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Agadir - Al Massira Airport
مطار المسيرة
Matar al-Maseera
Control tower at Agadir Airport IATA: AGA – ICAO: GMAD Location of airport in Morocco
AGASummary Airport type Public Operator ONDA Serves Agadir, Morocco Elevation AMSL 226 ft / 69 m Coordinates 30°19′30″N 009°24′47″W / 30.325°N 9.41306°W Runways Direction Length Surface m ft 10/28 3,200 10,499 Asphalt Statistics (2008) Commercial Movements 12,618 Passengers 1,455,194 Freight (tons) 1,165.8 Source: ONDA/airport website,[1] DAFIF,[2][3] Agadir – Al Massira Airport (Arabic: مطار المسيرة; transliterated: Matar al-Maseera) (IATA: AGA, ICAO: GMAD) is an international airport serving Agadir,[2] a major city in southwest Morocco. Agadir is the capital of the province (wilaya) of Agadir and the region of Souss-Massa-Draâ.
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 from the United Kingdom and Ireland. The new prospect of a brand new terminal was granted, opening life for the people of Agadir.
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Runway and aircraft parking
The runway in direction 10/28 measures 3,200 by 45 metres (10,499 × 148 ft). Aircraft up to the size of a Boeing 747 can land on the airport.
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.[4]
Terminal
Total terminal area is 26,550 square metres (285,782 sq ft) and projected capacity is 3 million passengers per year.[4] 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
The airport has an ILS Class II certification and offers the following radionavigational aids: VOR – DME – 2 X NDB.[4]
Airlines and destinations
Agadir is served by the following scheduled airlines:
Airlines Destinations Aigle Azur Paris-Orly Air Berlin Nuremberg Aer Lingus Seasonal: Dublin Air Méditerranée Seasonal: Brest, Lyon, Nantes, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Toulouse bmi London-Heathrow Brussels Airlines Brussels Canary Fly Seasonal: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Condor Flugdienst Berlin-Schönefeld, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich EasyJet Berlin-Schönefeld, London-Gatwick, Lyon, Milan-Malpensa, Paris-Charles de Gaulle Enter Air Warsaw Germania Charter: Bremen [begins 6 November] Hello Airlines Seasonal: Basle/Mulhouse Jet4You Paris-Orly
Seasonal: Bordeaux, Lyon, Marseille, Nantes, Toulouse
Charter: Dublin, WarsawJetairfly Brussels, Marrakech Luxair Seasonal: Luxembourg, Marrakech Malév Hungarian Airlines Seasonal: Budapest Norwegian Air Shuttle Copenhagen, Oslo-Gardermoen, Stockholm-Arlanda Rossiya Charter: St Petersburg Royal Air Maroc Casablanca, Dakhla, Laayoune, Lyon, Paris-Orly
Seasonal: Deauville, Metz/Nancy, NantesRAM Express Casablanca, Laayoune, Ouarzazate
Seasonal: Dakhla, Tan-Tan, ZagoraRyanair Brussels South-Charleroi Swiss International Air Lines
operated by Edelweiss AirSeasonal: Zürich Thomas Cook Airlines London-Gatwick, Manchester Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium Seasonal: Brussels Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia Seasonal: Stockholm-Arlanda Thomson Airways London-Gatwick, Manchester Transavia.com Amsterdam, Marrakech Transavia.com France Marrakech, Paris-Orly Travel Service
operated by Smart WingsSeasonal: Prague Travel Service Hungary Seasonal: Budapest TUIfly Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hanover, Munich, Stuttgart Traffic statistics
ONDA reported the following statistics regarding Al Massira Airport.
Subject 2008[5] 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 Commercial movements [6] 12,618 14,161[7] 15,221 14,418 13,441 12,670 12,805 Passengers[8] 1,455,194 1,502,094[9] 1,433,353 1,315,752 1,160,127 975,181 934,433 Freight (tons)[10] 1,165.8 1,145.4 589.6[11] 714,1 1,723.4 1,328.1 1,708.7 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 been a deliberate act by the aircraft's pilot.
References
- ^ Statistics sourced from ONDA website documents and/or airport websites
- ^ a b Airport information for GMAD from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
- ^ Airport information for AGA at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
- ^ a b c "Agadir Airport". ONDA website. http://www.onda.ma/ONDA/An/Espaces/EspacePassagers/LeReseauAeroportuaireONDA/Lesaeroports/Fiches+d’identité+par+aéroport/AGADIR. Retrieved 1 June 2008.
- ^ source details 2008:Official ONDA report 2007-2008
- ^ Details up to 2006 from Overview traffic movements Morroco, PDF document on ONDA site
- ^ 207 figures from ONDA site, visited 28 July 2008
- ^ Details up to 2006 from Overview passengers Morocco, PDF document on ONDA site
- ^ 2007 figures from: ONDA website, visited 28 July 2008
- ^ Details up to 2006 from Overview freight Morocco, PDF document on ONDA site
- ^ 2006 + 2007 figures from ONDA website, visited 28 July 2008
External links
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
- Agadir
- Souss-Massa-Draâ Region
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