Aswan International Airport
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 / 23.96417°N 32.81972°E | ||||||||||
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  ASW Location of airport in Egypt | |||||||||||
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Aswan International Airport (IATA: ASW, ICAO: HESN), also known as Daraw Airport, is a domestic airport located 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) southwest of Aswan, Egypt. It was built in 1956 and upgraded in 1992 and 1999 by the Egyptian government.[3]
Destinations
Despite its name, it mainly offers flights to Cairo. There are also flights to Abu Simbel, a tourist destination farther south.
Accidents and incidents
- In October 1963, a Soviet Union military transport plane crashed at the airport, killing 14 people.[4]
- 20 March 1969, a United Arab Airlines Il-18 crashed while attempting to land at Aswan International Airport.[5] 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 Oct. 2006).
- ↑ "مطار أسوان" [Aswan Airport] (in Arabic). Egyptian Airports Company. Archived from the original on 20 September 2018. Retrieved 16 May 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. March 21, 1969. p. A2. Retrieved 16 May 2018 – via Newspapers.com.