Marrakesh Menara Airport (, , ) 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, the Arab world nations and from 2024, flights from North America. The airport served over 6.3 million passengers in 2019.
History 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.
In August 1991, the airport reopened after million was spent to extend the runway and refurbish buildings.
Facilities
Terminal
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 nine million passengers/year. The separate freight-terminal has 340 m2 covered spaceONDA Website: Presentation RAK, visited 10 June 2012 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.ONDA website on the VIP service, visited 17 March 2012
Runway and apron 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.
Airlines and destinations 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.
Statistics
Item 2018 2017 2016 2014Source 2008 details: ONDA site 2007Source 2007 details: ONDA site 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 Aircraft movementsDetails up to 2006 from: Overview movements aircraft MA , PDF document 29,246 24,613 20,689 16,112 13,843 13,078 Passengers2018 details from: Overview movements aircraft MA, PDF documentDetails up to 2006 from: Overview passengers MA , PDF document 5,300,000 4,359,865 3,894,227 4,034,410 3,050,916 2,648,742 2,195,899 1,667,267 1,368,281 1,349,363 Freight (tons)Details up to 2006 from: Overview freight MA , PDF document 1555.07 1307.99 2000.40 2286.86 2092.99 2197.70
References
External links
Marrakech page at ONDA website
Accident history for RAK at Aviation Safety Network RAK Marrakech Airport Information guide for RAK Marrakech Airport