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
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerRachid Fatma (gouvernor of Bejaia)
OperatorEGSA Alger
ServesBéjaïa, Algeria
LocationBP 92
Elevation AMSL6 m / 90 ft
Coordinates36°42′43.1″N 5°4′10.1″E
Websiteaeroport-bja@egsa-alger.dz
Map
BJA
Location of airport in Algeria
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
08/26 2,400 7,874 Asphalt
Statistics (2013)
Passengers294,933
Passenger change 12–1320.3%
Aircraft movements3,664
Movements change 12–1322.5%
Sources: AIP,[1] EGSA Alger,[2] DAFIF[3] Landings.com,[4] ACI's 2013 World Airport Traffic Report.

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
AirlinesDestinations
Air Algérie Algiers, Lyon, Marseille, Paris–Orly
Tassili Airlines Hassi Messaoud
Transavia Lyon,[6] Paris–Orly[6]
TUIfly Belgium Charleroi, Lille[7]

Statistics
Traffic by calendar year. Official ACI Statistics
PassengersChange from previous yearAircraft operationsChange from previous yearCargo
(metric tons)		Change from previous year
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 202,120168.60%2,794189.83%129437.50%
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
  1. (in French) AIP and Chart for Aéroport de Bejaia / Soummam – Abane Ramdane (DAAE) from Service d'Information Aéronautique – Algerie
  2. (in French) Aéroport de Béjaïa : Soummam ABANE RAMDANE from Établissement de Gestion de Services Aéroportuaires d'Alger (EGSA Alger)
  3. Airport information for DAAE at World Aero Data. 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
  6. Liu, Jim. "Air France / Transavia France S20 Algeria network expansion". Routesonline. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  7. Liu, Jim. "TUI Belgium adds Lille – Bejaia route from Feb 2020". Routesonline. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  8. Airport Council International's 2005 World Airport Traffic Report
  9. Airport Council International's 2006 World Airport Traffic Report
  10. Airport Council International's 2007 World Airport Traffic Report
  11. Airport Council International Archived 11 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine's 2009 World Airport Traffic Report
  12. Airport Council International's 2011 World Airport Traffic Report
  13. Airport Council International's 2012 World Airport Traffic Report
  14. Airport Council International's 2013 World Airport Traffic Report


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