Aswan International Airport

Aswan International Airport, is a domestic airport located 16 km southwest of , Egypt. It was built in 1956 and upgraded in 1992 and 1999 by the Egyptian government.
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  • Type: Airport
  • Description: airport
  • Also known as: ASW”, “Aswan”, “Daraw Airport”, and “HESN

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nile 1st. Cataract.

Locality
The Cataracts of the Nile are shallow lengths of the Nile river, between and , where the surface of the water is broken by many small boulders and stones jutting out of the river bed, as well as many rocky islets. is situated 6 km east of Aswan International Airport.

Aswan International Airport

Latitude
23.96436° or 23° 57′ 52″ north
Longitude
32.81997° or 32° 49′ 12″ east
Elevation
201 metres (659 feet)
IATA airport code
ASW
ICAO airport code
HESN
Open location code
7GMJXR79+PX
Geo­Names ID
6297299
Wiki­data ID
Q752537
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Aswan International Airport” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: مطار أسوان الدولي
  • Arabic: مطار أسوان
  • Catalan: aeroport d’Assuan
  • Catalan: Aeroport d’Assuan
  • Catalan: Aeroport d’Aswan
  • Cebuano: Aswan International Airport
  • Chinese: 阿斯旺国际机场
  • Chinese: 阿斯旺國際機場
  • Dutch: Luchthaven Aswan
  • Egyptian Arabic: مطار اسوان الدولى
  • French: aéroport international d’Assouan
  • French: Aéroport international d’Assouan
  • French: ASW
  • French: Aswan
  • French: HESN
  • German: ASW
  • German: Aswan International Airport
  • German: Flughafen Assuan
  • German: Flughafen Aswan International
  • German: HESN
  • Hungarian: Asszuáni nemzetközi repülőtér
  • Hungarian: ASW
  • Hungarian: HESN
  • Indonesian: ASW
  • Indonesian: Bandar udara daraw
  • Indonesian: Bandar Udara Daraw
  • Indonesian: Bandara Daraw
  • Indonesian: HESN
  • Italian: Aeroporto internazionale di Assuan
  • Japanese: アスワン国際空港
  • Japanese: アスワン空港
  • Malay: Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Aswan
  • Persian: فرودگاه بین‌المللی اسوان
  • Polish: Port lotniczy Asuan
  • Portuguese: Aeroporto Internacional de Assuão
  • Romanian: Aeroportul Aswan
  • Romanian: Aeroportul Internațional Aswan
  • Russian: Асуан (аэропорт)
  • Russian: Асуан
  • Spanish: Aeropuerto Daraw
  • Spanish: Aeropuerto de Aswan
  • Spanish: Aeropuerto de Daraw
  • Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Asuan
  • Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Asuán
  • Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Aswan
  • Spanish: HESN
  • Swedish: Aswan International Airport
  • Tajik: Фурудгоҳи байналмиллалии Асван
  • Tajik: Фурудгоҳи бин‌алмилалӣ осуон
  • Ukrainian: Асуан
  • Ukrainian: Міжнародний аеропорт Асуан
  • Vietnamese: Sân bay quốc tế Aswan
  • Welsh: Maes Awyr Rhyngwladol Aswan

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