Al Massira Airport

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Coordinates: 30°19′30″N 009°24′47″W / 30.325, -9.41306

Al Massira International Airport
مطار المسيرة
Matar al-Maseera
IATA: AGA – ICAO: GMAD
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator ONDA
Serves Agadir, Morocco
Elevation AMSL 226 ft / 69 m
Website www.agadir-airport.com
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
10/28 3,200 10,498 Asphalt

Al Massira International Airport (Arabic: مطار المسيرة; transliterated: Matar al-Maseera) (IATA: AGA, ICAO: GMAD) is an airport serving the city of Agadir in Morocco.

In the year 2006, Al Massira International Airport served 1,433,533 passengers. In later years, Agadir and its tourism boomed, having new flights introduced to Al Massira from new airports from the United Kingdom and Ireland. The new prospect of a brand new terminal was granted, opening life for the people of Agadir.

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[edit] Runway and aircraft parking

The runway in direction 10/28 has a length of 3200 meter and a width of 45 meter. Craft up to the size of a Boeing 747 can land on the airport. Parking space for the aircraft is 170.000 m² which results in space for 10 X Boeing 737 and 3 X Boeing 747.[1]

[edit] Terminal

Total terminal area is 26.550 m² and projected capacity is 3 million passengers per year.[1]

[edit] Classification and navigational equipment

The airport has an ILS Class II certification and offers the following radionavigational aids: VOR – DME – 2 X NDB.[1]

[edit] Traffic Statistics

ONDA reported the following statistics regarding Al Massira Airport upto and including 2006. Details for 2007 not published as reliable data is missing.

Subject 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002
Commercial movements [2]  ? 15221 14418 13441 12670 12805
Passangers[3]  ? 1.433.353 1.315.752 1.160.127 975.181 934.433
Freight (tons)[4]  ? 586,84 714,06 1723,38 1328,08 1708,70

[edit] Airlines and destinations [5]

Airline Destination(s)
Aer Lingus Dublin
Aigle Azur Paris-Orly
Air Berlin Nuremberg
Air France Paris-Orly
Atlas Blue Brussels, Milan-Malpensa
GB Airways London Gatwick
Condor Airlines Frankfurt, Munich, Tanger
Corsairfly Paris-Orly
First Choice Airways Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands, London Gatwick, Manchester
Primacharter Warsaw
Hamburg International Berlin-Tegel, Hamburg, Leipzig/Halle
Helvetic Airways Zürich
Jetairfly Brussel
Jet4You Paris-Orly
Lauda Air Vienna
LTU International Düsseldorf
Martinair Amsterdam Schiphol
Thomas Cook Airlines Birmingham, London Gatwick, Manchester, Newcastle
Regional Air Lines Casablanca, Dakhla, Las Palmas, Laayoune, Marrakesh
Rossiya St. Petersburg
Royal Air Maroc Casablanca, Dakhla, Paris-Orly
Thomsonfly London Gatwick, Manchester
TUIfly Düsseldorf, Hanover, Nuremberg, Stuttgart
Transavia.com Amsterdam Schiphol

[edit] References

Statistics sourced from ONDA website documents and/or airport websites

  1. ^ a b c >Website ONDA about Agadir Airport, visited on 1 June 2008
  2. ^ Details upto 2006 from Overview traffic movements Morroco, PDF document on ONDA site
  3. ^ Details upto 2006 from Overview passengers Morocco, PDF document on ONDA site
  4. ^ Details upto 2006 from Overview freight Morocco, PDF document on ONDA site
  5. ^ Based on airports website Agadir Airport info visited on 29 May 2008

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