Airport serving Agadir, Souss-Massa, Morocco
Agadir–Al Massira Airport (
Arabic : مطار المسيرة ,
romanized : Matar al-Maseera ;
French : Aéroport Al Massira ;
IATA : AGA ,
ICAO : GMAD ) is an
international airport serving
Agadir ,
[3] a major city in southwest
Morocco and the capital of
Souss-Massa region. The airport is located in the commune of
Temsia , 20 km southeast of Agadir proper. In 2007, Al Massira International Airport served 1,502,094 passengers. In later years, Agadir and its tourism boomed, having new flights introduced to Al Massira from new airports in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Facilities
Runway and apron
The runway in direction 09/27 measures 3,200 by 45 metres (10,499 ft × 148 ft). Aircraft up to the size of a
Boeing 747 can land on the airport. The airport has an
ILS Class II certification and offers the following radionavigational aids:
VOR –
DME – 2 X
NDB .
[5]
Parking space for the aircraft is 170,000 square metres (1,829,865 sq ft) which results in space for ten
Boeing 737s and three
Boeing 747s .
[5]
Terminal
Total terminal area is 26,550 square metres (285,782 sq ft) and projected capacity is 3 million passengers per year.
[5]
There is one large waiting room, divided in two to provide for national flights (no customs) and international flights. Passengers flying to Casablanca with a connecting international flight can pass through passport control in Agadir to save transfer time at
Mohammed V . Agadir is one of the six airports in Morocco where ONDA offers its special VIP service
Salon Convives de Marque .
[6]
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Agadir–Al Massira Airport:
Airlines Destinations
Air Arabia
Fès ,
Rabat ,
Tangier
airBaltic Seasonal:
Riga
[7]
Binter Canarias
Gran Canaria
British Airways
London–Gatwick (begins 31 March 2024)
[8]
Bulgaria Air Seasonal charter:
Sofia
[9]
Condor
[10] Seasonal:
Düsseldorf ,
[10]
Frankfurt ,
Hamburg ,
Munich
[10]
easyJet
Basel/Mulhouse ,
Geneva ,
Lisbon ,
[11]
London–Gatwick ,
London–Luton ,
[12]
Manchester ,
Nice (begins 3 September 2024)
[13] Seasonal:
Glasgow ,
[12]
Lyon ,
Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Edelweiss Air Seasonal:
Zürich
[14]
Eurowings Seasonal:
Düsseldorf ,
Prague
[15]
Jet2.com
Birmingham (begins 3 October 2024),
[16]
Bristol (begins 6 October 2024),
[17]
Glasgow (begins 4 November 2024),
[18]
Leeds/Bradford (begins 3 October 2024),
[19]
London–Stansted (begins 3 October 2024),
[20]
Manchester (begins 3 October 2024)
[21]
Luxair
Luxembourg
Royal Air Maroc
Casablanca ,
Dakhla ,
Laayoune ,
Paris–Orly
Royal Air Maroc Express
Casablanca
Ryanair
Beauvais ,
Bergamo ,
Birmingham (begins 1 April 2024),
[22]
Bordeaux ,
Bournemouth (begins 1 April 2024),
[23]
Charleroi ,
Cologne/Bonn ,
[24]
Dublin ,
Edinburgh (begins 1 April 2024),
[25]
Fez (begins 1 April 2024),
[26]
Hahn ,
Kraków ,
London–Stansted ,
Manchester ,
Marseille ,
Oudja (begins 2 April 2024),
[26]
Perpignan ,
Strasbourg ,
Tangier (begins 2 April 2024),
[26]
Tenerife–South ,
Toulouse ,
Vienna ,
Weeze ,
Wrocław
[24] Seasonal:
Lisbon ,
Madrid ,
[27]
Nantes ,
[28]
Porto ,
[29]
Valencia
[30]
Scandinavian Airlines Seasonal:
Copenhagen ,
Stockholm–Arlanda
[31]
[32]
TAP Air Portugal Seasonal:
Lisbon (resumes 3 June 2024)
[33]
Transavia
Lyon ,
Nantes ,
Paris–Orly
TUI Airways
Birmingham ,
London–Gatwick ,
Manchester
TUI fly Belgium
Brussels ,
a
Lille ,
Paris–Orly
TUI fly Deutschland
Düsseldorf ,
Frankfurt
Vueling
Paris–Orly
[34]
Wizz Air Seasonal:
London–Gatwick ,
Warsaw–Chopin
[35]
^a This flight operates via Marrakech. However, this carrier does not have rights to transport passengers solely between Agadir and Marrakech.
Traffic statistics
ONDA reported the following statistics regarding Al Massira Airport.
