AviatDataMelchior Ndadaye International Airport BJM / HBBA
Bujumbura · BI · Government of Burundi via the Autorite de l'Aviation Civile du Burundi (AACB); runway extension, taxiway/apron rehabilitation and a new ATC tower are being rebuilt under a Sino-Burundian redevelopment project (contractor: Shanghai Baoye Group Corp., Ltd of China), phase 1 officially launched 27 Aug 2024; precise financing terms (grant vs loan/concessional) are not independently confirmed, so 'donation' should not be asserted as fact
240kpax · 2025
Limited hoursInternational · customs & immigrationJet A-1
ICAO / IATAHBBA / BJM
OperatorGovernment of Burundi via the Autorite de l'Aviation Civile du Burundi (AACB); runway extension, taxiway/apron rehabilitation and a new ATC tower are being rebuilt under a Sino-Burundian redevelopment project (contractor: Shanghai Baoye Group Corp., Ltd of China), phase 1 officially launched 27 Aug 2024; precise financing terms (grant vs loan/concessional) are not independently confirmed, so 'donation' should not be asserted as fact
Coordinates3.3239°S, 29.3186°E
Elevation2,582 ft · 787 m
Time zoneCAT (UTC+2, no DST)
Passengers / yr240,000 (2025)
CustomsYes
Border controlYes
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1
Bonded—
AIP referenceHBBA - AIP Burundi
Operating hoursExtended hours; the only Burundian airport certified for night operations, though continuous H24 ATC staffing is unconfirmed - verify watch hours via current NOTAM. No PPR for scheduled carriers.
TerminalsSingle combined international/domestic terminal; terminal modernization is phase two of the ongoing China-linked redevelopment, following phase-one runway/taxiway/apron/ATC-tower works launched 27 Aug 2024
Runways (1)
- 17/35 · 3,600 m / 11,811 ft · 45 m wide · Asphalt
Airport contact
Burundi's sole international gateway and only paved runway in the country; served by Ethiopian Airlines, Kenya Airways, Brussels Airlines, RwandAir, Air Tanzania and Uganda Airlines via regional hubs (Addis Ababa, Nairobi, Brussels, Kigali, Dar es Salaam, Entebbe). RwandAir's own website still listed a Kigali-Bujumbura route as of, so air service appears to persist despite the closed land border and strained relations; reconfirm close to publication given how fluid the situation is. Pax figure is a 2025 estimate extrapolated from INSBU H1 international-departure growth data - AACB does not publish full annual traffic, and even the 2017 baseline is contested across sources (131,477 arrivals per one count vs a roughly 300,000 total-passenger figure elsewhere that is itself flagged unverified on its own source page) - and the field-level Aug 2024-onward runway/apron/tower rebuild may cause intermittent capacity restrictions until complete.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available
SOBUGEA (Burundi Airlines Group)
Société Burundaise de Gestion des Entrepôts et d'Assistance des Avions en Escale (the acronym's exact French expansion is rendered slightly differently across sources) — state-linked handler providing ramp/turnaround handling, passenger reception and check-in, and baggage-handling oversight for airlines transiting Bujumbura; owns forklifts, passenger gangways and APUs to support aircraft on stand. Folded into the new national carrier Burundi Airlines in Feb 2021 alongside Air Burundi (Burundian press describes Air Burundi as having held roughly 90% of SOBUGEA's shares pre-merger; the exact post-merger state ownership split is reported inconsistently across sources) but SOBUGEA continues to be listed as a distinct HBBA service provider in the AC-U-KWIK airport directory.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aircraft fuel
Unconfirmed
Interpetrol Burundi
Historically the sole into-plane fuel supplier at Bujumbura airport, linked to the airfield by a dedicated underground pipeline from its nearby depot (WFP Logistics Cluster/DLCA airport assessment). Caveat: in Feb 2024 the Burundian government created state firm SOPEBU and shifted petroleum import licensing to utility REGIDESO, curtailing Interpetrol's former fuel-import monopoly nationally, so the current operator of into-plane fuelling at HBBA as of 2026 is unconfirmed.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
De-icing
Not listed
Part-145 line maintenance
Not listed
Part-145 base maintenance
Not listed
Component shops & overhaul
Not listed
Flight catering
Unconfirmed
SOBUGEA (Burundi Airlines Group)
Company profile (IWACU, pre-2021 merger) describes SOBUGEA as supplier of onboard catering across Burundi's air transport sector; current post-merger status unconfirmed.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aircraft cleaning
Unconfirmed
SOBUGEA (Burundi Airlines Group)
Company profile (IWACU, pre-2021 merger) lists aircraft cabin cleaning as part of SOBUGEA's turnaround handling scope; not independently reconfirmed as still active post-merger into Burundi Airlines Group.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Ground support equipment
Not listed
Cargo handling
Available
SOBUGEA (Burundi Airlines Group)
Operates as the airport's cargo handling agent at HBBA — warehousing, general and valuables storage, and a customs bonded-storage concession; described in trade sources as the only cargo handling agent at Bujumbura airport.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aviation security
Unconfirmed
Police Nationale du Burundi (airport security detachment)
Police officers staff the departure and arrival zones at Bujumbura airport, equipped with baggage/passenger scanners and CCTV surveillance covering all airport spaces (Burundian trade press coverage of the airport's surveillance-system upgrade); no distinct private or regulated-agent security company was identified — passenger/cargo screening is state-police run rather than outsourced.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Passenger & crew transport
Not listed
Flight support
On request · 2 providers
Jetex Aero (Jetex Burundi)
Listed as "Jetex Flight Support" / "Jetex Aero" at BJM/HBBA in three separate FBO directories (FlightAware, aerospacepurchasing.com, aerospaceexchange.com) sharing the same Bujumbura contact line, with FlightAware categorizing the entry under fuel-arrangement service. However, Jetex's own official global network/locations page (jetex.com) does not list Burundi among its FBO sites, and the FlightAware listing itself is flagged "Setup FBO Location" — an unclaimed, unverified stub rather than a confirmed staffed location. Downgraded from the draft's "available": a genuine dedicated Jetex presence at HBBA (versus a directory mix-up or lapsed listing) could not be independently confirmed.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
International Flight Planning Solutions (IFPLS)
Dubai-based trip-support/handling agent with a published Burundi-specific operations guide covering visa assistance, ground handling and fuel arrangement for flights into HBBA; coordinates local ground handling and permits via a 24/7 ops desk rather than a physical Bujumbura office. Listed at HBBA in the AC-U-KWIK directory. Site could not be independently re-fetched (connection failure); status carried forward from the draft on the strength of its specific, non-boilerplate detail (named ops guide, not a generic global-coverage claim). · 24/7 ops desk
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Hotel & travel
Not listed