Work began in the establishment of this airport in 1971 as an alternative to the airport (minqbad) old and works only day and has been developing the airport and building a new lounge and there is the possibility of the airport currently to work 24 hours
Site:
The airport is located west of Assiut city and is 35 km away
Capacity:
The airport receives about 800 passengers a year from various nationalities in the Middle East, but the most operating is the Egyptian nationality.
Airlines and Aircraft Models:
- The airport serves more than 25 airlines of various nationalities of the Middle East other than private companies, for example the top 15 companies in the airport for the year 2013. The airport is also equipped to receive different types of aircraft types of heavy, medium and light
