Sohag International Airport (IATA: HMB, ICAO: HESG) (Arabic: مطار سوهاج الدولي) is an Egyptian International airport serving the city of Sohag, capital of the Sohag Governorate of Egypt. The airport is 24 kilometres (15 mi) south of the city. The airport is a new establishment, as it was built in 2010. The International airport is designed to resemble an Ancient Egyptian temple.
Sohag International Airport (SIA) مطار سوهاج الدولي | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Government | ||||||||||
| Location | Sohag, Egypt | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 859 ft / 262 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 26°20′25″N 31°44′20″E / 26.34028°N 31.73889°E | ||||||||||
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The Sohag VOR-DME (Ident: SHG) is located 0.5 nautical miles off the threshold of runway 15.[4]
History
editThe airport was officially inaugurated by former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on 25 May 2010. The project cost an estimated US$80 million, with construction beginning in January 2009 to include a passenger terminal, control tower, aprons, a runway, and 33 buildings allocated for various airport services. The airport was originally known as Mubarak International Airport, but following the ousting of Mubarak in 2011 and a subsequent court verdict ordering removal of Mubarak's name from all establishments in Egypt, the airport was renamed Sohag International Airport.
Facilities
editThe facility is built to handle approximately 3.5 million passengers per year. The passenger terminal is designed with a unique Pharaonic motif, comprising international halls for arrivals and departures, a VIP hall, duty-free shops, and security facilities. The airport has its own electricity, water, sewage, and communication stations. There is parking for 400 vehicles and 25 buses.
The airport's single runway is 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) long and 45 metres wide. The airport can receive aircraft as large as the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737. The apron is designed to handle 6 aircraft, with plans to expand this to accommodate 14 aircraft.
The new airport is the fifth international airport in Upper Egypt after Luxor, Aswan, Assiut, and Abu Simbel. The airport primarily caters to domestic travel and traffic between Sohag/Upper Egypt and the Persian Gulf states including Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Airlines and destinations
edit| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Air Arabia | Abu Dhabi, Sharjah |
| Air Cairo | Abha,[5] Al Jawf (begins 22 November 2024),[6] Amman–Queen Alia,[6] Cairo,[7] Doha, Gassim, Jeddah,[8] Jizan,[6] Kuwait City, Medina, Riyadh,[9] Tabuk[6] |
| Egyptair | Cairo |
| flynas[10] | Jeddah,[11] Riyadh[11] |
| Jazeera Airways | Kuwait City |
| Kuwait Airways | Kuwait City[12] |
| Nesma Airlines | Jeddah, Kuwait City, Riyadh,[13] Tabuk |
| Nile Air | Al Jawf, Jeddah, Kuwait City, Tabuk |
| Wizz Air | Abu Dhabi[14] |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "OECD p6".
- ^ Airport information for HMB at Great Circle Mapper.
- ^ "Google Maps". Google Maps.
- ^ "SkyVector: Flight Planning / Aeronautical Charts". skyvector.com. Retrieved 2018-08-20.
- ^ "AIR CAIRO NS23 MIDDLE EAST NETWORK ADDITIONS". aeroroutes.com. 21 April 2023.
- ^ a b c d "AIR CAIRO NW24 SOHAG NETWORK EXPANSION". aeroroutes.com. 27 August 2024.
- ^ "AIR CAIRO JULY - OCTOBER 2022 ATR72 OPERATIONS". aeroroutes.com. 21 July 2022.
- ^ "Air Cairo NW24 Sohag Network Expansion".
- ^ "Air Cairo NW24 Sohag Network Expansion".
- ^ "Low fare flights across the MENA, Europe and Asia | flynas".
- ^ a b "Dr. Anurag Jain (anuragkjain@yahoo.com) on LinkedIn: And, we have another new destination - Sohag! We will connect it thrice…". www.linkedin.com.
- ^ "Kuwait Airways apre 17 nuove destinazioni turistiche". 8 February 2022.
- ^ "NESMA AIRLINES ADDS SOHAG – RIYADH SERVICE FROM MAY 2023". Aeroroutes. 17 May 2023.
- ^ "Wizz Air Abu Dhabi Growth Continues with the Addition of a New Aircraft, Expanding its Ever Growing Network". Airline Suppliers. February 28, 2023.
