AirportsSoummam–Abane Ramdane Airport is a large airport serving Béjaïa, in Béjaïa Province, Algeria. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is BJA.
Key facts
- IATA code
- BJA
- ICAO code
- DAAE
- City
- Béjaïa
- State or region
- Béjaïa Province
- Country
- Algeria
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 36.7125° N, 5.0699° E
- Elevation
- 6 m (20 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,400 m (7,874 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, BJA means Soummam–Abane Ramdane Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: DAAE. ICAO codes that begin with D belong to West Africa. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 36.7125° N, 5.0699° E. It stands 6 metres (20 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
Soummam–Abane Ramdane Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,400 metres (7,874 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 31 airports of Algeria on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 30.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 2,400 m 7,874 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ain Arnat AirportSétif | QSF | 64 km |
| Jijel Ferhat Abbas AirportTahir | GJL | 72 km |
| Mohamed Boudiaf International AirportConstantine | CZL | 147 km |
| Batna Mostefa Ben Boulaid AirportBatna | BLJ | 154 km |
| Houari Boumediene AirportAlgiers | ALG | 165 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 6,649 km | 8 h 30 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 6,805 km | 8 h 40 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 4,904 km | 6 h 25 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 1,698 km | 2 h 35 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 6,620 km | 8 h 30 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 10,218 km | 12 h 50 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 10,711 km | 13 h 25 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 10,718 km | 13 h 25 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 16,941 km | 20 h 55 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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