Burundi
Bujumbura Mairie Province
Ntahangwa

Aéroport de Bujumbura Gakumbu

Melchior Ndadaye International Airport is an airport in , the former capital and current economic capital of . It is Burundi's only international airport and the only one with a paved runway.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: sole international airport serving Bujumbura in Burundi
  • Also known as: “Aéroport International de Bujumbura”, “Aéroport International Melchior Ndadaye”, “BJM”, “Bujumbura”, “Bujumbura International Airport”, and “Melchior Ndadaye International Airport”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Commune of Buyenzi and Bujumbura.

Suburb
Photo: Arthur Nkunzimana, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a historic commune of in western . The district is known for its Swahili heritage and influence not just in Bujumbura but Burundi as a whole.

Photo: Edouard mhg, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is the former capital and largest city of . It is on the north-eastern shore of , the second deepest lake in the world after .

Town
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is a village in western , near the border with the . The place is known for a massacre that took place at refugee camp connected to the village. is situated 8 km west of Aéroport de Bujumbura Gakumbu.

Aéroport de Bujumbura Gakumbu

Latitude
-3.32451° or 3° 19′ 28″ south
Longitude
29.31993° or 29° 19′ 12″ east
Elevation
786 metres (2,579 feet)
IATA airport code
BJM
ICAO airport code
HBBA
Open location code
6G8FM8G9+5X
Open­Street­Map ID
way 86783340
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
425294
Wiki­data ID
Q681134
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Aéroport de Bujumbura Gakumbu” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مطار بوجومبورا الدولي”
  • Bengali: “মেলচিওর এনদাদায়ে আন্তর্জাতিক বিমানবন্দর”
  • Cebuano: “Aéroport de Bujumbura Gakumbu”
  • Cebuano: “Bujumbura International Airport”
  • Chinese: “布瓊布拉國際機場”
  • Dutch: “Luchthaven Bujumbura”
  • Esperanto: “Internacia Flughaveno de Buĵumburo”
  • Estonian: “Bujumbura rahvusvaheline lennujaam”
  • Finnish: “Bujumburan kansainvälinen lentoasema”
  • French: “Aéroport Gakumbu Bujumbura”
  • French: “aéroport international de Bujumbura”
  • French: “Aéroport international Melchior Ndadaye”
  • French: “Aéroport”
  • French: “Airport”
  • French: “HBBA”
  • Galician: “Aeroporto de Bujumbura”
  • German: “Flughafen Bujumbura”
  • Hausa: “Filin jirgin saman Bujumbura”
  • Hungarian: “Melchior Ndadaye nemzetközi repülőtér”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Internasional Bujumbura”
  • Indonesian: “BJM”
  • Indonesian: “HBBA”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto di Bujumbura”
  • Japanese: “ブジュンブラ国際空港”
  • Korean: “부줌부라 국제공항”
  • Lingala: “Libándá lya Ndáko ya mpɛ́pɔ ya Bujumbura”
  • Lingala: “Libándá lya Ndáko ya mpɛ́pɔ”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Bujumbura”
  • Malayalam: “ബുജുംബുറ അന്താരാഷ്ട്ര വിമാനത്താവളം”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bujumbura internasjonale lufthavn”
  • Norwegian: “Bujumbura internasjonale lufthavn”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه بین‌المللی بوجومبورا”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Bużumbura”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto Internacional de Bujumbura”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Bujumbura”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Internațional Bujumbura”
  • Rundi: “Aéroport international de Bujumbura”
  • Russian: “Бужумбура”
  • Russian: “Международный аэропорт имени Мельхиора Ндадайе”
  • Slovenian: “Mednarodno letališče Bujumbura”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional de Bujumbura”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional de Buyumbura”
  • Swahili: “uwanja wa ndege wa Bujumbura”
  • Swahili: “uwanja wa ndege”
  • Swedish: “Aéroport de Bujumbura Gakumbu”
  • Swedish: “Bujumbura flygplats”
  • Swedish: “Bujumbura International Airport”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи Байн‌алмиллалии Буҷумбура”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи бин‌алмилалӣ буҷумбуро”
  • Thai: “ท่าอากาศยานนานาชาติบูจุมบูรา”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân bay quốc tế Bujumbura”
  • Welsh: “Maes Awyr Rhyngwladol Bujumbura”

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