BJMHBBA

Bujumbura Melchior Ndadaye International Airport

Bujumbura, Burundi · Africa

Africa Africa/Bujumbura

6direct destinations

5airlines

2runways

3,600 mLongest runway

1952opened

Melchior Ndadaye International Airport (IATA: BJM, ICAO: HBBA) is an airport in Bujumbura, the former capital and current economic capital of Burundi. It is Burundi's only international airport and the only one with a paved runway.

Location

3.324°S, 29.319°E · 787 m s. n. m. (2.582 ft)

General data

CountryBurundi

CityBujumbura

IATA codeBJM

ICAO codeHBBA

Coordinates3.324°S, 29.319°E

Elevation787 m s. n. m. (2.582 ft)

Time zoneAfrica/Bujumbura

Runways2

Longest runway3,600 m

Opened1952

Direct destinations6

Runways · 2

17/35

Length3,600 m11,811 ft

Width45 m148 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

02/20

SurfaceNot recorded

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

Radio frequencies · 3

Tower

118.100

Ground

121.900

Approach

119.700

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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 They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation.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.

History

The airport was opened in 1952. On 1 July 2019, the airport was renamed Melchior Ndadaye International Airport after the first democratically elected president of Burundi who was murdered in a coup d'état in October 1993, three months after being elected. This event sparked the decade-long Burundian Civil War.

Airlines operating here · 5

Other airlines with direct routes

Ethiopian Airlines Air Tanzania Brussels Airlines Kenya Airways Uganda Airlines

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

Photo: SteveRwanda · CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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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This page was last updated on October 15, 2026

APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Bujumbura Melchior Ndadaye International Airport (BJM). Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/BJM

MLA

“Bujumbura Melchior Ndadaye International Airport (BJM).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/BJM. Accessed 16 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

Vuelopedia. “Bujumbura Melchior Ndadaye International Airport (BJM).” Fundación Poderia. Last modified October 15, 2026. https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/BJM.

Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Bujumbura Melchior Ndadaye International Airport (BJM). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/BJM (Accessed: 16 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_bjm,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Bujumbura Melchior Ndadaye International Airport (BJM)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/BJM},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/BJM}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-16},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-16}
}

Wikipedia

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