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Marrakech-Menara Airport
مطار مراكش المنارة
Aéroport Marrakech Ménara |
IATA: RAK – ICAO: GMMX
Location of Airport in Morocco
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| Summary |
| Airport type |
Public / Military |
| Operator |
ONDA and Royal Air Force |
| Location |
Marrakech, Morocco |
| Hub for |
Royal Air Maroc |
| Elevation AMSL |
1,545 ft / 471 m |
| Coordinates |
31°36′25″N 008°02′11″W / 31.60694°N 8.03639°W / 31.60694; -8.03639 |
| Runways |
| Direction |
Length |
Surface |
| m |
ft |
| 10/28 |
3,100 |
10,170 |
Asphalt |
| Statistics (2008) |
| Aircraft movements |
31,523 |
| Passengers |
3,121,516 |
| Freight (tons) |
1,512.55 |
| Sources: ONDA, DAFIF |
Marrakech-Menara Airport (French: Aéroport Marrakech Ménara, Arabic: مطار مراكش المنارة) (IATA: RAK, ICAO: GMMX) is an airport serving Marrakech, the capital city of the Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz region in Morocco. It is an international facility that receives some European flights as well as flights from Casablanca and some of the Arab world nations. The airport served over 3.1 million passengers in the year 2008. History
During World War II, the airport was used by the United States Army Air Force 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.
Facilities
Aircraft parking space of 125,000 square metres (1,345,489 sq ft) supports up to fourteen Boeing 737s and four Boeing 747s. The air terminals (1 and 2) are 22,000 m (236,806 sq ft) and designed to handle 2,500,000 passengers per year. The cargo terminal is 340 m (3,660 sq ft) of covered space.
The paved runway is laid out in the direction 10/28 (almost East-West) is 3,100 by 45 metres (10,171 × 148 ft). It can receive all modern jetliners up to the Boeing 747 in size. The airport is equipped with an ILS Cat II landing system and offers the following radio navigation aids: VOR – DME – NDB.
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Marrakech-Menara Airport - A Brussels Airlines Airbus A319-100 on the apron in 2013
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Marrakech-Menara Airport - A Royal Air Maroc Boeing 737-800 at the airport in 2013. A Ryanair aircraft is departing in the background
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Airlines and destinations
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Passengers leaving an Airbus A321 of Monarch Airlines on a charter flight from Manchester at Menara airport in 2000 |
| Airlines |
Destinations |
| Air Europa |
Madrid |
| Air Méditerranée |
Lyon, Paris-Charles de Gaulle |
| Andalus Líneas Aéreas |
Malaga |
| Binter Canarias |
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria |
| EasyJet |
London-Gatwick, Lyon, Madrid, Manchester, Milan-Malpensa, Paris-Charles de Gaulle |
| EasyJet operated by easyJet Switzerland |
Basel/Mulhouse, Geneva |
| Edelweiss Air |
Agadir [seasonal], Zürich [seasonal] |
| Germanwings |
Cologne/Bonn [begins 2 November; only charter] |
| Iberia Airlines |
Madrid [ends 30 October] |
| Iberia operated by Air Nostrum |
Madrid [begins 31 October] |
| Islas Airways |
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria |
| Jet4you |
Nantes, Paris-Orly, Toulouse |
| Jetairfly |
Brussels |
| Luxair |
Luxembourg [seasonal] |
| Norwegian Air Shuttle |
Copenhagen [begins 3 November], Oslo-Gardermoen, Stockholm Arlanda [begins 2 november] |
| Royal Air Maroc |
Barcelona, Bordeaux, Brussels, Casablanca, Deauville, Geneva, Lille, London-Gatwick, Lyon, Madrid, Marseille, Milan-Malpensa, Munich, Nantes, Nice, Paris-Orly, Toulouse |
| Ryanair |
Alicante, Bologna [begins 5 November], Bristol, Brussels South-Charleroi, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Girona, Hahn, London-Luton, Madrid, Marseille, Milan-Orio al Serio, Paris-Beauvais [begins 31 October], Pisa, Porto [begins 2 November], Reus, Rome-Ciampino [begins 1 November], Seville, Valencia [begins 2 November], Weeze |
| TAP Portugal operated by Portugalia |
Lisbon |
| Thomas Cook Airlines (Belgium) |
Brussels |
| Thomson Airways |
London-Gatwick, Manchester |
| Transavia.com |
Amsterdam |
| Transavia.com France |
Nantes, Paris-Orly |
| Vueling Airlines |
Barcelona |
Traffic details
| Item |
2008 |
2007 |
2006 |
2005 |
| Aircraft movements |
27,369 |
29,246 |
24,613 |
20,689 |
| Passengers |
3,100,495 |
3,050,916 |
2,648,742 |
2,195,899 |
| Freight (tons) |
1425.47 |
1555.07 |
1307.99 |
2000.40 |
| Item |
2004 |
2003 |
2002 |
| Aircraft movements |
16,112 |
13,843 |
13,078 |
| Passengers |
1,667,267 |
1,368,281 |
1,349,363 |
| Freight (tons) |
2286.86 |
2092.99 |
2197.70 |
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| General Info
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| Country |
Morocco
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| ICAO ID |
GMMX
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| Time |
UTC 0
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| Latitude |
31.606886
31° 36' 24.79" N
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| Longitude |
-8.036300
008° 02' 10.68" W
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| Elevation |
1545 feet
471 meters
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| Type |
Joint (Civil and Military)
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| Magnetic Variation |
003° W (01/06)
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| Beacon |
Yes
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| Operating Agency |
MILITARY - CIVIL JOINT USE AIRPORT
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| Alternate Name |
MARRAKECH MENARA
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| Near City |
Marrakech
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| Operating Hours |
24 HOUR OPERATIONS
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| International Clearance Status |
Airport of Entry
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| Communications
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| MARRAKECH TWR |
118.7
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| MARRAKECH APP |
119.7
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| Runways
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| ID |
Dimensions |
Surface |
PCN |
ILS
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| 10/28 |
10170 x 148 feet
3100 x 45 meters |
ASPHALT |
063FBWT |
YES
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| Navaids
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| Type |
ID |
Name |
Channel |
Freq |
Distance From Field |
Bearing From Navaid
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| VOR-DME |
MAK |
MARRAKECH |
080X |
113.3 |
3.4 NM |
099.8
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| NDB |
CNZ |
MARRAKECH |
- |
267 |
3.7 NM |
275.9
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| Supplies/Equipment
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| Fuel |
Jet A1, without icing nhibitor.
100/130 MIL Spec, low lead, aviation gasoline (BLUE)
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| Remarks
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| FUEL |
(NC-100LL, A1)
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| LGT |
VASI Rwy 28 GS 2.5 .
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| NS ABTMT |
Tkof Rwy 28, maint rwy hdg til abeam MAK VOR, then on crs. Tkof Rwy 10, turn rgtASAP, fly to MAK VOR, then on crs. GO AROUNDS - Flw tkof pro.
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| RSTD |
NORDO proh. 180 turns only on turning cir at rwy end for acft over 100,000 lb.24 hr PPR fr Arpt Chief for ngt arr. Ovft city of Marrakech proh.
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