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

Agadir - Al Massira 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

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

In 2007, Al Massira International Airport served 1,502,094 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.

Contents 1 Runway and aircraft parking 2 Terminal 3 Classification and navigational equipment 4 Airlines and destinations 5 Traffic statistics 6 World War II 7 References 8 External links

[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] There is one large waiting room, divided in two to provide for national flights (no customs) and international flights. Passengers flying to Casablanca with a connecting international flight can pass through passport control in Agadir to save transfer time at Mohammed V

[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] Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Aer Lingus	Dublin [seasonal]
Aigle Azur	Paris-Orly
Air Berlin	Nuremberg
Air Italy Polska	Warsaw
Air Méditerranée	Paris-Charles de Gaulle
Atlas Blue	Metz/Nancy, Nantes [seasonal],Paris-Orly [seasonal]
Condor Flugdienst	Berlin-Schönefeld [ends 27 April], Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Munich, Stuttgart
easyJet	London-Gatwick, Milan-Malpensa [begins 11 February], Paris-Charles de Gaulle [begins 9 February]
Jetairfly	Brussels
Jet4You	Paris-Orly
Luxair	Luxembourg
Rossiya	St. Petersburg
Royal Air Maroc	Casablanca, Dakhla, Laayoune, Milan-Malpensa [charter], Paris-Orly, Rabat
Royal Air Maroc Express	Casablanca, Dakhla [seasonal], Laayoune, Las Palmas [seasonal], Marrakech [seasonal], Ouarzazates
Ryanair	Brussels South-Charleroi, Liverpool, London-Stansted, Marseille, Weeze
Thomas Cook Airlines	London-Gatwick, Manchester
Thomson Airways	Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands, London-Gatwick, Manchester
TUIfly	Düsseldorf [ends 27 April], Frankfurt [begins 6 May]
transavia.com	Amsterdam, Paris-Orly

[edit] Traffic statistics

ONDA reported the following statistics regarding Al Massira Airport.

Subject	2008[2]	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002
Commercial movements [3]	12,618	14,161[4]	15,221	14,418	13,441	12,670	12,805
Passengers[5]	1,455,194	1,502,094[6]	1,433,353	1,315,752	1,160,127	975,181	934,433
Freight (tons)[7]	1,165.8	1,145.4	589.6[8]	714,1	1,723.4	1,328.1	1,708.7

[edit] World War II

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 on the North African Cairo-Dakar transport route for cargo, transiting aircraft and personnel. It functioned as a stopover en-route to Marrakech Airport or to Dakhla Airport, near Villa Cisneros in French North Africa. In addition, an air connection to Atar Airport also handled cargo and personnel flights.^[9]

[edit] References

Statistics sourced from ONDA website documents and/or airport websites

[edit] External links

• Airport information for GMAD at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.. Source: DAFIF.
• Airport information for AGA at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
• Current weather for GMAD at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for AGA at Aviation Safety Network

v • d • e Airports of Morocco Agadir: Al Massira Airport  • Al Hoceima: Cherif Al Idrissi Airport  • Casablanca: Anfa Airport  • Casablanca: Mohammed V Airport  • Er Rachidia: Moulay Ali Cherif Airport  • Essaouira: Mogador Airport  • Fes: Saïss Airport  • Kenitra Airport  • Marrakech: Menara Airport  • Nador: Al Aroui Airport  • Ouarzazate Airport  • Oujda: Les Angads Airport  • Rabat: Salé Airport  • Tangier: Boukhalef Airport  • Tan-Tan: Plage Blanche Airport  • Tétouan: Sania Ramel Airport

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