What is Aswan International Airport?
{{Infobox airport | name = Aswan International Airport | location = | stat1-data = | stat1-header = | stat-year = | r1-surface = [[Asphalt]] | r1-length-f = 11,161 | r1-length-m = 3,402 | r1-number = 17/35 | metric-rwy = y | coordinates = {{coord|23|57|51|N|32|49|11|E|region:EG|display=inline,title}} | elevation-m = 198 | elevation-f = 662 | city-served = [[Aswan]], [[Egypt]] | nativename-a = مطار أسوان الدولي | operator = Government | owner = | type = Public | pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Egypt | pushpin_label = ASW | pushpin_mark = Airplane_silhouette.svg | pushpin_mapsize = 200 | pushpin_map = Egypt | ICAO = HESN | IATA = ASW | image = Aswan International Airport, Aswan, AG, EGY (48025277278).jpg | nativename-r = Daraw Airport | footnotes = Source: [[DAFIF]]<ref name=WAD>{{WAD|HESN|source=[[DAFIF]]}}</ref><ref name=GCM>{{GCM|ASW|source=[[DAFIF]]}}</ref> }} '''Aswan International Airport''' {{Airport codes|ASW|HESN}}, also known as '''Daraw Airport''', is a domestic airport located {{Convert|16|km}} southwest of [[Aswan]], Egypt. It was built in 1956 and upgraded in 1992 and 1999 by the Egyptian government.<ref>{{Cite web|title=مطار أسوان|trans-title=Aswan Airport|url=http://www.eac-airports.com/index.php/ar/2014-12-15-13-12-54/2014-12-15-13-16-09|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920011047/http://www.eac-airports.com/index.php/ar/2014-12-15-13-12-54/2014-12-15-13-16-09|archive-date=20 September 2018|access-date=16 May 2018|publisher=Egyptian Airports Company|language=Arabic}}</ref> == Destinations == Despite its name, it mainly offers flights to [[Cairo]]. There are also flights to [[Abu Simbel temples|Abu Simbel]], a tourist destination farther south. == Accidents and incidents == * In October 1963, a [[Soviet Union]] military transport plane crashed at the airport, killing 14 people.<ref>{{Cite news|date=21 October 1963|title=14 Die in Crash At Aswan Airport|page=9|work=[[The Press Democrat]]|agency=[[United Press International]]|location=Santa Rosa, Cal