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Houari Boumediene AirportIATA code ALG

Houari Boumediene Airport (ALG/DAAG) is the primary air passenger gateway serving Algiers, Algeria in Africa. The airfield connects travelers with essential regional transit routes and operating carrier options.

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Serves: Algiers, Algeria
Codes: ALG · DAAG; IATA · ICAO
Time zone: Africa/Algiers
Region: Africa

Airport record, updated 4 Sept 2026OurAirports, 5 Oct 2026Wikidata, 5 Oct 2026Travelpayouts fares, 5 Oct 2026NASA POWER climate, 2016–2025Terminals and transport not yet verifiedWhere this comes from

Houari Boumediene Airport (ALG/DAAG) is the primary air passenger gateway serving Algiers, Algeria in Africa. Operating on Africa/Algiers local time at coordinates 36.700°, 3.210°, the airfield functions as an active commercial transit hub for scheduled regional and international flights. Travelers navigating Houari Boumediene Airport (ALG) are encouraged to confirm terminal layouts, ground transport connections into Algiers, and flight schedules with their operating carrier prior to travel.

Houari Boumediene Airport details

Airport record · 4 Sept 2026

IATA code: ALG
ICAO code: DAAG
City: Algiers
Country: Algeria
Region: Africa
Time zone: Africa/Algiers
Coordinates: 36.694°, 3.215°; From OurAirports
Official website: aeroportalger.dz (opens in a new tab); From Wikidata

Codes, region and time zone come from the Originfacts airport record (last updated 4 Sept 2026). Fields marked otherwise come from the dataset named on them. None are verified by hand against Houari Boumediene Airport’s own pages.

ALG airport facts

OurAirports · Wikidata

Size class: Large airport; From OurAirports (5 Oct 2026); OurAirports’ own classification
Elevation: 25 m (82 ft); From OurAirports (5 Oct 2026)
Opened: 1924; Per Wikidata (opens in a new tab) (retrieved 5 Oct 2026) — date of official opening
Operator: EGSA Alger; Per Wikidata (opens in a new tab) (retrieved 5 Oct 2026)
Passengers, 2018: 7.98 million; Per Wikidata (opens in a new tab) (retrieved 5 Oct 2026), citing aci.aero (opens in a new tab)
Named after: Houari Boumédiène; Per Wikidata (opens in a new tab) (retrieved 5 Oct 2026)
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Soummam–Abane Ramdane Airport BJA · 165 km; OurAirports scheduled-service flag; straight-line distance calculated

Runways at ALG

OurAirports · 5 Oct 2026

Source: OurAirports (opens in a new tab) runways data (public domain), retrieved 5 Oct 2026. Not an aeronautical source — not for navigation.

2 open runways, all lit. Longest 05/23: 3,500 m, asphalt.

Runways at ALG: length, width, surface and lighting
Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Lighting
05/23	3,500 m11,483 ft	60 m	asphalt	Lit
09/27	3,500 m11,483 ft	45 m	asphalt	Lit

Airlines and destinations from ALG

Travelpayouts · 5 Oct 2026

Source: Travelpayouts fare data, 5 Oct 2026 — destinations where travellers found a nonstop fare from ALG in the days before that date. Not a complete or live schedule.

Nonstop fares from ALG to 34 destinations in 18 countries, on 4 airlines.

Airlines named on the fares

AHAir Algerie30 destinations
VYVueling2 destinations
BJNouvelair1 destination
SVSaudia1 destination

The airline on a fare can be the seller of a codeshare flown by a partner. Linked names are matched to Originfacts airline pages by code and name; others are shown as the fare data names them.

Destinations by country

Algeria (8): Annaba, Béchar, Biskra, Constantine, Djanet, Ghardaia, Oran, Ouargla
France (5): Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Nantes, Paris
China (3): Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai
Spain (3): Alicante, Barcelona, Madrid
Italy (2): Milan, Rome
Canada (1): Montreal
Chad (1): N'Djamena
Egypt (1): Cairo
Germany (1): Frankfurt
Malaysia (1): Kuala Lumpur
Niger (1): Niamey
Qatar (1): Doha
Saudi Arabia (1): Jeddah
Senegal (1): Dakar
South Africa (1): Johannesburg
Switzerland (1): Basel
Tunisia (1): Tunis
United Kingdom (1): London

Check schedules with the airline or Houari Boumediene Airport before you book.

Routes from ALG

No route records yet

Originfacts does not track any routes from ALG yet, so no route records are listed here. Destinations with nonstop fares are listed under Airlines and destinations above. Check current schedules with the airlines or the airport’s own site.

Airlines with a hub at ALG

Wikidata · 5 Oct 2026

Per Wikidata (opens in a new tab) (retrieved 5 Oct 2026): airlines whose “airline hub” property names ALG, with no end date and not recorded as dissolved. Community-edited; hubs change.

