# Batna Mostefa Ben Boulaid Airport (BLJ / DABT)

**Batna Mostefa Ben Boulaid Airport** (IATA: BLJ, ICAO: DABT) is a large airport in Batna, Batna Province, Algeria. It has one runway, 3,000 m (9,843 ft) long, asphalt. In 2020 it handled 14 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BLJ / DABT
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Batna, Batna Province, Algeria
- Elevation: 822 m / 2,697 ft
- Coordinates: 35.7521, 6.3086
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,000 m / 9,843 ft
- Passengers: 13,692 (2020)
- Time zone: UTC+1 · Africa/Algiers
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Most%C3%A9pha_Ben_Boulaid_Airport (17 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2265566
- Weather station: DABT · WMO 60468
- Ident: DABT

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 3,000 m / 9,843 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 055° / 235° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2009 | 83,112 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 68,235 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 72,742 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 72,679 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 78,123 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 79,864 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 74,782 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 81,092 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 74,595 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 75,350 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 78,285 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 13,692 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (4)

- [ALG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/daag.md) Houari Boumediene Airport · Algeria · 297 km / 185 mi · Air Algérie
- [MRS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfml.md) Marseille Provence Airport · France · 860 km / 534 mi · Air Algérie
- [LYS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfll.md) Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport · France · 1,114 km / 692 mi · Air Algérie
- [ORY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfpo.md) Paris-Orly Airport · France · 1,479 km / 919 mi · Air Algérie

### Seasonal (1)

- [CDG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfpg.md) Charles de Gaulle International Airport · France · 1,506 km / 936 mi · Air Algérie

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- AH [Air Algérie](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-algerie) · 5

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 14K (2020) | #2,571 of 3,974 | #174 in Africa | #12 in DZ |
| Longest runway | 3,000 m / 9,843 ft | =1,196 of 29,858 | =185 in Africa | =12 in DZ |
| Elevation | 822 m / 2,697 ft | =6,308 of 43,403 | #1,402 in Africa | #11 in DZ |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =24 in DZ |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 118.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [CZL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dabc.md) Mohamed Boudiaf International Airport · 65 km / 40 mi
- [QSF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/daas.md) Ain Arnat Airport · 100 km / 62 mi
- [BSK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/daub.md) Biskra - Mohamed Khider Airport · 119 km / 74 mi
- [GJL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/daav.md) Jijel Ferhat Abbas 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: “Mostépha Ben Boulaid Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mostépha_Ben_Boulaid_Airport&oldid=1363061038), 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/dabt/data