ALG
Houari Boumediene Airport
Houari Boumediene Airport (IATA: ALG, ICAO: DAAG) is a large airport in Algiers, Algiers Province, Algeria. It opened in 1924. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,500 m (11,483 ft). It is operated by EGSA Alger. In 2018 it handled 8.0 million passengers.
Timeline
1 event · 1924–19241924
OpenedHouari Boumediene Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026
Runways & airfield
Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap05/23053° / 233° · LIT
LENGTH3,500 m11,483 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEAsphalt
09/27092° / 272° · LIT
LENGTH3,500 m11,483 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt
Passengers per year
2007–20183.8M
4.2M
4.5M
4.3M
4.7M
5.4M
5.9M
6.5M
6.9M
7.6M
7.8M
8.0M
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Routes
95 destinations · 39 countriesYear-round92
BJASoummam–Abane Ramdane AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie165 km103 miQSFAin Arnat AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie198 km123 miTIDAbdelhafid Boussouf Bou Chekif AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie, Domestic Airlines218 km135 miGJLJijel Ferhat Abbas AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie237 km147 miBLJBatna Mostefa Ben Boulaid AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie297 km185 miCZLMohamed Boudiaf International AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie, Domestic Airlines308 km191 miBSKBiskra - Mohamed Khider AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie311 km193 miPMIPalma de Mallorca AirportSpain · Air Algérie320 km199 miLOOLaghouat - Molay Ahmed Medeghri AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie327 km203 miORNOran Es-Sénia (Ahmed Ben Bella) International AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie, Domestic Airlines365 km227 miALCAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández AirportSpain · Air Algérie, Vueling377 km234 miEBHEl Bayadh AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie383 km238 miAAEAnnaba Rabah Bitat AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie, Domestic Airlines410 km255 miVLCValencia AirportSpain · Volotea, Air Algérie448 km278 miTLMZenata – Messali El Hadj AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie461 km286 miTEECheikh Larbi Tébessi AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie463 km288 miMZWMecheria AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie471 km293 miELUGuemar Airport - مطار قمار بالواديAlgeria · Air Algérie, Domestic Airlines480 km298 miTGRTouggourt Sidi Madhi AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie481 km299 miGHANoumérat - Moufdi Zakaria AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie482 km300 miBCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportSpain · Air Algérie, Vueling521 km324 miOGXAin Beida AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie568 km353 miHMEHassi Messaoud-Oued Irara Krim Belkacem AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie620 km385 miTUNTunis Carthage International AirportTunisia · Nouvelair, Air Algérie, Tunisair625 km388 miELGEl Golea AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie, Domestic Airlines681 km423 miMADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · Iberia, Air Algérie725 km450 miCBHBéchar Boudghene Ben Ali Lotfi AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie, Domestic Airlines754 km469 miMPLMontpellier-Méditerranée AirportFrance · Air Algérie768 km477 miMRSMarseille Provence AirportFrance · Volotea, Transavia, Air Algérie769 km478 miTLSToulouse-Blagnac AirportFrance · Transavia, Air Algérie787 km489 miNCENice-Côte d'Azur AirportFrance · Air Algérie845 km525 miTMXTimimoun AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie, Domestic Airlines873 km542 miBODBordeaux–Mérignac AirportFrance · Volotea, Air Algérie963 km598 miFCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · ITA Airways, Air Algérie963 km598 miLYSLyon Saint-Exupéry AirportFrance · Transavia, Air Algérie1,016 km631 miAZRTouat-Cheikh Sidi Mohamed Belkebir AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie, Domestic Airlines1,035 km643 miINZIn Salah AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie, Domestic Airlines1,052 km654 miGVAGeneva International AirportSwitzerland · Air Algérie1,088 km676 miMXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · Air Algérie1,095 km680 miLISLisbon Humberto Delgado AirportPortugal · Air Algérie1,110 km690 miOPOFrancisco de Sá Carneiro AirportPortugal · Air Algérie1,145 km711 miVVZIllizi Takhamalt AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie1,220 