| Marrakech-Menara Airport مطار مراكش المنارة |
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|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: RAK – ICAO: GMMX | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | ONDA (Morocco) | ||
| Location | 1,535 | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 468 ft / m | ||
| Coordinates | 31°36′40″N 08°02′33″W / 31.61111°N 8.0425°W | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 10/28 | 10,170 | 3,100 | Asphalt |
Marrakech-Menara Airport (Arabic: مطار مراكش المنارة) (IATA: RAK, ICAO: GMMX) in Marrakech, Morocco, is an international facility that receives some European flights as well as flights from Casablanca and some of the Arab world nations.
The airport served over 3.1 million passengers in the year 2008[1]
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Runway
The paved runway in direction 10/28 (almost East-West) is 3100 meters long and 45 meters wide, and can receive all modern jetliners up to the Boeing 747.
Classification and navigation equipment
The airport is equipped with an ILS Cat II landing system and offers the following radio navigation aids: VOR – DME – NDB.
Other facilities
Aircraft parking space of 125.000 m² supporting up to fourteen Boeing 737s and four Boeing 747s. Cargo terminal is 340 m² of covered space.
Traffic details
| Item | 2008[2] | 2007[3] | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aircraft movements[4] | 27.369 | 29.246 | 24.613 | 20.689 | 16.112 | 13.843 | 13.078 |
| Passengers[5] | 3.100.495 | 3.050.916 | 2.648.742 | 2.195.899 | 1.667.267 | 1.368.281 | 1.349.363 |
| Freight (tons)[6] | 1.425,47 | 1.555,07 | 1.307,99 | 2.000,40 | 2.286,86 | 2.092,99 | 2.197,70 |
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Air Europa | Madrid |
| Andalus Líneas Aéreas | Malaga, Seville |
| Atlas Blue | Barcelona, Bordeaux, Brussels, Geneva, Lille, London-Gatwick, Lyon, Madrid, Marseille, Milan-Malpensa, Nantes, Nice, Paris-Orly, Toulouse |
| Binter Canarias | Gran Canaria |
| Clickair | Barcelona |
| easyJet | London-Gatwick, Lyon, Madrid, Manchester [begins 29 October], Milan-Malpensa, Paris-Charles de Gaulle |
| operated by easyJet Switzerland | Basel/Mulhouse, Geneva |
| Edelweiss Air | Agadir, Zürich |
| Iberia Airlines | Madrid |
| Iberia Airlines operated by Air Nostrum | Bilbao [begins 27 July], Valencia [begins 27 July] |
| Jet4you | Paris-Orly |
| Jetairfly | Brussels |
| Luxair | Luxembourg [seasonal] |
| MyAir | Milan-Orio al Serio [begins 3 July], Venice [begins 3 July] |
| Regional Air Lines | Casablanca |
| Royal Air Maroc | Casablanca, Paris-Orly |
| Ryanair | Alicante [begins 5 July], Bristol [begins 27 October], Brussels-Charleroi, Girona, Hahn, London-Luton, Marseille, Pisa, Reus [begins 1 July], Seville [begins 6 July], Weeze |
| Thomas Cook Airlines (Belgium) | Amsterdam, Brussels, Liège, Lille |
| Thomson Airways | London-Gatwick, Manchester |
| Transavia.com | Amsterdam, Paris-Orly |
World War II
During World War II, the airport was used by the United States Army Air Force Air Transport Command as a hub for cargo, transiting aircraft and personnel. It functioned as a stopover en-route to Casablanca airport or to Agadir Airport on the North African Cairo-Dakar transport route for cargo, transiting aircraft and personnel. [7]
References
- ^ [1]
- ^ Source 2008 details: ONDA site
- ^ Source 2007 details: ONDA site
- ^ Details up to 2006 from: Overview movements aircraft MA, PDF document
- ^ Details up to 2006 from: Overview passengers MA, PDF document
- ^ Details up to 2006 from: Overview freight MA, PDF document
- ^ [2]
External links
- Menara International Airport Homepage (French)
- Airport information for GMMX at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
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