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Melchior Ndadaye International Airport

Coordinates: 03°19′26″S 029°19′07″E / 3.32389°S 29.31861°E / -3.32389; 29.31861
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Melchior Ndadaye International Airport

Aéroport international Melchior Ndadaye
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesBujumbura, Burundi
Elevation AMSL2,582 ft / 787 m
Coordinates03°19′26″S 029°19′07″E / 3.32389°S 29.31861°E / -3.32389; 29.31861
Websiteaacb.bi
Map
BJM is located in Burundi
BJM
BJM
Location of Airport in Burundi
Placement on map is approximate
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 11,811 3,600 Asphalt
Statistics (2017)
Passengers (arrivals)131, 477[1]
BujumburaAirport.jpg
Bujumbura Airport

Melchior Ndadaye International Airport (IATA: BJM, ICAO: HBBA) is an airport in Bujumbura, the former capital of Burundi. It is Burundi's only international airport and the only one with a paved runway.

History

The airport was opened in 1952.[2] On 1 July 2019, the airport was renamed Melchior Ndadaye International Airport after the first democratically elected president of Burundi who was murdered in a coup d'état in October 1993, three months after being elected. This event sparked the decade-long Burundian Civil War.[3]

Location

The airport is in the extreme northwest of Bujumbura Mairie Province. It is bounded by Bujumbura Rural Province to the north and west, by the RN4 coastal highway running along the shore of Lake Tanganyika to the south, and by the Mutimbuzi River and the RN5 highway to the east. The Mpanda River, a tributary of the Ruzizi River, flows past the north end of the airport.[4]

In October 2018 the Burundi Civil Aviation Authority began dredging the Mutimbuzi River to prevent it from flooding into the airport. Drains would also be installed to prevent flooding. Removal of alluvium and other waste from the river would begin downstream and continue up to the NR5 highway from Bujumbura to Rugombo.[5] In May 2021 the Mpanda River threatened to break the dam that protects the infrastructure of the Melchior Ndadaye International Airport.[6]

Airlines and destinations

As of December 2018, the following airlines maintain regular scheduled service to Bujumbura International Airport:[7]

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
Air Tanzania Dar es Salaam, Kigoma[8]
Brussels Airlines Brussels
Ethiopian Airlines Addis Ababa
Kenya Airways Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta
RwandAir Kigali
Uganda Airlines Entebbe[9]

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
Ethiopian Airlines Cargo Addis Ababa, Kigali[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Burundi tourist arrivals: are they improving?". eTN. 11 September 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  2. ^ "AEROPORT INTERNATIONAL DE BUJUMBURA>70ème anniversaire de l'OACI". www.ppbdi.com. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  3. ^ Ismaïla, NDAO Khadidiatou (1 July 2019). "Bujumbura airport named after first Burundian elected president". Panafrican News Agency. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  4. ^ Way: Bujumbura International Airport (86783340).
  5. ^ Hicintuka 2018.
  6. ^ Isenge (2021).
  7. ^ "Qatar, Uganda Agree To Update Air Service Agreement". menafn.com. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  8. ^ "Air Tanzania resumes Entebbe / Bujumbura service from late-August 2018". Routesonline.
  9. ^ Liu, Jim. "Uganda Airlines resumes operation from late-Aug 2019". Routesonline. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  10. ^ Ethiopian Airlines Cargo Schedule Archived 11 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine

Sources

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