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Marrakech-Menara Airport
مطار مراكش المنارة
Aéroport Marrakech MénaraIATA: RAK – ICAO: GMMX Location of Airport in Morocco
RAKSummary Airport type Public / Military Operator ONDA and Royal Air Force Location Marrakech, Morocco Hub for Royal Air Maroc Elevation AMSL 1,545 ft / 471 m Coordinates 31°36′25″N 008°02′11″W / 31.60694°N 8.03639°W Runways Direction Length Surface m ft 10/28 3,100 10,170 Asphalt Statistics (2008, 2009) Passengers (2009) 2,982,151 Freight (tons) (2008) 1,512.55 Source: List of the busiest airports in Africa, ONDA,[1] DAFIF[2][3] Marrakech-Menara Airport (French: Aéroport Marrakech Ménara, Arabic: مطار مراكش المنارة) (IATA: RAK, ICAO: GMMX) is an airport serving Marrakech,[2] the capital city of the Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz region in Morocco. It 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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History
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 Airfield or to Agadir Airport on the North African Cairo-Dakar transport route for cargo, transiting aircraft and personnel.[4]
Facilities
Aircraft parking space of 125,000 square metres (1,345,489 sq ft) supports up to fourteen Boeing 737s and four Boeing 747s. The air terminals (1 and 2) are 22,000 m2 (236,806 sq ft) and designed to handle 2,500,000 passengers per year. The cargo terminal is 340 m2 (3,660 sq ft) of covered space.[1]
The paved runway is laid out in the direction 10/28 (almost East-West) is 3,100 by 45 metres (10,171 × 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.[1]
Airlines and destinations
Passengers leaving an Airbus A321 of Monarch Airlines on a charter flight from Manchester at Menara airport in 2000
Airlines Destinations Air Méditerranée Lyon, Marseille, Nantes, Paris-Charles de Gaulle Binter Canarias Las Palmas de Gran Canaria bmi London-Heathrow British Airways London-Gatwick Brussels Airlines Brussels Corendon Dutch Airlines Amsterdam easyJet London-Gatwick, Lyon, Manchester, Milan-Malpensa, Madrid, Paris-Charles de Gaulle easyJet Switzerland Basel/Mulhouse, Geneva Europe Airpost Seasonal: Bordeaux, Brest, London-Gatwick, Lyon, Marseille, Montpellier, Paris-Orly, Pau, Toulouse Hello Basle/Mulhouse Iberia
operated by Air NostrumMadrid Jet4you Paris-Orly
Charter: Barcelona, Basel/Mulhouse, Brest, Deauville, Lyon, Malaga, Marseille, Nice, Pamplona, Verona, Valladolid, Zaragoza
Seasonal: Nantes, ToulouseJetairfly Agadir, Brussels Luxair Seasonal: Agadir, Luxembourg Norwegian Air Shuttle Copenhagen, Oslo-Gardermoen, Stockholm-Arlanda Royal Air Maroc Bordeaux, Casablanca, Lyon, Marseille, Munich, Nantes, Nice, Paris-Orly, Toulouse RAM Express Casablanca
Seasonal: Agadir, ErrachidiaRyanair Beauvais, Bergamo-Orio al Serio, Bologna, Charleroi, Eindhoven, Hahn, London-Luton, London-Stansted, Madrid, Pisa, Porto, Rome-Ciampino, Seville, Valencia, Weeze
Seasonal: Girona [ends 1 November], MarseilleStrategic Airlines Amsterdam, Tangier Swiss
operated by Edelweiss AirAgadir, Zurich TAP Portugal Lisbon Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium Agadir, Brussels Thomson Airways Birmingham [begins 3 May 2012], London-Gatwick, Manchester Transavia.com Agadir, Amsterdam Transavia.com France Agadir, Nantes, Paris-Orly Vueling Airlines Seasonal: Barcelona Traffic details
Item 2008[5] 2007[6] 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 Aircraft movements[7] 27,369 29,246 24,613 20,689 16,112 13,843 13,078 Passengers[8] 3,100,495 3,050,916 2,648,742 2,195,899 1,667,267 1,368,281 1,349,363 Freight (tons)[9] 1425.47 1555.07 1307.99 2000.40 2286.86 2092.99 2197.70 References
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.- ^ a b c d "Marrakech". ONDA. http://www.onda.ma/ONDA/An/Espaces/EspacePassagers/LeReseauAeroportuaireONDA/Lesaeroports/Fiches+d%E2%80%99identit%C3%A9+par+a%C3%A9roport/MARRAKECH/. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
- ^ a b Airport information for GMMX from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
- ^ Airport information for RAK at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
- ^ File:Atcroutes-1sep1945.jpg
- ^ 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
External links
- Marrakech page at ONDA website (has incorrect IATA code RAQ)
- Current weather for GMMX at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for RAK at Aviation Safety Network
Airports in Morocco 
Al Massira Airport, Agadir · Cherif Al Idrissi Airport, Al Hoceima · Anfa Airport, Casablanca · Mohammed V Airport, Casablanca · Moulay Ali Cherif Airport, Er Rachidia · Mogador Airport, Essaouira · Saïss Airport, Fes · Kenitra Airport · Menara Airport, Marrakech · Al Aroui Airport, Nador · Ouarzazate Airport · Les Angads Airport, Oujda · Salé Airport, Rabat · Ibn Battouta Airport, Tangier · Plage Blanche Airport, Tan-Tan · Sania Ramel Airport, Tétouan
Categories:- Airports in Morocco
- Marrakech
- USAAF Air Transport Command Airfields - North Africa
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