Abane Ramdane Airport
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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 Bejaia, a city in the Bejaia 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 its quick development led to its opening in international traffic in 1993.[1] The airport is named after Abane Ramdane (1920–1957) (since 1999 by presidential decree), an Algerian revolutionary and architect of the 1956 Congress of Soummam.
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Operator | EGSA Alger | ||||||||||
Serves | Bejaia | ||||||||||
Location | Bejaia, Algeria | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 6 m / 90 ft | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 36°42′43.1″N 5°4′10.1″E | ||||||||||
Website | aeroport-bja@egsa-alger.dz | ||||||||||
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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.