Marrakesh Menara Airport | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||
Owner | Royal Moroccan Air Force | ||||||||||
Operator | ONDA | ||||||||||
Serves | Marrakesh-Safi | ||||||||||
Location | Marrakesh, Morocco | ||||||||||
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Elevation AMSL | 1,545 ft / 471 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 31°36′25″N 008°02′11″W / 31.60694°N 8.03639°W | ||||||||||
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RAK Location of airport in Morocco | |||||||||||
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Source: ONDA[1] |
Marrakesh Menara Airport (Berber languages: ⴰⵣⴰⴳⵯⵣ ⵎⵕⵕⴰⴽⵛ ⵎⵉⵏⴰⵕⴰ, Arabic: مطار مراكش المنارة, IATA: RAK, ICAO: GMMX) is an international airport serving Marrakesh,[2] the capital city of the Marrakesh-Safi region in Morocco. It is an international facility that receives several European flights as well as flights from Casablanca, some of the Arab world nations and from 2024, flights from North America. The airport served over 6.3 million passengers in 2019.[3]
History
During World War II, the airport was used by the United States Army Air Forces Air Transport Command as a hub for cargo, transiting aircraft and personnel. It functioned as a stopover en route to Casablanca Airfield or to Agadir Airport on the North African Cairo-Dakar transport route for cargo, transiting aircraft and personnel.
Facilities
Terminal
Menara Airport has two passenger terminals housed in one large building. A third terminal has been built. The existing T1/T2 offer a space of 42,000 m2 and have a designed capacity of 9 million passengers/year. The separate freight-terminal has 340m2 covered space[4] The air terminals (1 and 2) are 22,000 m2 (236,806 sq ft) and designed to handle 2,500,000 passengers per year. Menara is one of the six airports in Morocco where ONDA offers its special VIP service Salon Convives de Marque.[5]
Runway and apron
Aircraft parking space of 125,000 square metres (1,345,489 sq ft) supports up to fourteen Boeing 737s and four Boeing 747s. The cargo terminal is 340 m2 (3,660 sq ft) of covered space.[3] The paved runway is laid out in the direction 10/28 is 3,100 by 45 metres (10,171 ft × 148 ft). It can receive all modern jetliners up to the Boeing 747 in size. The airport is equipped with an ILS Cat II landing system and offers the following radio navigation aids: VOR – DME – NDB.[3]
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Marrakesh Menara Airport:
- Notes
^a On selected days, this flight operates from Marrakesh to Zurich via Agadir. However, this carrier does not have rights to transport passengers solely between Marrakesh and Agadir.
^b Flights from Boa Vista and Sal to Marrakech operate as round trips that start and end at Paris Orly Airport.
^c Flights from Dakar to Marrakech operate as round trips that start and end at Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport.
Statistics
Item | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2014[59] | 2007[60] | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 |
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Aircraft movements[61] | 29,246 | 24,613 | 20,689 | 16,112 | 13,843 | 13,078 | ||||
Passengers[62][63] | 5,300,000 | 4,359,865 | 3,894,227 | 4,034,410 | 3,050,916 | 2,648,742 | 2,195,899 | 1,667,267 | 1,368,281 | 1,349,363 |
Freight (tons)[64] | 1555.07 | 1307.99 | 2000.40 | 2286.86 | 2092.99 | 2197.70 |
Ground transport
The Spanish bus company Alsa operates regular Route 19 buses every day between Marrakesh Menara airport and both the medina (the stop is in a row of bus stops opposite the Koutoubia Mosque) and the new town.
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
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- ↑ Airport information for GMMX[usurped] from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
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- ↑ Source 2007 details: ONDA site
- ↑ Details up to 2006 from: Overview movements aircraft MA Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, PDF document
- ↑ 2018 details from: Overview movements aircraft MA, PDF document
- ↑ Details up to 2006 from: Overview passengers MA Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine, PDF document
- ↑ Details up to 2006 from: Overview freight MA Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, PDF document
External links
Media related to Marrakech-Menara Airport at Wikimedia Commons
- Marrakech page at ONDA website
- Aeronautical chart and airport information for GMMX at SkyVector
- Current weather for GMMX at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for RAK at Aviation Safety Network
- RAK Marrakech Airport Information guide for RAK Marrakech Airport