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Airport information for Ophira Airport Country: Egypt Location: Sharm El Sheikh Coordinates: 27.59.00N / 034.23.00E IATA Code: SSH Timezone: GMT +2 Direct flights form Ophira Airport Direct flights to Ophira Airport Find connecting flights to Ophira Airport Find connecting flights from Ophira Airport

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Coordinates: 27°58′38″N 034°23′41″E / 27.97722°N 34.39472°E / 27.97722; 34.39472

Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport (Arabic: مطار شرم الشيخ الدولي‎ Maṭār Sharm al-Shaykh al-Duwaliyy) (IATA: SSH, ICAO: HESH), once known as Ophira International Airport, is an international airport turn up in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Opened on May 14, 1968, the airport was originally an Israeli Air Force ground and also assisted the little colony of Ofira, before the district was returned to Egypt coming after the Camp David Accords.

On May 23rd 2007, the airport's 2nd depot was kick off with a capacity for 8 million riders per yr. The two-level 43,000 m2 depot characteristics 40 check-in counters and is projected to provide to a large figure of international and leased voyages. It has 2 domestic and 6 international entrances, all of which outlet to distant stand up. The depot consists 3 construction elements: 2 circular-shaped hallways merged together by a cuneiform intermediate infinite nicknamed 'the boat'. 'The boat' assists as a rider theodolite hub housing recommendation command, duty free shop, and VIP area  as good as coffee bar/eating house. The hallways, in stark textural direct contrast to the solid mass of 'the boat', characteristic airy, wallowing tent-like roofs animated by the indigenous Beduin civilisation.

In 2008, the Egyptian Airports Holding Company denoted programmes to construct a 3rd new depot at the airport. The corporation anticipates to have plan offers for before the finish of September 2008. Ibrahim Mannaa, the managing director of Airports Holding Company, stated that it is a relocation to run across the sizeable increase in riders figure at the airport that surpassed 28% during the 1st eight calendar month of 2008.

In 2008, the airport assisted 7,758,859 riders (20.8% ontogeny compared to 2007). It is the 2nd busiest airport in Egypt after Cairo International Airport.

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