Soummam – Abane Ramdane Airport (French: Aéroport de Bejaia / Soummam – Abane Ramdane[1]) (IATA: BJA, ICAO: DAAE), also known as Soummam Airport[3]orBejaia 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.
Soummam – Abane Ramdane Airport
مطار بجاية - صومام - عبان رمضان (Arabic)
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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 / 36.711972°N 5.069472°E / 36.711972; 5.069472 (Soummam/Abane Ramdane Airport (Bejaia)) | ||||||||||
| Website | aeroport-bja@egsa-alger.dz | ||||||||||
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  BJA Location of airport in Algeria | |||||||||||
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Sources: AIP,[1] EGSA Alger,[2] DAFIF[3] Landings.com,[4] ACI's 2013 World Airport Traffic Report. | |||||||||||
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.
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Bejaia Airport:
| Passengers | Change from previous year | Aircraft operations | Change from previous year | Cargo (metric tons) |
Change from previous year | |
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| 2005 | 205,298 |  3.51% |
2,967 | 2.70% |
139 |  25.67%
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| 2006 | 162,441 | 20.88% |
2,446 | 17.56% |
106 | 23.74%
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| 2007 | 75,250 | 53.68% |
964 | 60.59% |
24 | 77.36%
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| 2008 | 202,120 | 168.60% |
2,794 | 189.83% |
129 | 437.50%
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| 2009 | 216,847 | 7.29% |
3,103 | 11.06% |
114 | 11.63%
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| 2010 | 213,490 | 1.55% |
3,134 | 1.00% |
111 | 2.63%
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| 2011 | 221,175 | 3.60% |
2,954 | 5.74% |
111 |  0.00%
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| 2012 | 245,254 | 10.89% |
2,991 | 1.25% |
134 | 20.72%
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| 2013 | 294,933 | 20.26% |
3,664 | 22.50% |
N.A. | N.A |
| Source: Airports Council International. World Airport Traffic Reports (Years 2005,[12] 2006,[13] 2007,[14] 2009,[15] 2011,[16] 2012,[17] and 2013[18]) | ||||||
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
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