- Country
- Egypt
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 25.5555° N, 34.5924° E
- Elevation
- 65 m (213 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 3,430 m (11,253 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, RMF means Marsa Alam International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: HEMA. 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 25.5555° N, 34.5924° E. It stands 65 metres (213 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Luxor, about 196 km away in a straight line.
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
Marsa Alam International Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 3,430 metres (11,253 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 7.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 3,430 m 11,253 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 |
| Hurghada International AirportHurghada | HRG | 197 km |
| Al Wajh Domestic AirportAl Wajh, Saudi Arabia | EJH | 202 km |
| Red Sea International AirportHanak, Saudi Arabia | RSI | 250 km |
| Aswan International AirportAswan | ASW | 252 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 4,200 km | 5 h 35 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 3,988 km | 5 h 20 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 2,085 km | 3 h 00 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 4,126 km | 5 h 30 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 9,592 km | 12 h 05 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 12,811 km | 15 h 55 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 7,882 km | 10 h 00 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 9,635 km | 12 h 05 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 13,917 km | 17 h 15 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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