# N'Djamena International Airport (NDJ)

> N'Djamena, TD · IATA: NDJ · ICAO: FTTJ · Large Airport · Cargo Hub

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `NDJ` |
| ICAO | `FTTJ` |
| City | N'Djamena |
| Country | TD |
| Type | Large Airport |
| Elevation | 295 m |
| Cargo | ✅ |
| GPS | 12.13370, 15.03400 |

## Description

Landlocked and heavily import-dependent, Chad relies on N'Djamena International Airport (IATA: NDJ, ICAO: FTTJ) for the goods that cannot wait for the long road haul from the coast; annual air freight ran between 4,200 and 6,400 tonnes in the 2010s. The country's main airport links the capital to Ethiopian Airlines, Turkish Airlines, Qatar Airways, EgyptAir, Royal Air Maroc, Kenya Airways, ASKY and Air France, most of which carry freight as belly load. The UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) is a major presence, flying relief supplies into the Sahel and toward Sudanese refugee camps. Cargo passes through five storage buildings totalling roughly 1,650 tonnes of capacity – four for imports, one for exports – with customs inspection carried out before loading and unloading. Heavy and bulky goods instead travel overland via the road corridor from the Cameroonian port of Douala, with feeder routes through Ngaoundéré and Garoua. A modernisation programme of about 13 months began in January 2025 and runway reinforcement was completed in mid-2025, with a longer-term target of roughly 20,000 tonnes of freight capacity and 800,000 passengers a year. For forwarders, NDJ handles the urgent and the humanitarian while trucks carry the bulk; Douala (DLA) and a transfer via Addis Ababa (ADD) are the usual regional alternatives.

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