Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport

Sharm El Sheikh International Airport is an international airport located in , . It is the third-busiest airport in Egypt after and and one of the busiest airports in the Middle East.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: international airport serving Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt
  • Also known as: “Aeroporto de Sharm el-Sheikh”, “Aeroporto di Sharm el-Sheikh”, “Aeroportul Sharm el-Sheikh”, “Aeropuerto de Sharm el Sheij”, “Aeropuerto de Sharm el-Sheij”, “Aeropuerto Internacional de Sharm el Sheij”, “Aeropuerto Internacional de Sharm el Sheikh”, “Aeropuerto Internacional de Sharm el-Sheikh”, “Aeropuerto Internacional Ophira”, “Bandar Udara Internasional Ophira”, “HESH”, “Luchthaven Sharm el-Sheikh”, “Maţār Sharm al Shaykh”, “Sarm es-Sejk-i repülőtér”, “Sharm El Sheik”, “Sharm El Sheikh Egypt Sharm El Sheikh International Airport”, “Sharm El Sheikh International Airport”, “Sharm el-Sheikh repülőtér”, “Sharm El-Shiekh”, “SSH”, “Аэропорт Рас Назрани”, “Міжнародний аеропорт Рас Назрані”, “Рас-Назрани”, “Шарм-аль-Шэйх (аэрапорт)”, “Шарм-Эль-Шейх”, “فرودگاه بین المللی شرم الشیخ”, “مطار شرم الشيخ”, “مطار شرم الشيخ الدولي (SSH)”, “ميناء شرم الشيخ الجوي”, and “シャルム・エル・シェイク空港”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shark’s Bay and Straits of Tiran.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Locality
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The are the narrow sea passages… is situated 8 km east of Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport.

Suburb
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is a natural bay in , Egypt. is situated 10 km southwest of Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport.

Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport

Latitude
27.97952° or 27° 58′ 46″ north
Longitude
34.39063° or 34° 23′ 26″ east
Elevation
43 metres (141 feet)
IATA airport code
SSH
ICAO airport code
HESH
Open location code
7GVPX9HR+R7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 253007642
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
6297298
Wiki­data ID
Q326268
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Sharm El Sheikh Internasionale Lughawe”
  • Arabic: “مطار شرم الشيخ الدولي”
  • Asturian: “Aeropuertu Internacional de Sharm el-Sheij”
  • Avaric: “Шарам аш-Шайх”
  • Belarusian: “Аэрапорт Шарм-эль-Шэйх”
  • Belarusian: “Шарм-аль-Шэйх”
  • Cebuano: “Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport”
  • Chinese: “沙姆沙伊赫国际机场”
  • Chinese: “沙姆沙伊赫國際機場”
  • Czech: “mezinárodní letiště Šarm aš-Šajch”
  • Czech: “Mezinárodní letiště Šarm aš-Šajch”
  • Danish: “Sharm el-Sheikh Lufthavn”
  • Dutch: “Luchthaven Sharm-el-Sheikh”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مطار شرم الشيخ الدولى”
  • Esperanto: “Internacia Flughaveno Ŝarm el-Ŝejko”
  • Estonian: “Sharm el Sheikhi rahvusvaheline lennujaam”
  • Finnish: “Sharm el-Sheikhin kansainvälinen lentoasema”
  • French: “aéroport international de Charm el-Cheikh”
  • French: “Aéroport international de Charm el-Cheikh”
  • Galician: “Aeroporto de Sharm El Sheikh”
  • German: “Flughafen Scharm asch-Schaich”
  • German: “Flughafen Sharm el-Sheikh International”
  • German: “Internationaler Flughafen Scharm El-Scheich”
  • Greek: “Διεθνές Αεροδρόμιο Σαρμ ελ Σεΐχ”
  • Hebrew: “נמל התעופה הבין-לאומי שארם א-שייח’”
  • Hebrew: “נמל התעופה הבינלאומי שארם א-שייח‘”
  • Hungarian: “Sarm es-Sejk-i nemzetközi repülőtér”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Internasional Sharm el-Sheikh”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto Internazionale di Sharm el-Sheikh”
  • Japanese: “シャルム・エル・シェイク国際空港”
  • Korean: “샤름엘셰이크 국제공항”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Sharm el-Sheikh”
  • Marathi: “शर्म अल-शेख आंतरराष्ट्रीय विमानतळ”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه بین‌المللی شرم‌الشیخ”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Szarm el-Szejk”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto Internacional de Sharm el-Sheikh”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto Internacional de Xarm el-Xeikh”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Internațional Sharm el-Sheikh”
  • Russian: “Международный аэропорт Шарм-эль-Шейха (Рас Назрани)”
  • Russian: “Международный аэропорт Шарм-эш-Шейх (SSH)”
  • Russian: “Шарм-эш-Шейх”
  • Serbian: “Аеродром Шарм ел Шеик”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional de Sharm el-Sheij”
  • Swedish: “Sharm el-Sheik flygplats”
  • Swedish: “Sharm el-Sheikhs internationella flygplats”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи байналмилалии Шарм-эш-Шайх”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи бин‌алмилалӣ шар‌ашшийх”
  • Thai: “ท่าอากาศยานนานาชาติชัรมุชชัยค์”
  • Turkish: “Şarm El Şeyh Havalimanı”
  • Turkish: “Şarm El Şeyh Uluslararası Havalimanı”
  • Turkish: “Şarm eş-Şeyh Uluslararası Havalimanı”
  • Ukrainian: “Міжнародний аеропорт Шарм-ель-Шейх”
  • Ukrainian: “Міжнародний аеропорт Шарм-еш-Шейх”
  • Ukrainian: “Шарм-ель-Шейх”
  • Urdu: “شرم الشیخ انٹرنیشنل ایئرپورٹ”
  • Uzbek: “Sharm ash-Shayx xalqaro aeroporti”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân bay quốc tế Sharm el-Sheikh”
  • Welsh: “Maes Awyr Rhyngwladol Sharm el-Sheikh”
  • Wu Chinese: “沙姆沙伊赫国际机场”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Rawaby Continental Village and Domina Coral Bay.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Sharm-el-Sheikh Domestic Terminal (T2) and Sharm-el-Sheikh International Terminal (T1).

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