Melchior Ndadaye International Airport Aéroport international Melchior Ndadaye | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Serves | Bujumbura, Burundi | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 2,582 ft / 787 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 03°19′26″S 029°19′07″E / 3.32389°S 29.31861°E | ||||||||||
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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.
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]
As of December 2018 [update], the following airlines maintain regular scheduled service to Bujumbura International Airport: [4]
Airlines | Destinations |
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Air Tanzania | Dar es Salaam, Kigoma [5] |
Brussels Airlines | Brussels |
Ethiopian Airlines | Addis Ababa |
Kenya Airways | Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta |
RwandAir | Kigali |
Uganda Airlines | Entebbe [6] |
Airlines | Destinations |
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Ethiopian Airlines Cargo | Addis Ababa, Kigali [7] |