Abane Ramdane Airport

Soummam – Abane Ramdane Airport

مطار بجاية - صومام - عبان رمضان (Arabic)
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorEGSA Alger
ServesBejaia
LocationBejaia, Algeria
Opened1958
Built1958
Elevation AMSL6 m / 90 ft
Coordinates36°42′43.1″N 5°4′10.1″E / 36.711972°N 5.069472°E / 36.711972; 5.069472 (Soummam/Abane Ramdane Airport (Bejaia))
Website[email protected]
Map
BJA is located in Algeria
BJA
BJA
Location of airport in Algeria
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
08/26 2,400 7,874 Asphalt
Statistics (2013)
Passengers294,933
Passenger change 12–13Increase20.3%
Aircraft movements3,664
Movements change 12–13Increase22.5%
Sources: AIP,[1] EGSA Alger,[2] DAFIF[3] Landings.com,[4] ACI's 2013 World Airport Traffic Report.

Soummam – Abane Ramdane Airport (French: Aéroport de Bejaia / Soummam – Abane Ramdane[1]) (IATA: BJA, ICAO: DAAE), also known as Soummam Airport[3] or Bejaia Airport,[5] is an airport serving Bejaia, a city in the Bejaia Province of northern Algeria. It is located 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) south of the city, It was opened in 1982 to national level and its quick development led to its opening in international traffic in 1993.[1] The airport is named after Abane Ramdane (1920–1957) (since 1999 by presidential decree), an Algerian revolutionary and architect of the 1956 Congress of Soummam.

In 2008, the airport handled 52,681 passengers on domestic flights and 170,724 passengers on international flights.[2] The airport offers more than 10 flights per week to Paris, France and some others to Lyon, France, and Marseille, France. There are daily domestic flights mainly to Algiers.

  1. ^ a b c (in French) AIP and Chart for Aéroport de Bejaia / Soummam – Abane Ramdane (DAAE) from Service d'Information Aéronautique – Algerie
  2. ^ a b (in French) Aéroport de Béjaïa : Soummam ABANE RAMDANE from Établissement de Gestion de Services Aéroportuaires d'Alger (EGSA Alger)
  3. ^ a b "Airport information for DAAE". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
  4. ^ "DAAE @ aerobaticsweb.org". Landings.com. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  5. ^ Accident history for BJA at Aviation Safety Network