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Marrakesh Menara Airport
Summary
Marrakesh Menara Airport (ⴰⵣⴰⴳⵡⵣ ⵎⵕⵕⴰⴽⵛ ⵎⵉⵏⴰⵕⴰ, Aéroport Marrakech Ménara, مطار مراكش المنارة, ) is an international airport serving Marrakesh, 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 and some of the Arab world nations. The airport served over 6.3 million passengers in 2019.
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.
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 The air terminals (1 and 2) are and designed to handle passengers per year. Menara is one of the six airports in Morocco where ONDA offers its special VIP service Salon Convives de Marque.
Aircraft parking space of supports up to fourteen Boeing 737s and four Boeing 747s. The cargo terminal is of covered space. The paved runway is laid out in the direction 10/28 is . 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.
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Marrakesh Menara Airport:
Notes
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.
Flights from Boa Vista and Sal to Marrakech operate as round trips that start and end at Paris Orly Airport.
Flights from Dakar to Marrakech operate as round trips that start and end at Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport.
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