Aswan International Airport
| Aswan International Airport مطار أسوان الدولي Daraw Airport | |||
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| IATA: ASW – ICAO: HESN | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Government | ||
| Serves | Aswan, Egypt | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 662 ft / 198 m | ||
| Coordinates | 23°57′51″N 32°49′11″E / 23.96417°N 32.81972°ECoordinates: 23°57′51″N 32°49′11″E / 23.96417°N 32.81972°E | ||
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| Location of airport in Egypt | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 17/35 | 3,402 | 11,161 | Asphalt |
| Source: DAFIF[1][2] | |||
Aswan International Airport (IATA: ASW, ICAO: HESN), also known as Daraw Airport, is a domestic airport located 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) southwest of Aswan, Egypt. It was built in 1956 and upgraded in 1992 and 1999 by the Egyptian government.[3]
Destinations
Despite its name, it mainly offers flights to Cairo. There are also flights to Abu Simbel, a tourist destination farther south.
Accidents and incidents
- In October 1963, a Soviet Union military transport plane crashed at the airport, killing 14 people.[4]
- 20 March 1969, a United Arab Airlines Il-18 crashed while attempting to land at Aswan International Airport.[5] 100 of the 105 passengers and crew on board died.
References
- ↑ Airport information for HESN at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
- ↑ Airport information for ASW at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
- ↑ "مطار أسوان" [Aswan Airport] (in Arabic). Egyptian Airports Company. Archived from the original on 20 September 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "14 Die in Crash At Aswan Airport". The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, California): 9. 21 October 1963. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20135166/. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ↑ "92 Arab pilgrims die in Aswan Airport crash". The Arizona Republic: A2. March 21, 1969. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20135096/aswan_airport_crash/. Retrieved 16 May 2018.