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Soummam - Abane Ramdane Airport
Aéroport de Bejaia / Soummam - Abane RamdaneIATA: BJA – ICAO: DAAE Location of airport in Algeria 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 Coordinates 36°42′43″N 005°04′10″E / 36.71194°N 5.06944°E Website 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 and destinations
Airlines Destinations Aigle Azur Basel/Mulhouse, Lyon, Marseilles, Paris-Orly Air Algérie Algiers, Lyon, Marseilles, Paris-Orly References
- ^ a b c (French) AIP and Chart for Aéroport de Bejaia / Soummam - Abane Ramdane (DAAE) from Service d'Information Aéronautique - Algerie
- ^ a b (French) Aéroport de Béjaïa : Soummam ABANE RAMDANE from Établissement de Gestion de Services Aéroportuaires d’Alger (EGSA Alger)
- ^ a b Airport information for DAAE at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
- ^ Accident history for BJA at Aviation Safety Network
External links
- Etablissement de Gestion de Services Aéroportuaires d’Alger (EGSA-Alger)
- Current weather for DAAE at NOAA/NWS
Categories:- Airports in Algeria
- North African airport stubs
- Algerian building and structure stubs
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