Soummam – Abane Ramdane Airport (French: Aéroport de Bejaia / Soummam – Abane Ramdane) (IATA: BJA, ICAO: DAAE), also known as Soummam Airport or Bejaia Airport, 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. 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.

In 2008, the airport handled 52,681 passengers on domestic flights and 170,724 passengers on international flights. 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.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Bejaia Airport:

Airlines	Destinations
Air Algérie	Algiers, Lyon, Marseille, Paris–Orly, Paris-Charles de Gaulle
ASL Airlines France	Lille, Paris-Charles de Gaulle
Tassili Airlines	Hassi Messaoud
Transavia	Lyon, Paris–Orly
TUI fly Belgium	Lille, Brussels
Volotea	Seasonal: Marseille

Statistics

Traffic by calendar year. Official ACI Statistics

	Passengers	Change from previous year	Aircraft operations	Change from previous year	Cargo (metric tons)	Change from previous year
2005	205,298	3.51%	2,967	2.70%	139	25.67%
2006	162,441	20.88%	2,446	17.56%	106	23.74%
2007	75,250	53.68%	964	60.59%	24	77.36%
2008	202,120	168.60%	2,794	189.83%	129	437.50%
2009	216,847	7.29%	3,103	11.06%	114	11.63%
2010	213,490	1.55%	3,134	1.00%	111	2.63%
2011	221,175	3.60%	2,954	5.74%	111	0.00%
2012	245,254	10.89%	2,991	1.25%	134	20.72%
2013	294,933	20.26%	3,664	22.50%	N.A.	N.A
Source: Airports Council International. World Airport Traffic Reports (Years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, and 2013)