AirportsBatna Mostefa Ben Boulaid Airport is a large airport serving Batna, in Batna Province, Algeria. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is BLJ.
Key facts
- IATA code
- BLJ
- ICAO code
- DABT
- City
- Batna
- State or region
- Batna Province
- Country
- Algeria
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 35.7521° N, 6.3086° E
- Elevation
- 822 m (2,697 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 3,000 m (9,843 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, BLJ means Batna Mostefa Ben Boulaid Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: DABT. ICAO codes that begin with D belong to West Africa. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 35.7521° N, 6.3086° E. It stands 822 metres (2,697 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Constantine, about 73 km away in a straight line.
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
Batna Mostefa Ben Boulaid Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 3,000 metres (9,843 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 11.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 3,000 m 9,843 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mohamed Boudiaf International AirportConstantine | CZL | 65 km |
| Ain Arnat AirportSétif | QSF | 100 km |
| Biskra - Mohamed Khider AirportBiskra | BSK | 119 km |
| Jijel Ferhat Abbas AirportTahir | GJL | 122 km |
| Soummam–Abane Ramdane AirportBéjaïa | BJA | 154 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 6,569 km | 8 h 25 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 6,700 km | 8 h 35 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 4,792 km | 6 h 15 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 1,829 km | 2 h 40 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 6,770 km | 8 h 40 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 10,372 km | 13 h 00 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 10,612 km | 13 h 15 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 10,739 km | 13 h 25 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 16,820 km | 20 h 45 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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