Bujumbura International Airport (BJM)
A working profile of Bujumbura International Airport in Bujumbura, Burundi: identifiers, location, the destinations served by scheduled flights, and the airlines that operate there.
Quick facts
- Full name: Bujumbura International Airport
- Serves: Bujumbura, Burundi
- Coordinates: -3.3240, 29.3185
- Elevation: 2,582 ft
- Time zone: Africa/Bujumbura
Bujumbura International Airport sits inside the air network of Burundi. It shows 13 distinct scheduled departures across 3 destinations and 10 operating carriers in the OpenFlights routes table. Whether it works as a primary hub, a focus city, or a regional feeder depends on the size of those numbers. The bigger they get, the more likely the airport supports connecting traffic on top of its point-to-point passengers.
Destinations from BJM
Destinations are listed in order of how many distinct airline codes serve them. Click any code for the destination's own airport profile, or jump to the dedicated route page.
| IATA | Destination | City | Country | Route | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NBO | Jomo Kenyatta International Airport | Nairobi | Kenya | BJM→NBO | 6 |
| KGL | Kigali International Airport | Kigali | Rwanda | BJM→KGL | 6 |
| EBB | Entebbe International Airport | Entebbe | Uganda | BJM→EBB | 1 |
Airlines operating at BJM
Carriers ranked by the number of routes they file from this airport.
| IATA | Airline | Country | Routes from BJM |
|---|---|---|---|
| KL | KLM Royal Dutch Airlines | Netherlands | 2 |
| KQ | Kenya Airways | Kenya | 2 |
| U7 | Northern Dene Airways | Canada | 2 |
| AC | Air Canada | Canada | 1 |
| ET | Ethiopian Airlines | Ethiopia | 1 |
| LH | Lufthansa Cargo | Germany | 1 |
| MS | Egyptair | Egypt | 1 |
| SN | Brussels Airlines | Belgium | 1 |
| UA | United Airlines | United States | 1 |
| WB | Rwandair Express | Rwanda | 1 |
Inbound origin airports
Where flights into BJM typically originate, ranked by the number of operators on file.
| IATA | Origin airport | City | Country | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KGL | Kigali International Airport | Kigali | Rwanda | 7 |
| BRU | Brussels Airport | Brussels | Belgium | 4 |
| NBO | Jomo Kenyatta International Airport | Nairobi | Kenya | 2 |
| EBB | Entebbe International Airport | Entebbe | Uganda | 1 |
How to read this page
The destinations table is the core of an airport profile. It tells you, at a glance, where you can fly directly from BJM on a published schedule. The "operators" column doesn't measure frequency. It measures how many distinct airline codes file the route. So a "3" means three different carriers list BJM to that destination, even if one of them runs the route many times a day while the others only manage it weekly. For practical trip planning, use the table as a starting list and confirm the airline's own schedule for your travel dates.
The airline list shows which carriers treat BJM as part of their network. Many will be foreign carriers running one or two flights, while a handful will use the airport as a base. To see where those carriers fly elsewhere, click through to any airline page. Each airline profile includes a route sample drawn from the same dataset.