AirportsEl Golea Airport is a medium-sized airport serving El Menia, in El Menia Province, Algeria. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is ELG.
Key facts
- IATA code
- ELG
- ICAO code
- DAUE
- City
- El Menia
- State or region
- El Menia Province
- Country
- Algeria
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 30.5807° N, 2.8616° E
- Elevation
- 398 m (1,306 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 3,000 m (9,843 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, ELG means El Golea Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: DAUE. ICAO codes that begin with D belong to West Africa. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 30.5807° N, 2.8616° E. It stands 398 metres (1,306 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
El Golea Airport has 2 runways 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 16.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 3,000 m 9,843 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | not listed |
| 10/28 | 1,800 m 5,906 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Noumérat - Moufdi Zakaria AirportEl Atteuf | GHA | 219 km |
| Ain Beida AirportOuargla | OGX | 284 km |
| Timimoun AirportTimimoun | TMX | 291 km |
| Hassi Messaoud-Oued Irara Krim Belkacem AirportHassi Messaoud | HME | 335 km |
| Laghouat - Molay Ahmed Medeghri AirportLaghouat | LOO | 354 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 7,043 km | 9 h 00 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 7,073 km | 9 h 00 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 5,148 km | 6 h 40 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 2,339 km | 3 h 20 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 6,801 km | 8 h 40 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 10,560 km | 13 h 15 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 10,994 km | 13 h 45 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 11,394 km | 14 h 15 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 17,024 km | 21 h 00 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
Airport data: OurAirports, as downloaded on 11 November 2026. This page does not show live flights, terminals or airlines. For those, use the airport's or the airline's own site. See About and data sources.