# Mecheria Airport (MZW / DAAY)

**Mecheria Airport** (IATA: MZW, ICAO: DAAY) is a medium airport in Mecheria, Naama Province, Algeria. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,591 m (11,780 ft).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MZW / DAAY
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Mecheria, Naama Province, Algeria
- Elevation: 1,175 m / 3,855 ft
- Coordinates: 33.5359, -0.2424
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 3,591 m / 11,780 ft
- Time zone: UTC+1 · Africa/Algiers
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheikh_Bouamama_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2875858
- Weather station: DAAY · WMO 60549
- Ident: DAAY

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 3,591 m / 11,780 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 051° / 231° |  |
| 17/35 | 2,876 m / 9,436 ft | 31 m / 100 ft | Asphalt | 160° / 340° |  |

## Routes

4 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (4)

- [EBH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/daoy.md) El Bayadh Airport · Algeria · 125 km / 78 mi · Air Algérie
- [ORN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/daoo.md) Oran Es-Sénia (Ahmed Ben Bella) International Airport · Algeria · 234 km / 145 mi · Air Algérie
- [ALG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/daag.md) Houari Boumediene Airport · Algeria · 471 km / 293 mi · Air Algérie, Domestic Airlines
- [TIN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/daof.md) Tindouf Airport · Algeria · 997 km / 620 mi · Air Algérie

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- AH [Air Algérie](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-algerie) · 4
- SF [Domestic Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/domestic-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,591 m / 11,780 ft | #440 of 29,858 | #57 in Africa | #7 in DZ |
| Elevation | 1,175 m / 3,855 ft | =3,762 of 43,403 | =842 in Africa | #3 in DZ |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =24 in Africa | =2 in DZ |

## Nearby airports

- [DA12](https://dromopedia.com/airports/da12.md) El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh Airport · 101 km / 62 mi
- [EBH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/daoy.md) El Bayadh Airport · 125 km / 78 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: “Cheikh Bouamama Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cheikh_Bouamama_Airport&oldid=1363026580), revision of 7 Jul 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/daay/data