AirportsHouari Boumediene Airport is a large airport serving Algiers, in Algiers Province, Algeria. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is ALG.
Key facts
- IATA code
- ALG
- ICAO code
- DAAG
- City
- Algiers
- State or region
- Algiers Province
- Country
- Algeria
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 36.6939° N, 3.2145° E
- Elevation
- 25 m (82 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 3,500 m (11,483 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, ALG means Houari Boumediene Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: DAAG. ICAO codes that begin with D belong to West Africa. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 36.6939° N, 3.2145° E. It stands 25 metres (82 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Africa/Algiers, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Houari Boumediene Airport has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 3,500 metres (11,483 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 31 airports of Algeria on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 6.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 3,500 m 11,483 ft | 60 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 09/27 | 3,500 m 11,483 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Soummam–Abane Ramdane AirportBéjaïa | BJA | 165 km |
| Chlef Aboubakr Belkaid International AirportChlef | CFK | 176 km |
| Ain Arnat AirportSétif | QSF | 198 km |
| Jijel Ferhat Abbas AirportTahir | GJL | 237 km |
| Ibiza AirportIbiza (Eivissa), Spain | IBZ | 291 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 6,809 km | 8 h 40 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 6,970 km | 8 h 55 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 5,069 km | 6 h 35 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 1,669 km | 2 h 30 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 6,478 km | 8 h 20 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 10,104 km | 12 h 40 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 10,876 km | 13 h 35 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 10,815 km | 13 h 30 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 17,106 km | 21 h 05 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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