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Oran Es-Sénia (Ahmed Ben Bella) International Airport

ICAO DAOO35.6206°N 0.6225°W90 m / 295 ftLarge airport
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Oran Es-Sénia (Ahmed Ben Bella) International Airport (IATA: ORN, ICAO: DAOO) is a large airport in Es-Sénia, Oran Province, Algeria. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,600 m (11,811 ft). In 2017 it handled 1.9 million passengers.

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Terminal 2Aérogare Es-SéniaTerminal 1
07L/25R067° / 247° · LIT
LENGTH3,600 m11,811 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt
07R/25L · LIT
LENGTH3,000 m9,843 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEConcrete

Passengers per year

2011–2017
1.1M
1.3M
1.4M
1.8M
1.7M
1.9M
1.9M
11121314151617

Routes

30 destinations · 8 countries
1,000 km2,000 km3,000 km500 mi1,000 mi1,500 mi2,000 miMZW · Mecheria Airport · 234 km / 145 miEBH · El Bayadh Airport · 263 km / 163 miALC · Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport · 296 km / 184 miALG · Houari Boumediene Airport · 365 km / 227 miCBH · Béchar Boudghene Ben Ali Lotfi Airport · 468 km / 291 miGHA · Noumérat - Moufdi Zakaria Airport · 543 km / 337 miCZL · Mohamed Boudiaf International Airport · 656 km / 408 miBCN · Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport · 673 km / 418 miOGX · Ain Beida Airport · 693 km / 431 miTMX · Timimoun Airport · 715 km / 444 miHME · Hassi Messaoud-Oued Irara Krim Belkacem Airport · 764 km / 475 miAAE · Annaba Rabah Bitat Airport · 768 km / 477 miAZR · Touat-Cheikh Sidi Mohamed Belkebir Airport · 866 km / 538 miTLS · Toulouse-Blagnac Airport · 907 km / 564 miMPL · Montpellier-Méditerranée Airport · 968 km / 601 miTUN · Tunis Carthage International Airport · 982 km / 610 miMRS · Marseille Provence Airport · 1,002 km / 623 miBOD · Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport · 1,024 km / 636 miTIN · Tindouf Airport · 1,133 km / 704 miLYS · Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport · 1,222 km / 759 miIAM · Zarzaitine - In Aménas Airport · 1,283 km / 797 miNTE · Nantes Atlantique Airport · 1,285 km / 798 miORY · Paris-Orly Airport · 1,478 km / 918 miCDG · Charles de Gaulle International Airport · 1,511 km / 939 miLIL · Lille Airport · 1,689 km / 1,049 miBRU · Brussels Airport · 1,748 km / 1,086 miIST · İstanbul Airport · 2,619 km / 1,627 miLIS · Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport · 831 km / 516 miETZ · Metz-Nancy-Lorraine Airport · 1,588 km / 987 miSSH · Sharm El Sheikh International Airport · 3,397 km / 2,111 miSSHISTBRUETZNTEIAMLYSTINBODMRSTUNTLSAZRLISHMEBCNCZLCBHALGALCEBHCDGTMXGHALILMPLAAEOGXMZWORYORN
Year-round27
MZWMecheria AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie234 km145 miEBHEl Bayadh AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie263 km163 miALCAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández AirportSpain · Air Algérie, Vueling296 km184 miALGHouari Boumediene AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie, Domestic Airlines365 km227 miCBHBéchar Boudghene Ben Ali Lotfi AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie, Domestic Airlines468 km291 miGHANoumérat - Moufdi Zakaria AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie543 km337 miCZLMohamed Boudiaf International AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie, Domestic Airlines656 km408 miBCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportSpain · Air Algérie, Vueling673 km418 miOGXAin Beida AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie693 km431 miTMXTimimoun AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie715 km444 miHMEHassi Messaoud-Oued Irara Krim Belkacem AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie, Domestic Airlines764 km475 miAAEAnnaba Rabah Bitat AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie768 km477 miAZRTouat-Cheikh Sidi Mohamed Belkebir AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie, Domestic Airlines866 km538 miTLSToulouse-Blagnac AirportFrance · Air France, Air Algérie907 km564 miMPLMontpellier-Méditerranée AirportFrance · Transavia, Air Algérie968 km601 miTUNTunis Carthage International AirportTunisia · Tunisair982 km610 miMRSMarseille Provence AirportFrance · Volotea, Air Algérie1,002 km623 miBODBordeaux–Mérignac AirportFrance · Volotea, Air Algérie1,024 km636 miTINTindouf AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie1,133 km704 miLYSLyon Saint-Exupéry AirportFrance · Transavia, Air Algérie1,222 km759 miIAMZarzaitine - In Aménas AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie1,283 km797 miNTENantes Atlantique AirportFrance · Transavia1,285 km798 miORYParis-Orly AirportFrance · Transavia, Air Algérie1,478 km918 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Air France, Air Algérie1,511 km939 miLILLille AirportFrance · Air Algérie1,689 km1,049 miBRUBrussels AirportBelgium · TUI fly Belgium1,748 km1,086 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Air Algérie, Turkish Airlines2,619 km1,627 mi
Most destinationsAir Algérie 28Domestic Airlines 5Transavia 4Vueling 2Air France 2Volotea 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from ORN. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Ahmed Ben Bella Airport” (revision of 11 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers1.9M (2017)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#583of 3,974 · #31 Africa · #2 DZLongest runway3,600 m11,811 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=383of 29,823 · =45 Africa · =5 DZElevation90 m295 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=31,412of 43,341 · =2,690 Africa · #66 DZRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =24 Africa · =2 DZ
Scale: 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

2 channels
APPORAN APP128.200
TWRORAN TWR118.100