Luxor Airport

Luxor Airport
Characteristics
ICAO code	HELX
IATA code	LXR
Coordinates	25 ° 40 '16 " N , 32 ° 42' 24" E Coordinates: 25 ° 40 '16 " N , 32 ° 42' 24" E
Height above MSL	90 m (295 ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	5 km east of Luxor
Basic data
operator	EAC (Egyptian Airports Company)
Terminals	1
Passengers	2,032,790 (2006)
Flight ; movements	20,462 (2006)
Start-and runway
02/20	3000 m × 45 m asphalt

The Luxor airport is an international commercial airport in Luxor , Egypt . It is located about five kilometers east of the city. The airport is mainly served by charter planes and is mainly used for tourism because of its proximity to the Nile and the tourist city of Hurghada . Around 2 million passengers are handled annually.

General

Luxor Airport has one terminal and five gates. It is operated by the Egyptian Airports Company. The airport corresponds to some European standards and has eight check-in counters , a post office, a bank and restaurants. There are 21 air parking spaces (docks), a Boeing 757 can be accommodated. Runway 02/20 is 3000 meters long and can be approached by IFR .

Airlines and Destinations

Charter traffic plays the biggest role in Luxor. TUI fly Belgium is currently the only European airline to operate regularly. With TUI fly there is also a connection Frankfurt - Luxor - Frankfurt every Monday. There are also some airlines that operate to the Middle East.

Incidents

On January 30, 1970, the landing gear of an Antonov An-24B of the Egyptian United Arab Airlines ( aircraft registration SU-AOK ) collapsed on landing at Luxor Airport. The machine was damaged beyond repair. Everyone on board survived the accident.

On September 21, 1987, an Airbus A300-B4 of Egypt Air (SU-BCA) fell sideways from the runway during a training flight when landing at Luxor Airport and was destroyed. All five crew members were killed. It was the first fatal accident involving an Airbus A300 since its first flight in 1972.

On 13 December 1988, from trying Dar es Salaam in Tanzania next Boeing 707-351C of GAS Air Cargo from Nigeria on the airport Cairo International to land. Due to the bad weather, the aircraft was diverted to Luxor Airport after two failed landing attempts. However, she never arrived there, instead crashing into a residential area near Karm Umran , 45 kilometers north of Luxor. All 8 crew members and one person on the ground were killed in the accident. It was assumed that the machine had run out of fuel (see also the flight accident of a Boeing 707 operated by GAS Air Cargo near Karm Umran ) .

On February 20, 2009, an Antonov An-12B of the Aerolift with an aircraft registration number from São Tomé and Príncipe (S9-SVN) crashed about 600 meters behind the runway at Luxor Airport. The machine caught fire and was destroyed. On a transfer flight from Kisangani and Entebbe, a stopover was made in Luxor due to a lack of kerosene due to a fuel leak. All five crew members were killed, one from Russia and two each from Ukraine and Belarus. The aircraft with the fuel leak was operated illegally, with a license that had expired four years earlier.