| Soummam - Abane Ramdane Airport Aéroport de Bejaia / Soummam - Abane Ramdane |
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| IATA: BJA – ICAO: DAAE
BJA
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| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | Rachid Fatma (gouvernor of Bejaia) | ||
| Operator | EGSA Alger | ||
| Serves | Béjaïa, Algeria | ||
| Location | BP 92 | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 6 m / 90 ft | ||
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 08/26 | 2,400 | 7,874 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2008) | |||
| number of passengers in 2008 | 205,312 passengers | ||
| capacity | 500,000 passengers | ||
| Sources: AIP[1], EGSA Alger[2], DAFIF[3] | |||
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[4], is an airport serving Béjaïa, a city in the Béjaïa 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 his quick development led to its opening in international traffic in 1993.[1] The airport is named 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 51,757 passengers on domestic flights and 153,555 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.
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Aigle Azur | Basel/Mulhouse, Lyon, Marseilles, Paris-Orly |
| Air Algérie | Algiers, Lyon, Marseilles, Paris-Orly |