Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport

Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport Aéroport de Tamanrasset / Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok
IATA: TMR – ICAO: DAAT, TMR Location of airport in Algeria
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	EGSA Alger
Serves	Tamanrasset, Algeria
Elevation AMSL	1,377 m / 4,518 ft
Coordinates	22°48′40″N 5°27′0″E / 22.81111°N 5.45000°E / 22.81111; 5.45000 (Tamanrasset Airport (Aguenar))Coordinates: 22°48′40″N 5°27′0″E / 22.81111°N 5.45000°E / 22.81111; 5.45000 (Tamanrasset Airport (Aguenar))
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 02/20 3,600 11,800 Asphalt 08/26 3,100 10,170 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Passengers 70,515 Passenger change 09–10 4.1% Aircraft movements 2,402 Movements change 09–10 3.8%
Sources: AIP,[1] EGSA Alger,[2] DAFIF[3] Landings.com[4]

Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport (French: Aéroport de Tamanrasset / Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok^[1]) (IATA: TMR, ICAO: DAAT), also known as Aguenar Airport or Tamanrasset Airport, is an airport serving Tamanrasset, a city in the Tamanrasset Province of southern Algeria. It is located 3.6 nautical miles (6.7 km) northwest of the city.^[1]

The airport was an alternative landing site for NASA's Space Shuttle, and has been used for American military operations.^[5]

In the mid-2000s it was extensively upgraded to serve additionally as a military base, with 10 hardened aircraft shelters, aprons, personnel accommodation and other facilities^[6]

Airlines and destinations

Statistics

Traffic by calendar year. Official ACI Statistics

	Passengers	Change from previous year	Aircraft operations	Change from previous year	Cargo (metric tons)	Change from previous year
2005	57,601	24.58%	2,474	23.99%	151	50.97%
2006	55,826	3.08%	2,729	10.31%	182	20.53%
2007	49,838	10.73%	2,647	3.00%	194	6.59%
2008	59,116	18.62%	2,593	2.04%	151	22.16%
2009	67,770	14.64%	2,496	3.74%	141	6.62%
2010	70,515	4.05%	2,402	3.77%	149	5.67%
Source: Airports Council International. World Airport Traffic Reports (Years 2005,[8] 2006,[9] 2007,[10] 2009[11] and 2010)

Incidents and accidents

• On 8 February 1978, Douglas C-49J N189UM of Aero Service Corporation was damaged beyond repair in a landing accident at Tamanrasset.^[12]

• On 6 March 2003 Air Algérie Flight 6289 crashed at 3:45 pm local time (1445 GMT). The flight was leaving Tamanrasset bound for Algiers with the co-pilot acting as pilot-in-command. At a height of 78 feet and a speed of 158 kts, the No. 1 engine suffered a turbine failure. The captain took control. The co-pilot asked if she should raise the gear, but the captain did not respond. The Boeing 737-200 lost speed, stalled, and broke up on rocky terrain about 1600 metres past the runway. The accident was caused by the loss of an engine during a critical phase of flight, the non-retraction of the landing gear after the engine failure, and the Captain taking over control of the airplane before having clearly identified the problem. There were 102 fatalities and one survivor.

References

External links

• Google Maps - Tamanrasset
• Algeria plane crash kills 102 at CNN.com
• Official accident report from the Algerian Ministry of Transport (in English)
• Accident history for TMR at Aviation Safety Network
• Current weather for DAAT at NOAA/NWS

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