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Djanet Inedbirene Airport (DAAJ), also known as Tiska Djanet, lies in the Algerian Sahara some 30 kilometres south of the oasis town of Djanet, serving as the region's principal air link. Its two long, lit hard-surface runways and full ILS reflect its role as a remote but capable desert aerodrome, operated by EGSA Alger and served by Air Algérie.
Djanet Inedbirene Airport, known locally as Tiska Djanet, is a public airport in the far south-east of Algeria, built to serve the Saharan oasis town of Djanet. It is operated by EGSA Alger (Etablissement de Gestion de Services Aeroportuaires d'Alger) and handles scheduled Air Algerie services linking the town to Algiers, Illizi, Ouargla, Tamanrasset and Paris-Charles de Gaulle. For a simulator pilot, its combination of long desert runways, ILS approach and dramatic surrounding terrain make it a distinctive stop on any trans-Saharan route.
The airport sits in open desert approximately 30 kilometres south of the town of Djanet, in Illizi Province in Algeria's deep south. There is a VOR/DME and an NDB located on the field to assist navigation in this remote and largely featureless region.
The airport has two paved, lit hard-surface runways. The main runway, 12/30, is 9,832 feet long and equipped with an ILS on runway 12. The secondary runway, 02/20, is 7,864 feet long. Field elevation is 3,156 feet.
Djanet radio operations use RDO on 889.4 MHz (callsign Djanet RDO) and tower on 118.1 MHz (callsign Djanet TWR). The field is also equipped with a VOR/DME and an NDB, and runway 12 is served by an ILS approach.
The airport lies in desert terrain roughly 30 kilometres south of the town of Djanet, which serves as the main visual landmark for locating the field when approaching from the north.
The airport's origins lie in an earlier Djanet Aerodrome, which served the town from a site some 12 kilometres to its south. Construction of a new airport, sited a further 18 kilometres south of that original aerodrome, began in 1981, with a main runway of 3,000 metres and a secondary runway of 1,400 metres built during this phase; Algeria's Minister of Public Works, Mohamed Kortebi, inspected the construction progress during a visit spanning 26 to 31 January 1981. The new facility, named Tiska Djanet Airport, opened in 1984, replacing the earlier aerodrome. In May 2002 ENNA completed a new technical block and an electrical power station at the airport. On 8 November 2007 the airport was attacked by armed men who fired rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns at the site; reports on the perpetrators and the extent of damage to aircraft and helicopters on the ground varied between Algerian and international sources, though no deaths or injuries were reported at the time.
Djanet Inedbirene continues to operate as a public airport under EGSA Alger, with scheduled Air Algerie flights connecting Djanet to Algiers, Illizi, Ouargla, Tamanrasset and Paris-Charles de Gaulle.
