# Hassi R'Mel Airport (HRM)

> Hassi R'Mel, DZ · IATA: HRM · ICAO: DAFH · Medium Airport

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `HRM` |
| ICAO | `DAFH` |
| City | Hassi R'Mel |
| Country | DZ |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 774 m |
| Cargo | ❌ |
| GPS | 32.93040, 3.31154 |

## Description

Production at the gas field beside Hassi R'Mel Airport (IATA: HRM, ICAO: DAFH) began in 1961, and the airfield has served that industry ever since rather than any open freight market. It handles staff rotations and energy-sector charters, with no scheduled passenger or cargo services and no customs post for commercial goods. The site sits at roughly 775 metres elevation in Laghouat Province beside Algeria's largest natural-gas field, discovered in 1956, from which export pipelines run across the Mediterranean to Italy and Spain; the state airport company EGSA Alger runs the facility. Air freight for the region moves through Algiers Houari Boumediene (ALG), some 500 road kilometres north, or through Hassi Messaoud Oued Irara (HME), the established cargo base for the eastern oilfields, with Ghardaia Noumerat (GHA) as a third option. Surface connection is via the RN1 trans-Saharan trunk road heading north to the export ports of Algiers, Arzew and Skikda. Shippers planning spares or project cargo for the gas fields should budget for air freight to ALG or HME plus onward trucking rather than a direct delivery into HRM.

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