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Houari Boumediene Airport مطار هواري بومدين الدولي Aéroport d'Alger Houari Boumediene |
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | EGSA Alger | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Algiers, Algeria | ||||||||||||||
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| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 25 m / 82 ft | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°41′27.65″N 003°12′55.47″E / 36.6910139°N 3.2154083°ECoordinates: 36°41′27.65″N 003°12′55.47″E / 36.6910139°N 3.2154083°E | ||||||||||||||
| Website | http://www.elmatar.com | ||||||||||||||
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| Passengers | 5,919,685 |
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| Passenger change 12–13 |
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| Aircraft movements | 72,676 |
| Movements change 12–13 |
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Houari Boumediene Airport (Arabic: مطار هواري بومدين الدولي, French: Aéroport d'Alger Houari Boumediene) (IATA: ALG, ICAO: DAAG), also known as Algiers Airport or Algiers International Airport, is an international airport serving Algiers, the capital of Algeria. It is located 9.1 NM (16.9 km; 10.5 mi) east southeast of the city.
The airport is named after Houari Boumediene, a former president of Algeria. Dar El Beïda, the area at which the airport is located, was known as Maison Blanche (White House), and the airport is called Maison Blanche Airport in much of the literature about the Algerian War of Independence. The Société de Gestion des Services et Infrastructures Aéroportuaires (SGSIA), more commonly known as "Airport of Algiers", is a Public Company established on 1 November 2006 to manage and operate the airport. The SGSIA has 2,100 employees.
The airport was created in 1924 and named Maison Blanche Airport. During World War II, Maison Blanche Airport was a primary objective of the Allied Operation Torch Eastern Task Force on 8 November 1942 and was seized by a combination of United States Army units, British Commandos and elements of a British Infantry Division. Opposition by Vichy French forces who defended the airport ended that same day, as orders from Admiral Darlan in Algiers were issued to cease all hostilities in North Africa.
Once in Allied hands, the airport was used by the United States Army Air Forces Air Transport Command as a major transshipment hub for cargo, transiting aircraft and personnel. It functioned as a stopover en route to Tafarquay Airport, near Oran or to Tunis Airport, Tunisia on the North African Cairo-Dakar transport route. It also flew personnel and cargo to Marseille, Milan, Naples and Palermo, Sicily. In addition, Twelfth Air Force A3 SECTION under the command of Lt. Col Carter E. Duncan 1943/44, used the airport as a command and control facility, headquartering its XII Bomber Command; XXII Tactical Air Command, and the 51st Troop Carrier Wing to direct combat and support missions during the North African Campaign against the German Afrika Korps Known Allied air force combat units assigned to the airfield were:
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