Angads Airport

Angads Airport
مطار وجدة أنجاد
Oujda Angads Airport
IATA: OUD – ICAO: GMFO
OUD
Location of airport in Morocco
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator ONDA
Serves Oujda, Morocco
Elevation AMSL 1,535 ft / 468 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
06/24 3,000 9,843 Asphalt/Bitumen
Source: DAFIF[1][2]

Angads Airport (مطار وجدة أنجاد) (IATA: OUD, ICAO: GMFO) is an airport serving Oujda,[1] a city in the Oriental region in Morocco. Also known as Oujda Angads Airport, it is located about 12 kilometres (7 mi) north of Oujda and about 600 kilometres (373 mi) northeast of Casablanca, near the Algerian border.

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History

During World War II, the airport was used as a military airfield by the United States Army Air Forces Twelfth Air Force during the North African campaign. It was called Oujda Airfield Known units assigned were:

After the Americans moved out their active units in mid-1943, the airport was used as a stopover and landing field for Air Transport Command aircraft on the Caablanca-Algiers transport route. When the war ended, control of the airfield was returned to civil authorities. [3] [4] [5]

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 1,535 feet (468 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 06/24 with an asphalt/bitumen surface measuring 3,000 by 45 metres (9,843 × 148 ft).[1]

Amsterdam
Brussels
Charleroi
Paris
Madrid
Marseille
Oujda
Casablanca
Berne
(begins 2 July)
All Destinations from Oujda

Airlines and destinations

Scheduled

Airlines Destinations
Helvetic Airways Berne-Belp [begins 2 July 2012], Geneva [Begins 02 July 2012]
Jet4you Paris-Orly
Jetairfly Brussels South-Charleroi
Royal Air Maroc Amsterdam, Casablanca, Marseille, Paris-Orly
RAM Express Casablanca
Ryanair Brussels South-Charleroi, Marseille [begins 27 March 2012]
Strategic Airlines Seasonal: Amsterdam [resumes 26 June 2012]
Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium Seasonal: Brussels [resumes 8 June 2012]
Transavia.com France Paris-Orly

Traffic statistics

Item[6] 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002
Movements[7] 3546 3108 3316 3031 2303 2199
Passengers[8] 315,006 242,080 225,444 193,036 180,406 168,385
Cargo (metric tons)[9] 451.09 451.09 202.08 197.14 260.99 618.10

References

  1. ^ a b c Airport information for GMFO from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  2. ^ Airport information for OUD at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
  3. ^  This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.
  4. ^ Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
  5. ^ Mauer, Mauer (1969), Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II, Air Force Historical Studies Office, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. ISBN 0-89201-097-5.
  6. ^ 2007 statistics Source: ONDA PDF-Document
  7. ^ Statistics until 2006 from Statistics Movements, PDF document
  8. ^ Statistics until 2006 from Overview passengers stats MA, PDF document
  9. ^ Statistics until 2006 from freight stats, PDF document

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