Houari Boumediene Airport

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Houari Boumediene International Airport مطار هواري بومدين الدولي (Arabic) Aéroport d'Alger - Houari-Boumédiène (French)
Terminal 1 of the airport
IATA: ALG ICAO: DAAG
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	EGSA Alger
Serves	Algiers
Location	Dar El Beida, Algiers Province
Opened	1924; 100 years ago (1924)
Hub for	Air Algérie Tassili Airlines
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
Elevation AMSL	25 m / 82 ft
Coordinates	36°41′27.65″N 003°12′55.47″E / 36.6910139°N 3.2154083°E / 36.6910139; 3.2154083 (Houari Boumediene Airport)
Website	https://www.aeroportalger.dz/
Map
ALG Location of airport in Algeria
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 05/23 3,500 11,482 Asphalt 09/27 3,500 11,482 Asphalt
Helipads
Number Length Surface m ft H1 72×26 240×85 Bitumen
Statistics (2016)
Passengers 7,500,000 Passenger change 15-16 10% Aircraft movements ? Movements change 15-16 ?
Sources: AIP,[1] EGSA Alger,[2] ACI's 2013 World Airport Traffic Report.

Houari Boumediene International Airport (Arabic: مطار هواري بومدين الدولي, romanized: Maṭār Hawwārī Būmadyan al-Duwaliyy)^[1][2][3] (IATA: ALG, ICAO: DAAG), also known as Algiers Airport or Algiers International Airport, is the main international airport serving Algiers, the capital of Algeria. It is located 9.1 NM (16.9 km; 10.5 mi) east southeast^[1] of the city.

The airport is named after Houari Boumediene (1932–1978), a former president of Algeria. Dar El Beïda, the area where the airport is located, was known as Maison Blanche ('White House'), and the airport is called Maison Blanche Airport in much of the literature about the Algerian War of Independence. The SGSIA (French: Société de Gestion des Services et Infrastructures Aéroportuaires), more commonly known as 'Airport of Algiers', is a public company established on 1 November 2006 to manage and operate the airport. The SGSIA has 2,100 employees.