Airports / Eritrea / MSW
Massawa International Airport
HHMS / MSWMassawa, EritreaELEV 194 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
35 nm
To the nearest alternate
Asmara International Airport (ASM).
Overview
Located in Massawa, Eritrea, Massawa International Airport (HHMS / MSW) operates as a mid-sized airport. Field elevation is 194 feet above sea level. Free of scheduled airline operations, it serves business aviation, charter flights, and local general aviation.
While no charter operators list MSW as their home base, the field is reachable for repositioned charter aircraft from nearby bases. The closest alternate fields are Asmara International Airport (ASM, 35 nm), Axum Airport (AXU, 98 nm), and Mekele Alula Aba Nega Airport (MQX, 133 nm).
Trip costs from MSW are driven by the aircraft category flown and how far it must reposition. Browse operators flying from the area or estimate a trip cost from MSW to plan your flight.
Field capability
ICAO
HHMS
IATA
MSW
FAA / Local
HHMS
Elevation
194 ft
Coordinates
15.6700° N · 39.3701° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 35nmASMAsmara International AirportAsmara
- 98nmAXUAxum AirportAxum
- 133nmMQXMekele Alula Aba Nega AirportMekele
- 177nmKSLKassala AirportKassala
- 200nmGIZJizan Regional Airport / King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz AirportJizan
- 216nmOYHDHodeida International AirportHodeida
Location
Open the full mapHHMS · Massawa International Airport · Massawa, Eritrea