Angads Airport

Angads Airport مطار وجدة أنجاد Oujda Angads Airport
IATA: OUD – ICAO: GMFO OUD Location of airport in Morocco
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		ONDA
Serves		Oujda, Morocco
Elevation AMSL		1,535 ft / 468 m
Coordinates		34°47′14″N 001°55′26″W / 34.78722°N 1.92389°W / 34.78722; -1.92389
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
06/24	3,000	9,843	Asphalt/Bitumen
Source: DAFIF[1][2]

Angads Airport (مطار وجدة أنجاد) (IATA: OUD, ICAO: GMFO) is an airport serving Oujda,^[1] a city in the Oriental region in Morocco. Also known as Oujda Angads Airport, it is located about 12 kilometres (7 mi) north of Oujda and about 600 kilometres (373 mi) northeast of Casablanca, near the Algerian border.

History

During World War II, the airport was used as a military airfield by the United States Army Air Forces Twelfth Air Force during the North African campaign. It was called Oujda Airfield Known units assigned were:

• HQ 5th Bombardment Wing, December 1942-January 1943
• HQ 52d Troop Carrier Wing, 8 May-July 1943
• 68th Reconnaissance Group, November 1942-24 March 1943, (Various photo-reconnaissance aircraft)
• 313th Troop Carrier Group, 9 May-16 June 1943, C-47 Skytrain
• 319th Bombardment Group, 3 March-25 April 1943, B-26 Marauder
• 350th Fighter Group, 6 January-14 February 1943, P-39/P-400 Aircobra

After the Americans moved out their active units in mid-1943, the airport was used as a stopover and landing field for Air Transport Command aircraft on the Caablanca-Algiers transport route. When the war ended, control of the airfield was returned to civil authorities. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 1,535 feet (468 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 06/24 with an asphalt/bitumen surface measuring 3,000 by 45 metres (9,843 × 148 ft).^[1]

Amsterdam

Brussels

Charleroi

Paris

Madrid

Marseille

Oujda

Casablanca

All Destinations from Oujda

Airlines and destinations

Scheduled

Airlines	Destinations
Air Algerie	Algiers
Jet4you	Paris-Orly
Jetairfly	Brussels South-Charleroi
Royal Air Maroc	Amsterdam, Casablanca, Marseille, Paris-Orly
RAM Express	Casablanca
Ryanair	Brussels South-Charleroi
Strategic Airlines	Seasonal: Amsterdam
Transavia.com France	Paris-Orly

Charter

Airlines	Destinations
Sata International	Seasonal: Lisbon, Oporto
Smart Wings	Seasonal: Bratislava, Prague
Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium	Seasonal: Brussels

Traffic statistics

Item[6]	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002
Movements[7]	3546	3108	3316	3031	2303	2199
Passengers[8]	315,006	242,080	225,444	193,036	180,406	168,385
Cargo (metric tons)[9]	451.09	451.09	202.08	197.14	260.99	618.10

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Airport information for GMFO from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
2. ^ Airport information for OUD at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
3. ^  This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.
4. ^ Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
5. ^ Mauer, Mauer (1969), Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II, Air Force Historical Studies Office, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. ISBN 0-89201-097-5.
6. ^ 2007 statistics Source: ONDA PDF-Document
7. ^ Statistics until 2006 from Statistics Movements, PDF document
8. ^ Statistics until 2006 from Overview passengers stats MA, PDF document
9. ^ Statistics until 2006 from freight stats, PDF document

External links

• Current weather for GMFO at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for OUD at Aviation Safety Network