Marsa Alam International Airport

Marsa Alam International Airport (IATA: RMF, ICAO: HEMA) is an international airport located 60 km north of Marsa Alam in Egypt. It is an important destination for leisure flights from Europe.

Marsa Alam International Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerEMAK Marsa Alam for Management & Operation Airports SAE
OperatorM.A. Al-Kharafi Group of Kuwait
ServesMarsa Alam, Egypt
Elevation AMSL251 ft / 77 m
Coordinates25°33′25″N 34°35′01″E
Map
RMF is located in Egypt
RMF
RMF
Location of airport in Egypt
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
15/33 3,000 9,843 Asphalt
Statistics (2012)
Passengers1,089,000
Sources: DAFIF[1][2] Page 6[3]

Overview

It was built in response to the increasing needs of European visitors to this southern Red Sea destination, along with other airports on the Red Sea such as Hurghada International Airport, being inaugurated on 16 October 2003. The official name of the airport until 2011 was Marsa Mubarak Airport. The airport is privately owned and operated by EMAK Marsa Alam for Management & Operation Airports, a subsidiary of the M.A. Al-Kharafi Group of Kuwait.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Marsa Alam Airport:

AirlinesDestinations
Air Cairo Berlin,[4] Cairo, Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hannover, Leipzig/Halle, Munich, Stuttgart,[4] Vienna, Zürich[4]
Seasonal: Bratislava, Prague[5]
Chair Airlines Seasonal: Zürich
Corendon Airlines Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Hannover, Nuremberg
Discover Airlines Seasonal: Frankfurt[6]
easyJet Milan–Malpensa
Seasonal: Berlin, Naples (begins 4 November 2023)[7]
Edelweiss Air Zürich
Egyptair Cairo
Enter Air Charter: Gdańsk,[8] Katowice, Poznań, Warsaw–Chopin, Wrocław
Eurowings Seasonal: Düsseldorf (resumes 2 November 2023),[9] Nuremberg (begins 3 November 2023),[10] Salzburg (begins 26 October 2023)[11]
Lufthansa Seasonal: Munich[12]
Luxair Luxembourg
Neos Bergamo, Bologna, Milan–Malpensa, Rome–Fiumicino, Verona
Smartwings Prague
Seasonal: Brno, Ostrava
Seasonal Charter: Bratislava, Budapest,[13] Vilnius,[14] Warsaw–Chopin
TUI Airways London–Gatwick (resumes 1 November 2023)[15]
TUI fly Belgium Brussels
TUI fly Deutschland Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich
TUI fly Netherlands Amsterdam
Wizz Air Milan–Malpensa[16]

See also

References
  1. "Airport information for HEMA". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019. Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
  2. Airport information for RMF at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  3. "AIRLINE COMPETITION -- Note by Egypt --". Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  4. "AIR CAIRO JULY - OCTOBER 2022 ATR72 OPERATIONS". aeroroutes.com. 14 October 2022.
  5. "AIR CAIRO ADDS MARSA ALAM – EASTERN EUROPE ROUTES IN NS23". aeroroutes.com. 24 November 2022.
  6. "Umstellung des touristischen Kurz- und Mittelstreckenangebots auf Eurowings Discover - Factsheet" (PDF). Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  7. "EASYJET NW23 NETWORK ADDITIONS – 09JUL23". aeroroutes.com. 10 July 2023.
  8. "Coral Travel". coraltravel.pl.
  9. "Schauinsland stockt mit Eurowings, Smart Lynx und Nouvelair auf". Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  10. "EUROWINGS ADDS NUREMBERG – MARSA ALAM SERVICE FROM NOV 2023". aeroroutes.com. 23 August 2023.
  11. "Salzburg: Eurowings neu im Winter 2023/24 nach Marsa Alam". Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  12. "München mit mehr Reisezielen der Lufthansa".
  13. "Travel Service: Három új útvonal és 13%-os kapacitásbővítés a nyári menetrendben". 27 February 2018.
  14. "Marsa Alam". itaka.lt.
  15. "Flight Timetable". Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  16. "WIZZ AIR annuncia 3 nuove rotte dall'Italia. La Napoli-Abu Dhabi e Milano-Marsa Alam/Yerevan". 15 September 2022.

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