Houari Boumediene Airport
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Houari Boumediene International Airport (Arabic: مطار هواري بومدين الدولي, romanized: Maṭār Hawwārī Būmadyan al-Duwaliyy)[1][2][3] (IATA: ALG, ICAO: DAAG), also known as Algiers Airport or Algiers International Airport, is the main international airport serving Algiers, the capital of Algeria. It is located 9.1 NM (16.9 km; 10.5 mi) east southeast[1] of the city.
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Operator | EGSA Alger | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Algiers | ||||||||||||||
Opened | 1924; 100 years ago (1924) | ||||||||||||||
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Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 25 m / 82 ft | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 36°41′27.65″N 003°12′55.47″E | ||||||||||||||
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The airport is named after Houari Boumediene (1932–1978), a former president of Algeria. Dar El Beïda, the area where the airport is located, was known as Maison Blanche ('White House'), and the airport is called Maison Blanche Airport in much of the literature about the Algerian War of Independence. The SGSIA (French: Société de Gestion des Services et Infrastructures Aéroportuaires), more commonly known as 'Airport of Algiers', is a public company established on 1 November 2006 to manage and operate the airport. The SGSIA has 2,100 employees.