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Marrakech-Menara Airport

 
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Marrakech-Menara Airport
مطار مراكش المنارة
IATA: RAKICAO: 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 / 31.61111; -8.0425
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
10/28 10,170 3,100 Asphalt

Marrakech-Menara Airport (Arabic: مطار مراكش المنارة‎) (IATA: RAKICAO: 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]

Contents

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: VORDMENDB.

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. ^ [1]
  2. ^ Source 2008 details: ONDA site
  3. ^ Source 2007 details: ONDA site
  4. ^ Details up to 2006 from: Overview movements aircraft MA, PDF document
  5. ^ Details up to 2006 from: Overview passengers MA, PDF document
  6. ^ Details up to 2006 from: Overview freight MA, PDF document
  7. ^ [2]

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