Rabah Bitat Airport
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| Rabah Bitat Airport El Mellah Airport |
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|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: AAE – ICAO: DABB | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | EGSA-Constantine | ||
| Serves | Annaba, Algeria | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 5 m / 16 ft | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 01/19 | 3,000 | 9,843 | Asphalt |
| 05/23 | 2,290 | 7,513 | Asphalt |
| Sources: AIP [1] and DAFIF [2][3] | |||
Rabah Bitat Airport (IATA: AAE, ICAO: DABB), formerly known as Les Salines Airport, and popularly as El Mellah Airport is an international airport located 9 km south of Annaba, a city in Algeria.[1] It is named after Rabah Bitat, a president of Algeria (1978-1979).
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[edit] Facilities
[edit] Terminal
The terminal has an annual capacity of 500,000 passengers.
A project to build a new international terminal has been awarded to the Egyptian company Arab Contractor. The terminal should be completed in 2007, leaving the existing one for hajj flights and peak season charters to Europe.
[edit] Statistics
| 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passengers | |||||
| Total | 416,022 | 435,451 | 349,008 | 348,503 | 360,121 |
| Domestic | 316,751 | 331,580 | 239,114 | 247,855 | 250,285 |
| International | 99,271 | 103,871 | 109,894 | 100,648 | 109,836 |
| Freight | |||||
| Total | 302.750 | 357.270 | 329.148 | 328.180 | 359.217 |
| Domestic | 185.532 | 180.773 | 147.519 | 215.883 | 237.124 |
| International | 117.218 | 176.497 | 181.629 | 112.297 | 122.093 |
| Aircraft movements | |||||
| Total | 9,060 | 6,468 | 6,071 | 5,995 | 6,203 |
| Domestic | 8,089 | 5,439 | 4,849 | 4,893 | 5,041 |
| International | 971 | 1,029 | 1,177 | 1,102 | 1,162 |
[edit] Airlines and destinations
[edit] Domestic
- Air Algerie (Algiers, Oran)
- Algeria Air (Constantine)
[edit] International
- Aigle Azur (Marseille, Paris-Orly)
- Air Algerie (Lyon, Marseille, Paris-Orly)
- Sky Airlines (Antalya) --Seasonal--
[edit] References
- ^ a b AIP and Chart from Service d'Information Aéronautique - Algerie (French)
- ^ Airport information for DABB at World Aero Data. Source: DAFIF. Retrieved 2007-09-24.
- ^ Airport information for AAE / DABB at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF. Retrieved 2007-11-26.
