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Nador International Airport
مطار الناظور العروي
Anafag n Nadur Arwi
El Aroui AirportIATA: NDR – ICAO: GMMW Location of the Airport in Morocco
NDRSummary Airport type Public Operator ONDA Serves Nador, Morocco Elevation AMSL 574 ft / 175 m Coordinates 34°59′20″N 003°01′42″W / 34.98889°N 3.02833°W Runways Direction Length Surface m ft 08/26 3,000 9,842 Asphalt Source: DAFIF[1][2] Nador International Airport (Arabic: مطار الناظور العروي) (IATA: NDR, ICAO: GMMW) is an airport serving Nador,[1] a city in the Oriental region in Morocco. It is also known as Al Aroui International Airport or Arwi Airport.
Nador is a small international airport with links to Morocco's main airports and some European destinations (Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Spain). It is relatively busy airport during summers as many Moroccan nationals living in Western Europe and originating from Nador region (mainly the Riffian Berbers) travel through it. The Nador airport is owned and run by the state as all other Moroccan public airports (ONDA). It is exploited mainly by the Royal Air Maroc company and its subsidiary Atlas Blue. It is also used by people visiting the neighbouring Spanish city of Melilla.
In the year 2009 the airport handled over 307,000 passengers.[3]
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Terminal and passenger facilities
Nador Int Airport
Nador International Airport has a single terminal, divided in arrivals and departures, both on the ground floor and sharing the public/open area with basic facilities as a coffee-shop, snack-corner and small shop. Check-in terminals are located at one side of the main terminal hall, while the other side is for the baggage check for arriving customers. After passport control there is a waiting-room, a smoking-lounge and a small room for praying. The tax-free shop is closed. On boarding you leave via controlled doors and walk to the plane.
Outside the terminal building there is a paid parking lot and -on arrival of a scheduled flight- taxis are available for connection to Nador and other locations. No other forms of public transport are available.
Airlines and destinations
Cologne/BonnTangerFrankfurtAll Destinations from NadorScheduled
Airlines Destinations Air Arabia Maroc Amsterdam, Barcelona, Brussels, Cologne/Bonn, Montpellier Air Berlin Cologne/Bonn [ends 26 November][4] Belair Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse [resumes 09 July 2012] Jet4you Barcelona [Resumes 16 December] Jetairfly Brussels South-Charleroi
Seasonal: BrusselsRoyal Air Maroc Amsterdam, Brussels, Frankfurt
Seasonal: Casablanca, DüsseldorfRoyal Air Maroc
operated by RAM ExpressSeasonal: Casablanca Ryanair Beauvais-Tillé, Brussels South-Charleroi, Madrid
Seasonal: Marseille, ReusSpanair Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca Charter
Airlines Destinations Air Europa Seasonal: Girona, Palma de Mallorca Amsterdam Airlines
Strategic AirlinesSeasonal: Amsterdam, Eindhoven [begins 5 June 2012], Rotterdam [begin 6 June 2012]
Amsterdam Airlines ended operations on 1 November, 2011 and Corendon Airlines continues all AAN-flights.Corendon Dutch Airlines Amsterdam Access to the airport
The airport is located at Al Arouit and approximately 30 km. from Nador city by road. Other than taxis, no public transport is available. On arrival, meeting incoming flights many grand taxis wait outside the terminal and offer transfers to most regional cities.[5] A paid car-park area is directly outside terminal, mainly used to bring passengers or pick up arriving passengers. The roads between the airport and Nador city are in good condition and signposted in Arabic and French. The airport lies directly along the main national route N2 (from Tangier to Oujda). From the airport the route to the city uses this N2 in Easterly direction to the North going route N15 to the city.
Traffic statistics
Like other Moroccan airports the traffic is very seasonal. All through the year Royal Air Maroc (in codeshare with Atlas Blue) flies several times per week to Brussels and Amsterdam, but in the summer-season more flights are scheduled. In the peak-season RAM even uses their Boeing 747 Jumbo-jet every week on the route to/from Amsterdam and Brussels instead of the smaller Boeing 737 the rest of the year.
Traffic statistic 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 83 109
+8,39%82 010
-1,32%81 604
-0,50%89 287
+9,41%94 380
+5,70%110 589
+17,17%171 239
+54,84%215 045
+25,58%307 483
+42.99%In the two summer months nearly a third of the annual traffic is handled by the airport. Because Nador and surroundings isn't (yet) a tourist-destination such as Agadir or Marrakesh nearly all passengers are Moroccan nationals (incl. 2nd and 3rd generation) visiting relatives.[6]
Recent statistics
Item 2010[7] Change % 2009[8] Change % 2008[9] change % 2007[10] 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 Passengers[11] 442.508 +43,30% 308.789 + 44,94% 213.045 + 25,50% 171.293 110.589 94.380 89.287 81.604 82.010 Movements[12] n/a[13] n/a 4020 +102,72% 1983 + 7.89% 1838 1614 1634 1368 1001 1009 Cargo (Metric tons)[14] n/a[13] n/a 3,98 - 28,80 % 5,59 - 63,58% 15,35 92,33 22,04 74,36 17,27 20,30 Runway information
The airport has one runway of 3.000 meter long and 45 meter wide and can handle commercial aircraft up to a Boeing 747.[15] Total parking space of 54.000 m² which results in two Boeing 747 and three Boeing 737.
The airport has an ILS Class 1 certification and offers the following radionavigational aids: VOR – DME – NDB
PAPI lighting available when landing on runway 28
References
- ^ a b Airport information for GMMW from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
- ^ Airport information for NDR at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
- ^ [1]
- ^ airberlin cancels 4 North African Routes in W11
- ^ ONDA website on access for Nador Airport
- ^ Nador Information on Marokko-Info.nl
- ^ Passenger statistics for December 2010 with year-totals 2009 and 2010, visited 25 April 2011
- ^ Airport Presentation page on ONDA website on Nador Airport, visited 31 July 2010
- ^ source details 2008:Official ONDA report 2007-2008
- ^ 2007 statistics Source: ONDA PDF-Document
- ^ Statistics until 2006 from Overview passengers stats MA, PDF document
- ^ Statistics until 2006 from Statistics Movements, PDF document
- ^ a b (for 2010 only passenger figures available
- ^ Statistics until 2006 from freight stats, PDF document
- ^ Note: In summer-season several RAM B-747 from AMS and BRU visit NDR each week.
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
- Oriental Region
- Nador
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