Melchior NDADAYE International Airport – BJM Bujumbura
Melchior NDADAYE International Airport is the only international airport of Burundi. It is a major public airport that is located in Bujumbura, Burundi. Its airport code, BJM, stands for the country capital city’s name Bujumbura. The airport, formerly Bujumbura International Airport was opened in 1952. It was just on July 1, 2019 that it was named Melchor NDADAYE International Airport in tribute to Melchior NDADAYE, the first elected President in 1993 in a democratic government of Burundi and assassinated after three months in position. As of the year 2018, the airport has 7 airlines with regular scheduled service to Bujumbura International Airport.
Best Time to Visit
The BJM-Melchior NDADAYE International Airport has a paved runway. The airport has passenger regular scheduled trip for Dar Es Salaam, Brussels, Addis Ababa, Kigali, and Entebbe by the following airlines: Air Tanzania, Brussels Airlines, Ethiopian Airlines, Kenya Airways, RwandAir, and Uganda Airlines. For cargo, the destination is Addis Ababa, Kigali by Ethiopian Airlines Cargo. The best city to go from Melchior NDADAYE International Airport is the city of Bujumbura.
What to Do & Area Attractions
Get to stay at hotels that are nearby the Melchor ENDADAYE International Airport (BJM). You can book rooms and suites at the Hotel Club Du Lac Tanganyika, located just 4 km away. You can also stay at the Aparthotel Jardin Tropical, which is around 12kilometer away.
Another airport also serves the Bujumbura area, the Kamembe International Airport (KME) which caters to both international and domestic flights from Cyangugu, Rwanda.
