Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport
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| Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport | |||
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| IATA: SSH – ICAO: HESH | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public (former Military) | ||
| Serves | Sharm el-Sheikh | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 150 ft / 46 m | ||
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
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| 04L/22R | 10,108 | 3,081 | Asphalt |
| 04R/22L | 10,108 | 3,081 | Asphalt |
| Built by Israel as Ophira Int'l Airport | |||
Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport ,formerly Ophira International Airport, (IATA: SSH, ICAO: HESH) is an international airport located in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Opened on May 14, 1968 the airport was originally an Israeli Air Force base and also served the small town of Ofira. During Operation Entebbe, Ophira served as the last refueling station.
[edit] Airlines and destinations
- Arkefly (Amsterdam)
- Air Arabia (Sharjah)
- airBaltic (Riga)
- Air Berlin (Berlin-Tegel, Frankfurt, Nuremberg)
- Air Sinai
- AMC Airlines (Cairo)
- Astraeus (London-Gatwick, Manchester (UK))
- Atlant-Soyuz Airlines (Moscow-Sheremetyevo)
- Bashkirian Airlines (Ufa)
- Belair (Zurich)
- Condor Airlines (Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanover, Leipzig, Munich)
- Edelweiss Air (Geneva, Zurich)
- Eurofly (Milan-Malpensa)
- Egyptair (Cairo, Dubai, Geneva, Milan-Malpensa)
- Excel Airways (London-Gatwick, Manchester (UK))
- First Choice Airways (London-Gatwick, Manchester (UK))
- Flyjet
- GB Airways (London-Gatwick)
- Hapagfly
- Jazeera Airways (Kuwait)
- Kuwait Airways (Kuwait)
- Livingston Airlines (Milan-Malpensa)
- LTU International (Dusseldorf)
- operated by LTU Austria (Vienna)
- Luxor Air
- Martinair (Amsterdam)
- MyTravel Airways
- Niki (Vienna)
- Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise (St. Petersburg)
- Royal Jordanian (Amman)
- S7 Airlines (Moscow-Domodedovo)
- Star Airlines (Paris)
- Thomas Cook Airlines (Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands, Glasgow, London-Gatwick, Manchester (UK), Newcastle)
- Thomsonfly (London-Gatwick, Manchester (UK))
- Transaero (Moscow-Domodedovo)
- transavia.com (Amsterdam)
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| Airports | Ben Gurion | Eilat | Haifa | Herzliya | Ovda | Rosh Pina | Sde Dov | |
| Border Terminals |  Allenby Bridge | Arava | Jordan River |  Karni |  Nitzana | Taba |
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| Defunct/Former Properties | Jerusalem Int'l Airport | Kiryat Shmona Airport | Ophira Int'l Airport | Rafah Crossing | |
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