Annaba Rabah Bitat Airport AAE / DABB
Annaba · Algeria · EGSA Constantine (Établissement de Gestion des Services Aéroportuaires de l'Est algérien) — Algerian state-owned EPIC under the Ministry of Transport, created by executive decree No. 87-175 of 13 August 1987; manages 7 airports across eastern Algeria including Annaba
520kpax · 2025
Limited hoursInternational · customs & immigrationJet A-1
ICAO / IATADABB / AAE
OperatorEGSA Constantine (Établissement de Gestion des Services Aéroportuaires de l'Est algérien) — Algerian state-owned EPIC under the Ministry of Transport, created by executive decree No. 87-175 of 13 August 1987; manages 7 airports across eastern Algeria including Annaba
Coordinates36.8292°N, 7.8139°E
Elevation16 ft · 5 m
Time zoneCET (UTC+1, no DST)
Passengers / yr520,000 (2025)
CustomsYes
Border controlYes
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1
Bonded—
AIP referenceDABB — AIP Algérie (ENNA); Algeria is not an ASECNA member state
Operating hoursScheduled hours tied to flight ops; EGSA Constantine states its network operates 24h/24 - 7j/7 - 365 days, but AAE-specific tower/ATS hours are not independently published — confirm via Algeria AIP/NOTAM before planning off-schedule ops
TerminalsNew international terminal commissioned/opened January 2016 and formally inaugurated 9 March 2016, with expandable capacity of about 700,000 pax/year, alongside an older domestic terminal (previous capacity around 500,000 pax/year)
Runways (2)
- 18/36 · 3,000 m / 9,843 ft · 45 m wide · Asphalt
- 05/23 · 2,290 m / 7,513 ft · 45 m wide · Asphalt
Airport contact
Latest official annual pax figure is 515,481 (2019, near the 2017 peak of 553,349); traffic collapsed to 105,229 in 2020 amid COVID-19 and no newer official annual total has surfaced, so the 520,000 figure here is a 2025 planning estimate anchored to the 2019 baseline, not a confirmed count. No ILS is published for either runway, so IFR approaches rely on the ANNABA VOR (113.50 MHz) and NDB (392 kHz) — runway designation 18/36 and the VOR/NDB frequencies are corroborated by OurAirports and French Wikipedia but could not be cross-checked against the Algeria AIP directly (site unreachable), and one source (English Wikipedia) lists the long runway as 01/19, so verify via current AIP/NOTAM before operational use.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available · 2 providers
Air Algérie Handling
Air Algérie's ground-handling subsidiary is the primary ramp, passenger, baggage and turnaround handler for scheduled carriers at Annaba; Air Algérie and its group carrier Tassili Airlines are confirmed operating scheduled flights from AAE (Wikipedia/EGSA traffic data), and CAPA's airport profile lists Air Algérie among the ground/cargo handlers and caterers servicing Annaba Rabah Bitat Airport. Also handles Tassili Airlines and other domestic Air Algérie-group flights.
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Swissport Executive Aviation Algeria
Swissport's Algerian executive/business-aviation handling brand is confirmed as an active FBO/handler at Annaba/Rabah Bitat offering pilot and aircraft services (AC-U-KWIK airport directory, DABB — live listing); CAPA's airport profile also lists Swissport among the ground/cargo handlers and caterers at AAE. Note: Swissport's own network page confirms its Algerian scheduled-carrier ramp-handling network covers only 5 airports — Algiers, Oran, Constantine, Tlemcen and Batna — NOT Annaba; its confirmed Annaba presence is specifically this executive-aviation FBO entity.
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Aircraft fuel
Available
NAFTAL (Aviation Marine – Branche Carburants)
NAFTAL is the sole/exclusive Jet A-1 (and Avgas 100LL) supplier at Algerian airports (confirmed via NAFTAL's own materials and independent academic sourcing); its NAFTAL AVM (Aviation Marine) division operates a dedicated aviation fuel centre at Annaba Airport — avm.naftal.dz's own centre locator lists "Centre aviation ANNABA AIRPORT" (ICAO DABB / IATA AAE) with named manager BELHOUCHET Kheireddine.
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De-icing
Not listed
Part-145 line maintenance
Not listed
Part-145 base maintenance
Not listed
Component shops & overhaul
Not listed
Flight catering
Available
Air Algérie Catering
Air Algérie's in-house flight-kitchen subsidiary (100%-owned since 1 Jan 2015, sole aviation caterer in Algeria) supplies meals for Air Algérie departures nationwide; Annaba's terminal is independently documented with a 1,000-meal catering service capacity (French Wikipedia, citing egsa-constantine.dz), and CAPA's airport profile lists Air Algérie among the ground/cargo handlers and caterers at AAE.
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Aircraft cleaning
Unconfirmed
Air Algérie Handling
No standalone aircraft-cleaning contractor documented at Annaba; cabin cleaning and lavatory/water servicing are presumed bundled into Air Algérie Handling's standard turnaround package as the primary ground handler — not independently confirmed.
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Ground support equipment
Unconfirmed
Air Algérie Handling
No standalone GSE company documented at Annaba; ramp equipment (tugs, belt loaders, GPU, steps) is presumed operated in-house by Air Algérie Handling as the airport's primary handler — not independently confirmed.
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Cargo handling
Unconfirmed
Air Algérie Cargo
Air Algérie's freight subsidiary; CAPA's airport profile lists Air Algérie among the ground/cargo handlers at AAE, but Air Algérie Cargo's own site confirms it is based at Algiers-Houari Boumédiène (four freighters, a regional-hub MOU with the airport authority) with no dedicated Annaba cargo terminal — contact above is the confirmed Algiers cargo desk. Belly freight/mail on scheduled Air Algérie flights at Annaba is presumed routed via the general ramp/handling operation, not a separate Annaba cargo unit.
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Aviation security
Available
EGSA Constantine
State-owned Établissement de Gestion de Services Aéroportuaires de Constantine is the confirmed operator of Annaba/Rabah Bitat (Wikipedia EN/FR: "Gestionnaire: EGSA de Constantine") under Ministry of Transport supervision — décret exécutif n° 97-255 of 8 July 1997 dissolved the standalone EGSA Annaba and transferred management to EGSA Constantine, confirmed via Algeria's official gazette (Journal Officiel) and ANAC. EGSA Constantine's own site states a network-wide sûreté mission covering screening/inspection systems (scanners, explosive detectors) and video-surveillance across its 7-airport network. No named private security subcontractor found — security appears to be run in-house by EGSA together with state security forces rather than outsourced to a named third party.
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Passenger & crew transport
Not listed
Flight support
Available · 2 providers
Air Algérie Handling
Air Algérie is listed as FBO/Handler offering pilot services, aircraft services and fuel arrangement for general/business aviation at Annaba/Rabah Bitat (AC-U-KWIK airport directory, DABB — confirmed live listing).
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Swissport Executive Aviation Algeria
FBO/pilot and aircraft services for business aviation at Annaba/Rabah Bitat (AC-U-KWIK airport directory, DABB — confirmed live listing).
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Hotel & travel
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