Airport in Morocco
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.[
citation needed ]
Facilities
Check-in hall
Apron view
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:
Airlines Destinations
Aegean Airlines
Athens
Air Arabia
Dakhla ,
[6]
Fès
[7]
airBaltic Seasonal:
Riga
[8]
Air Europa
Madrid
[9]
Air France
Paris–Charles de Gaulle
[10] Seasonal:
Nice
[11]
Air Transat
Montréal–Trudeau (begins 13 June 2024)
[12]
Alexandria Airlines Seasonal charter:
Sharm El Sheikh
[13]
Arkia
Tel Aviv
[14]
Austrian Airlines Seasonal:
Vienna
[15]
Binter Canarias
Gran Canaria Seasonal:
Funchal ,
[16]
Tenerife–North
[17]
British Airways
London–Gatwick ,
London–Heathrow
[18]
Discover Airlines
Frankfurt ,
Munich
[19]
easyJet
Basel/Mulhouse ,
Bordeaux ,
Bristol ,
[20]
Geneva ,
Lisbon ,
[21]
London–Gatwick ,
London–Luton ,
Lyon ,
Manchester ,
Milan–Malpensa ,
Nantes ,
Naples ,
[22]
Nice ,
Paris–Charles de Gaulle ,
Porto ,
[23]
Toulouse Seasonal:
Amsterdam
Edelweiss Air Seasonal:
Zurich
a
El Al
Tel Aviv
[24]
European Air Charter Seasonal charter:
Sofia
[25]
Eurowings Seasonal:
Düsseldorf
Iberia
Madrid
Jet2.com
Birmingham ,
London–Stansted ,
Manchester (all begin 4 October 2024)
[26] Seasonal:
Glasgow (begins 4 November 2024)
[27]
Lufthansa
Munich
[28]
Luxair Seasonal:
Luxembourg
[29]
Norwegian Air Shuttle
Copenhagen Seasonal:
Oslo ,
Stockholm–Arlanda
[30]
Play Seasonal:
Reykjavik–Keflavík (begins 17 October 2024)
[31]
Qatar Airways
Doha
[32]
Royal Air Maroc
Barcelona ,
Bordeaux ,
Brussels ,
[33]
Casablanca ,
Lyon ,
Marseille ,
Nice ,
Paris–Charles de Gaulle ,
[34]
Paris–Orly ,
Toulouse Seasonal:
Medina
Royal Air Maroc Express
Casablanca ,
Ouarzazate
Ryanair
Alicante ,
Barcelona ,
Beauvais ,
Bergamo ,
Berlin ,
Birmingham ,
[35]
Bordeaux ,
Bristol ,
[36]
Brussels ,
Châlons-Vatry ,
Charleroi ,
Cologne/Bonn ,
Dole ,
Dublin ,
Edinburgh ,
[37]
Eindhoven ,
Errachidia ,
[38]
Faro ,
[38]
Fez ,
[38]
Girona ,
Gran Canaria ,
Hahn ,
Leeds/Bradford ,
[39]
Lisbon ,
London–Stansted ,
Madrid ,
Manchester ,
Marseille ,
Milan–Malpensa ,
[38]
Murcia ,
[40]
Naples ,
Nimes ,
Oujda ,
[38]
Perpignan ,
Pisa ,
Porto ,
Rome–Ciampino ,
Santander ,
Seville ,
Stockholm–Arlanda ,
Tangier ,
[38]
Tetouan ,
[38]
Toulouse ,
Tours ,
Treviso ,
Turin ,
Valencia ,
Weeze ,
Zaragoza Seasonal:
Lanzarote (begins 3 June 2024),
[38]
La Rochelle (begins 3 June 2024),
[38]
Limoges ,
Palma de Mallorca ,
Tenerife–South (begins 2 June 2024)
[38]
Saudia Seasonal:
Jeddah
[41]
Swiss International Air Lines
Geneva
TAP Air Portugal
Lisbon
Transavia
Amsterdam ,
Brest ,
[42]
Brussels (begins 28 June 2024),
[43]
Eindhoven ,
Lyon ,
Montpellier ,
Nantes ,
Paris–Orly ,
Rennes
[44] Seasonal:
Boa Vista ,
Dakar–Diass ,
[45]
Marseille ,
[46]
Praia ,
[45]
Sal ,
São Vicente
[45]
TUI Airways
[47]
Birmingham ,
London–Gatwick ,
Manchester Seasonal:
Bristol
TUI fly Belgium
[48]
Bologna ,
Brussels ,
Lille ,
Paris–Orly ,
Rotterdam
[49]
Turkish Airlines
Istanbul
United Airlines
Newark (begins 24 October 2024)
[50]
Volotea
Nantes ,
[51]
Strasbourg
[52] Seasonal:
Bilbao ,
[53]
Lille ,
[54]
Lyon (begins 13 April 2024)
[55]
Vueling
Barcelona Seasonal:
Bilbao ,
[56]
Paris–Orly
[56]
Wizz Air
London–Gatwick ,
[57]
Milan–Malpensa ,
Warsaw–Chopin Seasonal:
Rome–Fiumicino
[58]
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
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.[
citation needed ]
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This article incorporates
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^
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^
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^
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^
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link )
^ Source 2008 details:
ONDA site [
permanent dead link ]
^ Source 2007 details:
ONDA site [
permanent dead link ]
^ 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
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