Luxor International Airport
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| Luxor International Airport | |||
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| IATA: LXR – ICAO: HELX | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Egyptian Airport Company | ||
| Serves | Luxor, Egypt | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 294 ft / 90 m | ||
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
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| 02/20 | 3,000 | 9,842 | Asphalt |
| Sources: Airport web site[1] and DAFIF[2][3] | |||
Luxor International Airport (IATA: LXR, ICAO: HELX) is the main airport serving the city of Luxor, Egypt. It is located four miles (6km) east of the city.
Many charter airlines use the airport, as it is a popular tourist destination for those visiting the River Nile and the Valley of the Kings.
In 2004, the airport served 1,977,568 passengers (-3.6% vs. 2006). In 2005 the airport was upgraded to accommodate up to 8 million passengers a year.
Facilities for passengers include 48 check-in desks, 8 gates, 5 baggage claim belts, a post office, a bank, a Bureau de Change, an auto exchange machine (CIB), restaurants, cafeterias, a VIP Lounge, a duty free shop, a newsagent/tobacconist, a chemist shop, a gift shop, a travel agent, a tourist help desk, car rental, first aid, a baby/parent Room, disabled access/facilities and a business centre.
Facilities for cargo include refrigerated storage, animal quarantine, livestock handling, health officials, X-Ray equipment, and fumigation equipment.
The cargo Terminal handling agent for the airport are Egyptair Cargo.
[edit] Airlines and destinations
- Aigle Azur (Paris-Orly, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Toulouse, Marseille)
- Air Arabia (Sharjah)
- Air Austral (Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
- airberlin (Erfurt, Frankfurt, Nuremberg)
- Air Mediterranee (Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Nante)
- Alexandria Airlines (Alexandria, Kuwait)
- AMC Airlines (various domestic and international charter services)
- Austrian Airlines (Vienna)
- Edelweiss Air (Zurich)
- EgyptAir (Aswan, Barcelona, Brussels, Cairo, Frankfurt, Hurghada, Jeddah, Kuwait, London-Heathrow, Madrid, Milan-Malpensa, Paris Orly, Rome-Fiumicino, Sharm El Sheikh, Vienna)
- EgyptAir Express (Cairo) and (Alexandria, Sharm El Sheikh)
- Jazeera Airways (Kuwait)
- First Choice Airways (London-Gatwick)
- Kuwait Airways (Kuwait)
- LTU International (Düsseldorf, Munich)
- Luxair (Luxembourg )
- Luxor Air (Baku, Istanbul)
- Monarch Airlines (London-Gatwick, Manchester)
- Niki (Salzburg, Vienna)
- Qatar Airways (Doha)
- Thomas Cook Airlines (Birmingham, London-Gatwick, Manchester)
- Thomsonfly (Birmingham, London-Gatwick, Manchester)
- transavia.com (Amsterdam, Paris-Orly)
- TUIfly (Nuremberg, Stuttgart)
- WindJet (Catania)
[edit] References
- ^ Luxor Airport, official web site
- ^ Airport information for HELX at World Aero Data. Source: DAFIF.
- ^ Airport information for LXR at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF.
