Airports in Egypt
17 airports with scheduled flights, busiest first.
Egypt has 17 airports with scheduled passenger flights and an IATA code, 14 of them large. The busiest are Cairo International Airport (CAI, 31.1 million passengers, Wikidata, 2025), Hurghada International Airport (HRG, 11.4 million passengers, Wikidata, 2025) and Sharm El Sheikh International Airport (SSH, 9.0 million passengers, Wikidata, 2025).
Busiest routes
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| CAI – IST | 1,262 km | 695,972 |
| DUS – HRG | 3,511 km | 466,806 |
| CAI – CDG | 3,213 km | 403,360 |
| FRA – HRG | 3,324 km | 342,525 |
| ATH – CAI | 1,107 km | 339,549 |
| HRG – KTW | 2,873 km | 322,444 |
| CAI – FRA | 2,923 km | 305,793 |
| HRG – MUC | 3,025 km | 299,617 |
| MXP – SSH | 2,990 km | 298,231 |
| CAI – FCO | 2,152 km | 288,783 |
| HRG – LEJ | 3,245 km | 279,222 |
| KTW – RMF | 3,069 km | 271,819 |
| CAI – MXP | 2,619 km | 271,315 |
| BER – HRG | 3,268 km | 259,067 |
| HRG – ZRH | 3,147 km | 258,794 |
| CAI – MAD | 3,356 km | 247,602 |
| SAW – SSH | 1,507 km | 238,986 |
| HAJ – HRG | 3,450 km | 233,148 |
| HRG – STR | 3,192 km | 227,110 |
| HAM – HRG | 3,529 km | 225,249 |
Questions
Egypt has 17 airports with scheduled passenger flights and an IATA code, 14 of them large airports (OurAirports, 14 October 2026). Airfields without airline service are not counted.
Cairo International Airport (CAI), Hurghada International Airport (HRG), Sharm El Sheikh International Airport (SSH), Marsa Alam International Airport (RMF), Luxor International Airport (LXR) and Suhaj International Airport (HMB), by passengers a year in open data. The full list with ICAO codes is on this page.
Cairo International Airport (CAI), with 31.1 million passengers (Wikidata, 2025).