Sharq El Owainat Airport is a small airport serving
Sharq El Owainat
Sharq El Owainat, or East Oweinat is a 110,000 acre desert land reclamation project that started in 1991, in the New Valley Governorate, Egypt. It is in a remote location in the Western Desert in the extreme south-west of the country, east of O ...
which is located in
Western Desert of
Egypt
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. The airport caters to the
New Valley Governorate. In 2011, it served 6,559 passengers (-0.8% compared to 2010).
Operations and facilities
The US$3 million airport was constructed in 3 months in 2003 to meet the needs of investors to bring equipment and to export crops. It occupies 36 square kilometres, with a main runway of 3500m and an apron that can serve 8 aircraft. A simple terminal building can serve passengers at a rate of 100 per hour. No automatic luggage conveyor is provided inside the terminal.
The Shark El Oweinat
non-directional beacon
A non-directional beacon (NDB) or non-directional radio beacon is a radio beacon which does not include directional information. Radio beacons are radio transmitters at a known location, used as an aviation or marine navigational aid. NDB are ...
(Ident: OWT) is located just east of the field. The Oweinat non-directional beacon (Ident: ENT) is located west of the runway.
In August 2009,
EgyptAir
Egyptair (Egyptian Arabic
Egyptian Arabic, locally known as Colloquial Egyptian ( ar, العامية المصرية, ), or simply Masri (also Masry) (), is the most widely spoken vernacular Arabic dialect in Egypt. It is part of the Afro-A ...
signed an agreement with a UAE-based agricultural investment firm ''Janan Investment Company'' to operate a weekly Sunday flight from the capital's
Cairo International Airport
Cairo International Airport (; ''Maṭār El Qāhira El Dawly'') is the principal international airport of Cairo and the largest and busiest airport in Egypt. It serves as the primary hub for Egyptair and Nile Air as well as several other ...
to Sharq El Owainat Airport in order to serve the movement of workers and investors to encourage agricultural investment in the region.
The airport is managed under a
Build-Operate-Transfer operation. The runway is not equipped with lights for night operation. The airport is in a
free trade zone and has facilities for storing and packaging goods for export.
Airlines and destinations
No airlines currently operate from the airport.
See also
*
Transport in Egypt
Transport in Egypt is centered in Cairo and largely follows the pattern of settlement along the Nile. The Ministry of Transportation and other government bodies are responsible for transportation in Egypt, whether by sea, river, land or air.
With ...
*
List of airports in Egypt
This is a list of airports in Egypt, grouped by type and sorted by location.
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Airports
See also
* Transport in Egypt
* List of airports by ICAO code: H#HE - Egypt
* Wikipedia: WikiProject Aviation/Airline destination lists: Africa ...
References
External links
OpenStreeMap – Sharq El Owainat
Airports in Egypt
Airports established in 2003
2003 establishments in Egypt
New Valley Governorate
Western Desert (Egypt)
21st-century architecture in Egypt
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