Soummam – Abane Ramdane Airport

Soummam – Abane Ramdane Airport Aéroport de Bejaia / Soummam – Abane Ramdane
IATA: BJA – ICAO: DAAE BJA Location of airport in Algeria
Summary
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 / 36.711972°N 5.069472°ECoordinates: 36°42′43.1″N 5°4′10.1″E / 36.711972°N 5.069472°E
Website	[e-mail]
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 08/26 2,400 7,874 Asphalt
Statistics (2013)
Passengers 294,933 Passenger change 12–13 20.3% Aircraft movements 3,664 Movements change 12–13 22.5%
Sources: AIP,[1] EGSA Alger,[2] DAFIF[3] Landings.com,[4] ACI's 2013 World Airport Traffic Report.

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.

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
Aigle Azur	Basel/Mulhouse, Marseille, Paris-Orly Seasonal: Lyon
Air Algérie	Algiers, Lyon, Marseille, Paris-Orly
Atlas Atlantique Airlines	Châlons Vatry[6]
Jetairfly	Brussels-Charleroi

Statistics

Traffic by calendar year. Official ACI Statistics

	Passengers	Change from previous year	Aircraft operations	Change from previous year	Cargo (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	202,120	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,[7] 2006,[8] 2007,[9] 2009,[10] 2011,[11] 2012,[12] and 2013[13])

References

1. (French) AIP and Chart for Aéroport de Bejaia / Soummam – Abane Ramdane (DAAE) from Service d'Information Aéronautique – Algerie
2. (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. http://atlasatlantiqueairlines.com/
7. Airport Council International's 2005 World Airport Traffic Report
8. Airport Council International's 2006 World Airport Traffic Report
9. Airport Council International's 2007 World Airport Traffic Report
10. Airport Council International's 2009 World Airport Traffic Report
11. Airport Council International's 2011 World Airport Traffic Report
12. Airport Council International's 2012 World Airport Traffic Report
13. 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.