Menara International Airport

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Menara International Airport
مطار مراكش المنارة
IATA: RAK – ICAO: GMMX
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator ONDA (Morocco)
Location 1,535
Elevation AMSL 468 ft / m
Coordinates 31°36′40″N 08°02′33″W / 31.61111, -8.0425
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
10/28 10,170 3,100 Asphalt

Menara International Airport (Arabic: مطار مراكش المنارة‎) (IATA: RAK, ICAO: GMMX) in Marrakech, Morocco, is an international facility that receives some European flights as well as flights from Casablanca and some of the Arab world nations.

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[edit] Runway

The paved runway in direction 10/28 (almost East-West) is 3100 meters long, 45 meters wide, and can receive all modern jetliners up to the Boeing 747.

[edit] Classification and navigation equipment

The airport is classified as an ILS CatII classification and offers the following radionavigation aids: VOR – DME – NDB.

[edit] Other facilities

Aircraft parking space of 125.000 m2 supporting upto fourteen Boeing 737's and four Boeing 747's. Cargoterminal is 340m² of covered space.


[edit] Traffic details

Item 2007[1] 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002
Aircraft movements [2] 29.246 24.613 20.689 16.112 13.843 13.078
Passengers[3] 3.050.916 2.648.742 2.195.899 1.667.267 1.368.281 1.349.363
Freight (tons)[4] 1.555,07 1.307,99 2.000,40 2.286,86 2.092,99 2.197,70

[edit] Airlines and destinations

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