Airport type Public Serves Béjaïa, Algeria Elevation AMSL 6 m / 90 ft Code BJA Phone +213 34 21 16 38 Passenger count 294,933 | Location BP 92 Address Béjaïa 06000, Algeria Elevation 20 m Yearly aircraft movements 3,664 | |
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Owner Rachid Fatma (gouvernor of Bejaia) Similar Air Algerie, Izacar Béjaia, EPB, Hotel Le Cristal, Hotel Le Zéphyr | ||
Soummam – Abane Ramdane Airport (French: Aéroport de Bejaia / Soummam – Abane Ramdane) (IATA: BJA, ICAO: DAAE), also known as Soummam Airport or Bejaia Airport, 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. 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 52,681 passengers on domestic flights and 170,724 passengers on international flights. 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.