Marrakesh Menara Airport

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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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

In August 1991, the airport reopened after Template:US$Script error: No such module "String".million was spent to extend the runway and refurbish buildings.[3]

Facilities

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Check-in hall
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Apron view

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 9 million passengers/year. The separate freight-terminal has 340 m2 covered space[4] The air terminals (1 and 2) are Script error: No such module "convert". and designed to handle 2,500,000 passengers per year. Menara is one of the six airports in Morocco where ONDA offers its special VIP service Salon Convives de Marque.[5]

Runway and apron

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Airlines and destinations

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Notes

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Statistics

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Item 2018 2017 2016 2014[6] 2007[7] 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002
Aircraft movements[8] 29,246 24,613 20,689 16,112 13,843 13,078
Passengers[9][10] 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)[11] 1555.07 1307.99 2000.40 2286.86 2092.99 2197.70

References

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  4. ↑ ONDA Website: Presentation RAK, visited 10 June 2012
  5. ↑ ONDA website on the VIP service, visited 17 March 2012
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  8. ↑ Details up to 2006 from: Overview movements aircraft MA Template:Webarchive, PDF document
  9. ↑ 2018 details from: Overview movements aircraft MA, PDF document
  10. ↑ Details up to 2006 from: Overview passengers MA Template:Webarchive, PDF document
  11. ↑ Details up to 2006 from: Overview freight MA Template:Webarchive, PDF document

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External links

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