Aswan International Airport
Aswan International Airport (IATA: ASW, ICAO: HESN), also known as Daraw Airport, is an airport located 16 km southwest of Aswan, Egypt. It was built in 1956 and upgraded in 1992 and 1999 by the Egyptian government.[3]
Aswan International Airport مطار أسوان الدولي Daraw Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Government | ||||||||||
| Serves | Aswan, Egypt | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 662 ft / 198 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 23°57′51″N 32°49′11″E | ||||||||||
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  ASW Location of airport in Egypt | |||||||||||
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Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Air Cairo | Abu Simbel,[4] Cairo |
| AlMasria Universal Airlines | Seasonal: Cairo |
| ASL Airlines France | Seasonal charter: Paris–Charles de Gaulle[5] |
| EgyptAir | Abu Simbel, Cairo |
| FlyEgypt | Cairo |
| Nile Air | Cairo, Jeddah[6] |
Accidents and incidents
- In October 1963, a Soviet Union military transport plane crashed at the airport, killing 14 people.[7]
- 20 March 1969, a United Arab Airlines Il-18 crashed while attempting to land at Aswan International Airport.[8] 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 October 2006).
- "مطار أسوان" [Aswan Airport] (in Arabic). Egyptian Airports Company. Archived from the original on 20 September 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- "Air Cairo files Abu Simbel – Aswan schedule from Oct 2019". routesonline.com. 26 July 2019.
- "Leisure flights - Charter flights". aslairlines.fr.
- "Nile Air adds Jeddah from Dec 2018". RoutesOnline. 26 December 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
- "14 Die in Crash At Aswan Airport". The Press Democrat. Santa Rosa, California. United Press International. 21 October 1963. p. 9. Retrieved 16 May 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- "92 Arab pilgrims die in Aswan Airport crash". The Arizona Republic. United Press International. 21 March 1969. p. A2. Retrieved 16 May 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
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