# Jijel Ferhat Abbas Airport (GJL / DAAV)

**Jijel Ferhat Abbas Airport** (IATA: GJL, ICAO: DAAV) is a large airport in Tahir, Jijel Province, Algeria. It has one runway, 2,400 m (7,874 ft) long, asphalt. In 2020 it handled 16 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/daav

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: GJL / DAAV
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Tahir, Jijel Province, Algeria
- Elevation: 11 m / 36 ft
- Coordinates: 36.7941, 5.8737
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,400 m / 7,874 ft
- Passengers: 16,379 (2020)
- Time zone: UTC+1 · Africa/Algiers
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jijel_Ferhat_Abbas_Airport (14 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2875839
- Weather station: DAAV · WMO 60351
- Ident: DAAV

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 2,400 m / 7,874 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 171° / 351° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2009 | 28,339 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 39,112 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 43,573 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 52,008 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 42,104 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 23,820 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 62,279 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 77,725 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 85,312 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 84,331 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 85,157 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 16,379 | Wikidata |

## Routes

2 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [ALG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/daag.md) Houari Boumediene Airport · Algeria · 237 km / 147 mi · Air Algérie
- [MRS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfml.md) Marseille Provence Airport · France · 741 km / 460 mi · Air Algérie

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from GJL, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- AH [Air Algérie](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-algerie) · 2

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 16K (2020) | =2,515 of 3,974 | #170 in Africa | #11 in DZ |
| Longest runway | 2,400 m / 7,874 ft | =2,846 of 29,858 | =346 in Africa | =40 in DZ |
| Elevation | 11 m / 36 ft | =40,035 of 43,403 | =2,998 in Africa | #73 in DZ |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =24 in DZ |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 119.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [BJA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/daae.md) Soummam–Abane Ramdane Airport · 72 km / 45 mi
- [QSF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/daas.md) Ain Arnat Airport · 84 km / 52 mi
- [CZL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dabc.md) Mohamed Boudiaf International Airport · 88 km / 55 mi
- [BLJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dabt.md) Batna Mostefa Ben Boulaid Airport · 122 km / 76 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Jijel Ferhat Abbas Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jijel_Ferhat_Abbas_Airport&oldid=1374832484), revision of 14 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/daav/data