| Rabah Bitat Airport El Mellah Airport |
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| IATA: AAE – ICAO: DABB
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| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | EGSA-Constantine | ||
| Serves | Annaba, Algeria | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 5 m / 16 ft | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 01/19 | 3,000 | 9,843 | Asphalt |
| 05/23 | 2,290 | 7,513 | Asphalt |
| Sources: AIP [1] and DAFIF [2][3] | |||
Rabah Bitat Airport (IATA: AAE, ICAO: DABB), formerly known as Les Salines Airport, and popularly as El Mellah Airport is an international airport located 9 km south of Annaba, a city in Algeria.[1] It is named after Rabah Bitat, a president of Algeria (1978-1979).
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The terminal has an annual capacity of 500,000 passengers.
A project to build a new international terminal has been awarded to the Egyptian company Arab Contractor. The terminal should be completed in 2007, leaving the existing one for hajj flights and peak season charters to Europe.
| 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | |
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| Passengers | |||||
| Total | 416,022 | 435,451 | 349,008 | 348,503 | 360,121 |
| Domestic | 316,751 | 331,580 | 239,114 | 247,855 | 250,285 |
| International | 99,271 | 103,871 | 109,894 | 100,648 | 109,836 |
| Freight | |||||
| Total | 302.750 | 357.270 | 329.148 | 328.180 | 359.217 |
| Domestic | 185.532 | 180.773 | 147.519 | 215.883 | 237.124 |
| International | 117.218 | 176.497 | 181.629 | 112.297 | 122.093 |
| Aircraft movements | |||||
| Total | 9,060 | 6,468 | 6,071 | 5,995 | 6,203 |
| Domestic | 8,089 | 5,439 | 4,849 | 4,893 | 5,041 |
| International | 971 | 1,029 | 1,177 | 1,102 | 1,162 |
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Aigle Azur | Marseille, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Paris-Orly |
| Air Algérie[4] | Algiers, Djeddah, In Amenas, Lyon, Madinah, Marseille, Nice, Oran, Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle, Paris-Orly |
| Saudi Arabian Airlines | Seasonal: Djeddah, Madinah |
| Tassili Airlines | Alger, El Oued, Hassi Messaoud, In Salah, Tamanrasset |
During World War II the airport was known as Bone Airfield, and was used by the German Luftwaffe. Later captured by the United States Army, the USAAF Twelfth Air Force in the Western Desert Campaign in 1942-1943.