2016
2017
2018
Passengers
[36]
1,334,173
1,544,244
1,922,344
Subject
2010
[37]
2009
[37]
2008
[38]
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
Commercial movements
[39]
–
–
12,618
14,161
[40]
15,221
14,418
13,441
12,670
12,805
Passengers
[41]
1,627,485
1,456,217
1,455,194
1,502,094
[42]
1,433,353
1,315,752
1,160,127
975,181
934,433
Freight (tons)
[43]
–
–
1,165.8
1,145.4
589.6
[44]
714.1
1,723.4
1,328.1
1,708.7
Accidents and incidents
On 21 August 1994,
Royal Air Maroc Flight 630 , crashed approximately ten minutes after take-off from Agadir Airport. All 44 passengers and crew on board were killed. The crash is believed to have been a deliberate act by the aircraft's pilot.
References
^
"Aéroports du Maroc : Trafic Aérien de l'année 2019" .
^ Statistics sourced from ONDA website documents and/or airport websites
^
a
b
Airport information for GMAD
[usurped] from
DAFIF (effective October 2006)
^
Airport information for AGA at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
^
a
b
c
"Agadir Airport" . ONDA website. Retrieved 1 June 2008 .
^ ONDA website on the
VIP service , visited 17 March 2012
^
"AIRBALTIC NW23 NETWORK EXPANSION – 11MAY23" .
^
"BA returns to Stansted with three routes" .
^
"Туроператорът Екватор предлага почивки в Мароко от септември" .
^
a
b
c
"Winter 2023-24: Condor reaktiviert Agadir-Flüge" . Aviation Direct. 8 March 2023.
^
"EasyJet NW23 Network Additions – 09JUL23" .
^
a
b
"EasyJet launches 10 winter holiday routes" .
^
https://centreforaviation.com/news/easyjet-to-launch-four-services-from-nice-1251319
^ Liu, Jim.
"Edelweiss Air adds 3 African routes in 4Q20" . Routesonline . Retrieved 27 August 2020 .
^
"Eurowings Adds Prague – Agadir Service from Nov 2023" .
^
"Jet2 introduces Morocco flights and holidays" .
^
"Jet2 introduces Morocco flights and holidays" .
^
"Airline launches new routes to Marrakesh, Agadir in double Scottish airport win" . 18 October 2023.
^
"Jet2 introduces Morocco flights and holidays" .
^
"Jet2 introduces Morocco flights and holidays" .
^
"Jet2 introduces Morocco flights and holidays" .
^
"Ryanair adds UK routes with summer 2024 Morocco expansion" .
^
"Ryanair adds UK routes with summer 2024 Morocco expansion" .
^
a
b
"Winter 2023/24: Ryanair legt wieder Marokko-Flüge ab Wien auf" . 24 August 2023.
^
"Ryanair adds UK routes with summer 2024 Morocco expansion" .
^
a
b
c
"Ryanair Morocco NS24 Network Expansion" . Aeroroutes . Retrieved 18 December 2023 .
^
"Ryanair NW23 Network Changes – 17SEP23" .
^
"Ryanair NW23 Network Changes – 17SEP23" .
^
"Ryanair NW23 Network Changes – 17SEP23" .
^
"Ryanair NW23 Network Changes – 17SEP23" .
^
"SAS flyver til afrikanske Agadir kommende vinter" . 10 May 2023.
^
"Sas Vender Tilbage Til Afrika og Flyver Til Agadir den Kommende Vinter - Sas" .
^
"TAP Air Portugal Resumes Agadir Service in NS24" .
^
"Vueling to use former Air France slots to launch 32 Paris Orly routes" . routesonline.com . 1 October 2021.
^
"Wizz Air ogłosił nową trasę z Lotniska Chopina! Nowość na mapie połączeń, będzie też więcej samolotów" .
^
"Office National des aéroports -Je découvre ONDA - Communiqués de presse" . www.onda.ma .
^
a
b source details 2009/2010:
Official ONDA report December 2010
Archived 30 May 2012 at the
Wayback Machine . Retrieved 11 December 2011
^ source details 2008:
Official ONDA report 2007-2008 [
permanent dead link ]
^ Details up to 2006 from
Overview traffic movements Morocco
Archived 22 July 2011 at the
Wayback Machine , PDF document on ONDA site
^ 207 figures from
ONDA site [
permanent dead link ] , visited 28 July 2008
^ Details up to 2006 from
Overview passengers Morocco
Archived 27 September 2007 at the
Wayback Machine , PDF document on ONDA site
^ 2007 figures from:
ONDA website [
permanent dead link ] , visited 28 July 2008
^ Details up to 2006 from
Overview freight Morocco
Archived 22 July 2011 at the
Wayback Machine , PDF document on ONDA site
^ 2006 + 2007 figures from
ONDA website [
permanent dead link ] , visited 28 July 2008
External links
Media related to
Agadir – Al Massira Airport at Wikimedia Commons
International
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