Abane Ramdane Airport
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 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.
Soummam – Abane Ramdane Airport Aéroport de Bejaia / Soummam – Abane Ramdane | |||||||||||
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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′43.1″N 5°4′10.1″E | ||||||||||
Website | [email protected] | ||||||||||
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BJA Location of airport in Algeria | |||||||||||
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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.
Airlines and destinations
Airlines | Destinations |
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Air Algérie | Algiers, Lyon, Marseille, Paris–Orly |
Tassili Airlines | Hassi Messaoud |
Transavia | Lyon,[6] Paris–Orly[6] |
TUIfly Belgium | Charleroi, Lille[7] |
Statistics
Passengers | Change from previous year | Aircraft operations | Change from previous year | Cargo (metric tons) | Change from previous year | |
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2005 | 205,298 | 3.51% | 2,967 | 2.70% | 139 | 25.67% |
2006 | 162,441 | 20.88% | 2,446 | 17.56% | 106 | 23.74% |
2007 | 75,250 | 53.68% | 964 | 60.59% | 24 | 77.36% |
2008 | 202,120 | 168.60% | 2,794 | 189.83% | 129 | 437.50% |
2009 | 216,847 | 7.29% | 3,103 | 11.06% | 114 | 11.63% |
2010 | 213,490 | 1.55% | 3,134 | 1.00% | 111 | 2.63% |
2011 | 221,175 | 3.60% | 2,954 | 5.74% | 111 | 0.00% |
2012 | 245,254 | 10.89% | 2,991 | 1.25% | 134 | 20.72% |
2013 | 294,933 | 20.26% | 3,664 | 22.50% | N.A. | N.A |
Source: Airports Council International. World Airport Traffic Reports (Years 2005,[8] 2006,[9] 2007,[10] 2009,[11] 2011,[12] 2012,[13] and 2013[14]) |
References
- (in French) AIP and Chart for Aéroport de Bejaia / Soummam – Abane Ramdane (DAAE) from Service d'Information Aéronautique – Algerie
- (in French) Aéroport de Béjaïa : Soummam ABANE RAMDANE from Établissement de Gestion de Services Aéroportuaires d'Alger (EGSA Alger)
- Airport information for DAAE at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
- "DAAE @ aerobaticsweb.org". Landings.com. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
- Accident history for BJA at Aviation Safety Network
- Liu, Jim. "Air France / Transavia France S20 Algeria network expansion". Routesonline. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
- Liu, Jim. "TUI Belgium adds Lille – Bejaia route from Feb 2020". Routesonline. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
- Airport Council International's 2005 World Airport Traffic Report
- Airport Council International's 2006 World Airport Traffic Report
- Airport Council International's 2007 World Airport Traffic Report
- Airport Council International Archived 11 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine's 2009 World Airport Traffic Report
- Airport Council International's 2011 World Airport Traffic Report
- Airport Council International's 2012 World Airport Traffic Report
- Airport Council International's 2013 World Airport Traffic Report
External links
- Google Maps - Soummam
- Etablissement de Gestion de Services Aéroportuaires d’Alger (EGSA-Alger)
- Current weather for DAAE at NOAA/NWS
- "DAAE @ aerobaticsweb.org". Landings.com.