North Africa
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Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport

Sharm El Sheikh International Airport is an 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: “HESH”, “Maţār Sharm al Shaykh”, “Sharm El Sheik”, “Sharm El Sheikh International Airport”, “SSH”, and “مطار شرم الشيخ”

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 between the and peninsulas that connect the Gulf of Aqaba and the Red Sea. The distance between the two peninsulas is about 13 km. is situated 8 km east 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”
  • Arabic: “ميناء شرم الشيخ الجوي”
  • Asturian: “Aeropuertu Internacional de Sharm el-Sheij”
  • Avaric: “Шарам аш-Шайх”
  • Belarusian: “Аэрапорт Шарм-эль-Шэйх”
  • Belarusian: “Шарм-аль-Шэйх (аэрапорт)”
  • 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 International Airport”
  • Danish: “Sharm el-Sheikh Lufthavn”
  • Dutch: “Luchthaven Sharm el-Sheikh”
  • 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”
  • French: “HESH”
  • French: “Sharm El Sheikh Egypt Sharm El Sheikh International Airport”
  • French: “Sharm El-Shiekh”
  • French: “SSH”
  • Galician: “Aeroporto de Sharm El Sheikh”
  • German: “Flughafen Scharm asch-Schaich”
  • German: “Flughafen Sharm el-Sheikh International”
  • German: “HESH”
  • German: “Internationaler Flughafen Scharm El-Scheich”
  • German: “Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport”
  • German: “SSH”
  • Greek: “Διεθνές Αεροδρόμιο Σαρμ ελ Σεΐχ”
  • Hebrew: “נמל התעופה הבין-לאומי שארם א-שייח’”
  • Hebrew: “נמל התעופה הבינלאומי שארם א-שייח‘”
  • Hungarian: “HESH”
  • Hungarian: “Sarm es-Sejk-i nemzetközi repülőtér”
  • Hungarian: “Sarm es-Sejk-i repülőtér”
  • Hungarian: “Sharm el-Sheikh repülőtér”
  • Hungarian: “SSH”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Internasional Ophira”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Internasional Sharm el-Sheikh”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto di Sharm el-Sheikh”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto Internazionale di Sharm el-Sheikh”
  • Italian: “Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport”
  • Japanese: “シャルム・エル・シェイク国際空港”
  • Japanese: “シャルム・エル・シェイク空港”
  • Korean: “샤름엘셰이크 국제공항”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Sharm el-Sheikh”
  • Marathi: “शर्म अल-शेख आंतरराष्ट्रीय विमानतळ”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه بین المللی شرم الشیخ”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه بین‌المللی شرم‌الشیخ”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Szarm el-Szejk”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto de Sharm el-Sheikh”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto Internacional de Sharm el-Sheikh”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto Internacional de Xarm el-Xeikh”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Internațional Sharm el-Sheikh”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Sharm el-Sheikh”
  • Russian: “Аэропорт Рас Назрани”
  • Russian: “Международный аэропорт Шарм-эль-Шейха (Рас Назрани)”
  • Russian: “Международный аэропорт Шарм-эш-Шейх (SSH)”
  • Russian: “Рас-Назрани”
  • Russian: “Шарм-Эль-Шейх”
  • Russian: “Шарм-эш-Шейх”
  • Serbian: “Аеродром Шарм ел Шеик”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Sharm el Sheij”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Sharm el-Sheij”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional de Sharm el Sheij”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional de Sharm el Sheikh”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional de Sharm el-Sheij”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional de Sharm el-Sheikh”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional Ophira”
  • Swedish: “Sharm el-Sheik flygplats”
  • Swedish: “Sharm el-Sheikhs internationella flygplats”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи бин‌алмилалӣ шар‌ашшийх”
  • Turkish: “Şarm El Şeyh Havalimanı”
  • Turkish: “Şarm El Şeyh Uluslararası Havalimanı”
  • Turkish: “Şarm eş-Şeyh Uluslararası Havalimanı”
  • Ukrainian: “Міжнародний аеропорт Рас Назрані”
  • 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”

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Notable Places Nearby

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

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