BJADAAE

Soummam–Abane Ramdane Airport

Béjaïa, Algeria · Africa

Africa Africa/Algiers

9direct destinations

6airlines

1runway

2,400 mLongest runway

1958opened

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 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. 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. 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.

Location

36.713°N, 5.070°E · 6 m s. n. m. (20 ft)

General data

CountryAlgeria

CityBéjaïa

IATA codeBJA

ICAO codeDAAE

Coordinates36.713°N, 5.070°E

Elevation6 m s. n. m. (20 ft)

Time zoneAfrica/Algiers

Runways1

Longest runway2,400 m

Opened1958

Direct destinations9

Runways · 1

08/26

Length2,400 m7,874 ft

Width45 m148 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 1

Tower

118.900BEJAIA TWR

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Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.

Airlines operating here · 6

Other airlines with direct routes

Air Algérie ASL Airlines France Transavia Transavia France Domestic Airlines TUI fly Belgium

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

Photo: frisamusic from Paris, France · CC BY 2.0 · view original

Data from OurAirports (public domain) · destinations and airlines from Wikipedia route tables (CC BY-SA, 2026), unless another source is given · profile and photo from Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons (CC0 / CC) · summary and history from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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Harvard

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BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_bja,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Soummam–Abane Ramdane Airport (BJA)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/BJA},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/BJA}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-16},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-16}
}

Wikipedia

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