Djibouti airport, or Djibouti-Ambouli International Airport to give it its full name, is one of six airports in Djibouti and being the only one that is paved it is home to both civilian flights and Djibouti Airlines as well as Camp Lemonnier on its south side, a base for the United States Armed Forces, and the French military.

The location of Djibouti Airport on the horn of Africa within easy range of Somalia and Yemen makes it of important strategic value. Camp Lemonnier, the former barracks of the French Foreign Legion, is today home to the Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) of the United States Africa Command and is used for humanitarian, and counter-terrorism efforts in the region. This video shows a landing at Djibouti airport.