Jijel Ferhat Abbas Airport is the small airport east of the city. It is useful when domestic flights line up with your plans, especially from Algiers, but service patterns can be limited and should be checked carefully before you build an itinerary around them.
For most independent travellers the airport is a convenience rather than the main gateway. Road travel still matters here, both because Algeria's domestic schedules can be thin and because the best of Jijel sits along the coast rather than at the terminal.