Dakhla Airport
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Dakhla Airport (Template:Comma separated entries) is an airport serving Dakhla (also known as Dajla or ad-Dakhla, formerly Villa Cisneros), a city in Western Sahara, a disputed territory. (See Political status of Western Sahara)
The airport is operated by the Moroccan state-owned company ONDA.
History
During World War II, the airport was used by the United States Army Air Forces Air Transport Command as a stopover for cargo, transiting aircraft and personnel on the North African Cairo-Dakar transport route for cargo, transiting aircraft and personnel. It connected to Dakar Airport in the South and Agadir Airport to the north.[1]Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Airport and facilities
The Dakhla airport is used as public airport and by the Royal Moroccan Air Force. The Script error: No such module "convert". long runway can receive a Boeing 737 or smaller planes. Parking space of Script error: No such module "convert". or one Boeing 737.
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The airport offers the following radio-navigation aids: VOR and DME.
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Dakhla Airport: Template:Airport-dest-list
Traffic statistics
| Item | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aircraft movements[2] | 1,574 | 1,492 | 839 | 674 | 606 | 492 |
| Passengers[3] | 42,066 | 36,354 | 21,253 | 21,442 | 11,670 | 12,149 |
| Cargo (tonnes)[4] | 34.43 | 48.63 | 59.77 | 61.06 | 140.96 | 107.81 |
Accidents and incidents
- In November 1949, a Savoia-Marchetti SM-95C (I-LATI) of LATI sustained substantial damage in a landing accident here, but was later repaired. All 17 occupants survived.[5]
References
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- ↑ The airport was then paved over in the 1960s by Francoist Spain. File:Atcroutes-1sep1945.jpg
- ↑ Statistics until 2006 from Statistics Movements Template:Webarchive, PDF document
- ↑ Statistics until 2006 from Overview passengers stats MA Template:Webarchive, PDF document
- ↑ Statistics until 2006 from freight stats Template:Webarchive, PDF document
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