# Bujumbura Melchior Ndadaye International Airport (BJM / HBBA) **Bujumbura Melchior Ndadaye International Airport** (IATA: BJM, ICAO: HBBA) is a large airport in Bujumbura, Bujumbura Mairie Province, Burundi. It opened in Dec 1952. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,600 m (11,811 ft). In 2019 it handled 258 thousand passengers. Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/hbba ## At a glance - IATA / ICAO: BJM / HBBA - Type: Large airport - Serves: Bujumbura, Bujumbura Mairie Province, Burundi - Opened: Dec 1952 - Elevation: 787 m / 2,582 ft - Coordinates: -3.3240, 29.3185 - Runways: 2 - Longest runway: 3,600 m / 11,811 ft - Passengers: 257,806 (2019) - Time zone: UTC+2 · Africa/Bujumbura - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchior_Ndadaye_International_Airport (33 languages) - Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q681134 - Weather station: HBBA · WMO 64390 - Ident: HBBA ## Timeline - Dec 1952: Bujumbura Melchior Ndadaye International Airport opens. ## Runways | Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 17/35 | 3,600 m / 11,811 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 172° / 352° | yes | | 02/20 | | | | | | ## Passengers per year | Year | Passengers | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 2008 | 164,635 | Wikidata | | 2009 | 182,760 | Wikidata | | 2010 | 195,394 | Wikidata | | 2011 | 227,985 | Wikidata | | 2012 | 261,010 | Wikidata | | 2013 | 257,603 | Wikidata | | 2014 | 241,122 | Wikidata | | 2015 | 207,077 | Wikidata | | 2016 | 181,380 | Wikidata | | 2017 | 208,616 | Wikidata | | 2018 | 257,806 | Wikidata | | 2019 | 257,806 | Wikidata | ## Routes 7 destinations in 7 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article. ### Year-round (7) - [KGL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hryr.md) Kigali International Airport · Rwanda · 176 km / 109 mi · RwandAir - [GOM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fzna.md) Goma International Airport · Congo - Kinshasa · 184 km / 114 mi · Ethiopian Airlines - [EBB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/huen.md) Entebbe International Airport · Uganda · 511 km / 318 mi · Uganda Airlines - [NBO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hkjk.md) Jomo Kenyatta International Airport · Kenya · 874 km / 543 mi · Kenya Airways - [DAR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htda.md) Julius Nyerere International Airport · Tanzania · 1,164 km / 723 mi · Air Tanzania - [ADD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/haab.md) Addis Ababa Bole International Airport · Ethiopia · 1,725 km / 1,072 mi · Ethiopian Airlines - [BRU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ebbr.md) Brussels Airport · Belgium · 6,476 km / 4,024 mi · Brussels Airlines ### Cargo (2) - [KGL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hryr.md) Kigali International Airport · Rwanda · 176 km / 109 mi · Ethiopian Airlines - [ADD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/haab.md) Addis Ababa Bole International Airport · Ethiopia · 1,725 km / 1,072 mi · Ethiopian Airlines ## Airlines The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from BJM, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata. ### Passenger (6) - ET [Ethiopian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ethiopian-airlines) · 3 - TC [Air Tanzania](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-tanzania) · 1 - SN [Brussels Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/brussels-airlines) · 1 - KQ [Kenya Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/kenya-airways) · 1 - WB [RwandAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/rwandair) · 1 - UR [Uganda Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/uganda-airlines) · 1 Former hub of [Air Burundi](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-burundi). ## Rankings Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place. | Measure | Value | World | Region | Country | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Passengers | 258K (2019) | #1,416 of 3,974 | #92 in Africa | | | Longest runway | 3,600 m / 11,811 ft | =383 of 29,858 | =45 in Africa | #1 in BI | | Elevation | 787 m / 2,582 ft | =6,670 of 43,403 | =1,446 in Africa | #5 in BI | | Age | Opened 1952 | =3,844 of 15,079 | =47 in Africa | | | Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =24 in Africa | #1 in BI | ## Radio frequencies | Type | Description | MHz | | --- | --- | --- | | APP | APP | 119.700 | | GND | GND | 121.900 | | TWR | TWR | 118.100 | ## Nearby airports - [GID](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hbbe.md) Gitega Airport · 67 km / 41 mi - [KME](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hrza.md) Kamembe Airport · 106 km / 66 mi - [BKY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fzma.md) Bukavu Kavumu Airport · 126 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: “Melchior Ndadaye International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Melchior_Ndadaye_International_Airport&oldid=1367941756), revision of 6 Aug 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/hbba/data