# Hurghada International Airport (HRG)

> Hurghada, EG · IATA: HRG · ICAO: HEGN · Large Airport

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `HRG` |
| ICAO | `HEGN` |
| City | Hurghada |
| Country | EG |
| Type | Large Airport |
| Elevation | 10 m |
| Cargo | ❌ |
| GPS | 27.17678, 33.79669 |

## Description

Around 10.5 million passengers passed through Hurghada (HRG/HEGN) in fiscal 2024/25 — up some 22% year-on-year — making this Red Sea resort field Egypt's second-busiest airport after Cairo; traffic climbed a further 12% to 3.5 million passengers in the first four months of 2026. Terminal 1 handles scheduled flights while Terminal 2 absorbs the bulk of European charter and low-cost traffic, and a planned third terminal — adding 10 to 15 million passengers of annual capacity — is moving forward alongside a partial privatisation of the airport's operation. The airport does offer cargo handling for general and perishable goods, but it has no dedicated freighter operators or integrator base. In practice air cargo moves mainly as belly freight on tourist flights. For volume shipments, forwarders consolidate through Cairo (CAI), roughly 460 km to the north-west and Egypt's true freight gateway. For logistics professionals HRG is first and foremost a tourism airport rather than a working cargo node.

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