JIBHDAM

Djibouti-Ambouli Airport

Djibouti City, Djibouti · Africa

Africa Africa/Djibouti

12direct destinations

11airlines

1runway

3,150 mLongest runway

Djibouti–Ambouli International Airport (IATA: JIB, ICAO: HDAM) is a joint civilian/military-use airport situated in the town of Ambouli, Djibouti. It serves the national capital, Djibouti. The airport is located approximately 6 kilometres (4 miles) from the city centre. It occupies an area of 10 square kilometers.

Location

11.547°N, 43.160°E · 15 m s. n. m. (49 ft)

General data

CountryDjibouti

CityDjibouti City

IATA codeJIB

ICAO codeHDAM

Coordinates11.547°N, 43.160°E

Elevation15 m s. n. m. (49 ft)

Time zoneAfrica/Djibouti

Runways1

Longest runway3,150 m

Direct destinations12

Official website

Runways · 1

09/27

Length3,150 m10,335 ft

Width45 m148 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

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

Radio frequencies · 4

Tower

122.100

Ground

118.100

ATIS (automatic information)

126.400

Approach

121.100

Look for a live feed on LiveATC External site; not every airport has a feed.

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 They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation.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

In 1948, a hard runway and an air terminal were built on the Ambouli site, marking the creation of air base 188 in 1948, which was made official in July 1949. The runway was lengthened in the sixties, the facility grew in the post-independence period after a series of renovation projects.

In the mid-1970s, the airport was enlarged to accommodate more international carriers, with the state-owned Air Djibouti providing regular trips to its various destinations.

Airlines operating here · 11

Other airlines with direct routes

Air Djibouti EgyptAir Ethiopian Airlines Qatar Airways Air France Daallo Airlines flydubai Flynas Jubba Airways Turkish Airlines Yemenia

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

Photo: Keo the Younger · CC BY-SA 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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This page was last updated on October 15, 2026

APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Djibouti-Ambouli Airport (JIB). Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/JIB

MLA

“Djibouti-Ambouli Airport (JIB).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/JIB. Accessed 16 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

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Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Djibouti-Ambouli Airport (JIB). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/JIB (Accessed: 16 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_jib,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Djibouti-Ambouli Airport (JIB)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/JIB},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/JIB}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-16},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-16}
}

Wikipedia

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