km758 miNTENantes Atlantique AirportFrance · Transavia, Air Algérie1,229 km764 miBSLEuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–FreiburgFrance · Air Algérie1,263 km785 miORYParis-Orly AirportFrance · Transavia, Air Algérie1,340 km833 miSXBStrasbourg AirportFrance · Air Algérie1,365 km848 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Air France, Air Algérie1,370 km851 miETZMetz-Nancy-Lorraine AirportFrance · Air Algérie1,388 km862 miTINTindouf AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie1,463 km909 miDJGTiska Djanet AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie, Domestic Airlines1,503 km934 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Air Algérie, Lufthansa1,543 km959 miLILLille AirportFrance · Air Algérie1,543 km959 miTMRAguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok AirportAlgeria · Domestic Airlines1,559 km969 miBRUBrussels AirportBelgium · Air Algérie, TUI fly Belgium1,583 km984 miLGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · British Airways1,630 km1,013 miLHRLondon Heathrow AirportUnited Kingdom · Air Algérie1,669 km1,037 miVIEVienna International AirportAustria · Air Algérie1,673 km1,040 miRTMRotterdam The Hague AirportNetherlands · Air Algérie1,700 km1,056 miSTNLondon Stansted AirportUnited Kingdom · Air Algérie1,705 km1,059 miBUDBudapest Liszt Ferenc International AirportHungary · Air Algérie1,777 km1,104 miBERBerlin Brandenburg AirportGermany · Air Algérie1,919 km1,192 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Air Algérie, Turkish Airlines2,255 km1,401 miSAWIstanbul Sabiha Gökçen International AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines, AJet2,300 km1,429 miNIMDiori Hamani International AirportNiger · Air Algérie2,583 km1,605 miCAICairo International AirportEgypt · EgyptAir, Air Algérie2,706 km1,681 miOUAOuagadougou Thomas Sankara International AirportBurkina Faso · Air Algérie2,747 km1,707 miNKCNouakchott–Oumtounsy International AirportMauritania · Air Algérie2,774 km1,724 miBKOModibo Keita International AirportMali · Air Algérie2,909 km1,808 miBEYBeirut Rafic Hariri International AirportLebanon · Air Algérie2,934 km1,823 miNDJN'Djamena International AirportChad · Air Algérie2,976 km1,849 miAMMQueen Alia International AirportJordan · Air Algérie, Royal Jordanian3,049 km1,895 miSSHSharm El Sheikh International AirportEgypt · EgyptAir3,070 km1,908 miABVNnamdi Azikiwe International AirportNigeria · Air Algérie3,106 km1,930 miDSSBlaise Diagne International AirportSenegal · Air Algérie3,168 km1,969 miSVOSheremetyevo International AirportRussia · Air Algérie3,332 km2,070 miCKYAhmed Sékou Touré International AirportGuinea · Air Algérie3,459 km2,149 miABJFélix-Houphouët-Boigny International AirportCôte d’Ivoire · Air Algérie3,570 km2,218 miDLADouala International AirportCameroon · Air Algérie3,695 km2,296 miMEDPrince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz AirportSaudi Arabia · Air Algérie3,716 km2,309 miJEDKing Abdulaziz International AirportSaudi Arabia · Flynas, Air Algérie, Saudia3,838 km2,385 miLBVLibreville Leon M'ba International AirportGabon · Air Algérie4,079 km2,535 miADDAddis Ababa Bole International AirportEthiopia · Air Algérie4,725 km2,936 miDOHHamad International AirportQatar · Qatar Airways, Air Algérie4,732 km2,940 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Emirates5,069 km3,150 miNBJDr. Antonio Agostinho Neto International AirportAngola · Air Algérie5,199 km3,231 miYULMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International AirportCanada · Air Algérie6,275 km3,899 miDELIndira Gandhi International AirportIndia · Air Algérie6,809 km4,231 miJNBO.R. Tambo International AirportSouth Africa · Air Algérie7,462 km4,637 miPEKBeijing Capital International AirportChina · Air Algérie9,105 km5,658 miCANGuangzhou Baiyun International AirportChina · Air Algérie10,106 km6,280 miPVGShanghai Pudong International AirportChina · Air Algérie10,131 km6,295 miKULKuala Lumpur International AirportMalaysia · Air Algérie10,580 km6,574 miSeasonal2
MANManchester AirportUnited Kingdom · Air Algérie1,900 km1,181 miAYTAntalya International AirportTürkiye · Air Algérie2,448 km1,521 miMost destinationsAir Algérie 91Domestic Airlines 12Transavia 5Volotea 3Vueling 2EgyptAir 2
Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from ALG. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Houari Boumediene Airport” (revision of 19 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · countryScale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record
Radio frequencies
4 channelsAPPALGIERS APP121.400
GNDALGIERS GND121.800
TWRALGIERS TWR118.700
CCRALGIERS CCR127.300