ALG — Houari Boumediene Airport
Large airport in Algiers, Algeria.
- IATA code
- ALG
- ICAO code
- DAAG
- Size
- large
- OurAirports class
- Passengers
- 7,975,412
- 2018 · Wikidata
- Nonstop routes
- 16
- With open traffic data
- Time zone
- UTC+1
- Africa/Algiers
- Elevation
- 25 m
- 82 ft
- Runways
- 2
- Longest 3,500 m
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About ALG
Houari Boumediene Airport is a large airport serving Algiers, Algeria. It opened in 1924 and is run by EGSA Alger. 7,975,412 passengers used it in 2018. Open traffic data shows 16 nonstop routes from ALG.
Wikidata (CC0). Sources
Busiest nonstop routes from ALG
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| ALG → CDG | 1,369 km | 1,047,213 |
| ALG → ORY | 1,339 km | 796,133 |
| ALG → IST | 2,260 km | 618,592 |
| ALG → MRS | 768 km | 329,658 |
| ALG → LYS | 1,015 km | 231,345 |
| ALG → FRA | 1,542 km | 159,309 |
| ALG → FCO | 964 km | 140,693 |
| ALG → BCN | 520 km | 136,364 |
| ALG → LIL | 1,541 km | 99,790 |
| ALG → BRU | 1,582 km | 77,163 |
| ALG → BOD | 962 km | 72,779 |
| ALG → TLS | 786 km | 70,798 |
| ALG → NTE | 1,228 km | 55,613 |
| ALG → MPL | 767 km | 47,605 |
| ALG → SXB | 1,364 km | 32,715 |
| ALG → BSL | 1,262 km | 31,402 |
Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports. Routes outside these are not counted.
Nearest airports
| Code | Airport | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| BJA | Soummam–Abane Ramdane Airport | 165 km |
| CFK | Chlef Aboubakr Belkaid International Airport | 176 km |
| QSF | Ain Arnat Airport | 198 km |
| GJL | Jijel Ferhat Abbas Airport | 237 km |
| IBZ | Ibiza Airport | 291 km |
Distance from ALG to the major hubs
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 3,500 m | 60 m | Asphalt |
| 09/27 | 3,500 m | 45 m | Asphalt |
OurAirports (public domain). Sources
Location
Algiers, Algiers Province, Algeria · 36.6939, 3.2145
Questions
Houari Boumediene Airport has the IATA code ALG and the ICAO code DAAG. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.
ALG is a large airport in Algiers, Algiers Province, Algeria, at 36.6939, 3.2145, 25 m above sea level.
ALG is in the Africa/Algiers time zone, UTC+1.
7,975,412 passengers in 2018, according to Wikidata.
Houari Boumediene Airport opened in 1924.
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