Where ALG is

Calculated

17 km east-southeast

Houari Boumediene Airport lies 17 km east-southeast of Algiers city centre in a straight line. Road distance is longer; transport options are not yet verified (see terminals and transport below).

Calculated from the airport coordinates (OurAirports) and the Wikidata (opens in a new tab) city-centre point.

Terminals, transport and parking at ALG

Not yet verified

Terminal assignments, ground transport into Algiers, parking, lounges and accessibility services have not been verified against Houari Boumediene Airport’s own pages yet, so none are listed here.

Check directly:aeroportalger.dz (opens in a new tab)Map of the airport location (opens in a new tab)

Before you travel

Confirm your terminal with the operating airline.
Check the check-in and bag-drop cut-off times on your booking.
Allow extra time if you need to change terminals or check bags in again.
Check your flight status before you leave for the airport.

Climate at ALG, month by month

NASA POWER · 2016–2025

Source: NASA POWER (opens in a new tab) daily values for 2016–2025 at 36.70°, 3.21° (MERRA-2 reanalysis grid, about 50 km cells), averaged by Originfacts. Modelled, not airport weather-station readings.

Warmest: July (average high 36°C). Coolest: January (15°C high, 6°C low). Wettest: November (95 mm); driest: July (3 mm).

Average daily high and low temperature and average monthly precipitation at ALG, 2016–2025
Month	High	Low	Rain
Jan	15°C	6°C	85 mm
Feb	17°C	7°C	41 mm
Mar	18°C	8°C	60 mm
Apr	21°C	11°C	59 mm
May	26°C	14°C	39 mm
Jun	32°C	19°C	15 mm
Jul	36°C	22°C	3 mm
Aug	35°C	23°C	6 mm
Sep	31°C	20°C	28 mm
Oct	26°C	16°C	35 mm
Nov	20°C	11°C	95 mm
Dec	16°C	8°C	63 mm

Airports near Algiers

Calculated

Straight-line distances calculated from each airport’s coordinates in the Originfacts airport records. Road distances are longer.

Houari Boumediene Airport: common questions

Where is Houari Boumediene Airport?

Houari Boumediene Airport serves Algiers, Algeria. Its coordinates in OurAirports are 36.694°, 3.215°.

What are the airport codes for Houari Boumediene Airport?

The IATA code is ALG and the ICAO code is DAAG.

What time zone is ALG in?

Houari Boumediene Airport is in the Africa/Algiers time zone.

What is the official website of Houari Boumediene Airport?

The airport’s official website is aeroportalger.dz. For questions about a booking, contact the operating airline.

How many runways does Houari Boumediene Airport have?

OurAirports lists 2 open runways at ALG: 05/23 (3,500 m (11,483 ft), asphalt); 09/27 (3,500 m (11,483 ft), asphalt).

Where can you fly nonstop from ALG?

Travelpayouts fare data retrieved 5 Oct 2026 showed nonstop fares from ALG to 34 destinations in 18 countries, the most in Algeria (8), France (5) and China (3). That reflects fares travellers found, not a complete or live schedule.

When did Houari Boumediene Airport open?

Wikidata gives 1924 as its official opening date.

How many passengers use Houari Boumediene Airport?

Wikidata records 7.98 million passengers for 2018, the latest year it holds.

Who operates Houari Boumediene Airport?

Per Wikidata, ALG is operated by EGSA Alger.

Which airlines have a hub at ALG?

Wikidata lists ALG as a hub of Air Algérie, Air Algérie Cargo and Domestic Airlines.

Sources

Nothing on this page is verified by hand yet. Each section comes from the dataset below, with its date where the dataset has one. Terminal, transport and parking details are left out until they can be read from Houari Boumediene Airport’s own pages.

WhatSourceDate
Codes, location, time zoneOriginfacts airport record4 Sept 2026
Official websiteWikidata record (official website property) (opens in a new tab)5 Oct 2026
Coordinates, runways, type, elevationOurAirports (opens in a new tab) — public domain5 Oct 2026
Opening, operator, passengers, hubsWikidata item Q623452 (opens in a new tab) — CC05 Oct 2026
Nonstop destinations, airlines on faresTravelpayouts Data API (Aviasales fare cache) — fares found, not a complete or live schedule5 Oct 2026
ClimateNASA POWER (opens in a new tab) daily data (MERRA-2 reanalysis), averaged by Originfacts2016–2025
Distance to city centreCalculated from airport coordinates and the Wikidata (opens in a new tab) city-centre point—
Nearby airportsCalculated from airport coordinates—
Terminals and transportNot yet verified—

Background reading:Wikipedia (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)