Marrakesh Menara Airport

Marrakesh Menara Airport (Berber languages: ⴰⵣⴰⴳⵯⵣ ⵎⵕⵕⴰⴽⵛ ⵎⵉⵏⴰⵕⴰ, French: Aéroport Marrakech Ménara, Arabic: مطار مراكش المنارة, IATA: RAK, ICAO: GMMX) is an international airport serving Marrakesh,[2] the capital city of the Marrakesh-Safi region in Morocco. It is an international facility that receives several European flights as well as flights from Casablanca and some of the Arab world nations. The airport served over 6.3 million passengers in 2019.[1]

Marrakesh Menara Airport

مطار مراكش المنارة (Arabic)

ⴰⵣⴰⴳⵯⵣ ⵎⵕⵕⴰⴽⵛ ⵎⵉⵏⴰⵕⴰ (Berber languages)

Aéroport de Marrakech Ménara (French)
Summary
Airport typePublic / Military
OperatorONDA and Royal Air Force
LocationMarrakesh, Morocco
Focus city for
Elevation AMSL1,545 ft / 471 m
Coordinates31°36′25″N 008°02′11″W
Map
RAK
Location of airport in Morocco
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
10/28 3,100 10,170 Asphalt
Statistics (2008, 2018)
Aircraft movements (2008)31,523
Passengers (2019)6.396.394
Freight (tons) (2008)1,512.55
Passenger change 18-19 21,53%

History

During World War II, the airport was used by the United States Army Air Forces 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
Check-in hall
Apron view

Terminal

Menara Airport has two passenger terminals housed in one large building. A third terminal has been built. The existing T1/T2 offer a space of 42,000 m2 and have a designed capacity of 9 million passengers/year. The separate freight-terminal has 340m2 covered space[4] The air terminals (1 and 2) are 22,000 m2 (236,806 sq ft) and designed to handle 2,500,000 passengers per year. Menara is one of the six airports in Morocco where ONDA offers its special VIP service Salon Convives de Marque.[5]

Runway and apron

Aircraft parking space of 125,000 square metres (1,345,489 sq ft) supports up to fourteen Boeing 737s and four Boeing 747s. The cargo terminal is 340 m2 (3,660 sq ft) of covered space.[1] The paved runway is laid out in the direction 10/28 is 3,100 by 45 metres (10,171 ft × 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.[1]

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Marrakesh Menara Airport:

AirlinesDestinations
Aegean Airlines Athens
Air Arabia Fez
airBaltic Seasonal: Riga[6]
Air Europa Madrid
Air France Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Seasonal: Nice (begins 7 July 2023)[7]
Arkia Seasonal: Tel Aviv[8]
Austrian Airlines Seasonal: Vienna[9]
Binter Canarias Gran Canaria
Seasonal: Funchal,[10] Tenerife–North[11]
British Airways London–Gatwick, London–Heathrow
easyJet Basel/Mulhouse, Bordeaux, Geneva, Lisbon, London–Gatwick, London–Luton, Lyon, Manchester, Milan–Malpensa, Nantes, Nice, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Toulouse
Seasonal: Amsterdam
Edelweiss Air Seasonal: Zuricha
El Al Tel Aviv[12]
European Air Charter Seasonal charter: Sofia (begins 4 April 2023)[13]
Eurowings Seasonal: Düsseldorf
Eurowings Discover Frankfurt
Seasonal: Munich
Iberia Madrid
Israir Airlines Tel Aviv[14]
Luxair Seasonal: Luxembourg[15]
Norwegian Air Shuttle Copenhagen
Seasonal: Oslo, Stockholm–Arlanda[16]
Royal Air Maroc Brussels, Casablanca, Marseille, Paris–Charles de Gaulle,[17] Paris–Orly
Royal Air Maroc Express Casablanca
Ryanair Alicante, Barcelona, Beauvais, Bergamo, Berlin, Bordeaux, Brussels, Châlons-Vatry, Charleroi, Cologne/Bonn, Dole, Dublin,[18] Edinburgh,[19] Eindhoven, Gran Canaria,[20] Lisbon, London–Stansted, Madrid, Manchester,[21] Marseille, Naples, Nimes, Perpignan,[22] Pisa, Porto,[23] Rome–Ciampino, Santander,[22] Seville, Toulouse,[24] Tours, Treviso, Turin, Valencia, Weeze, Zaragoza
Seasonal: Limoges, Palma de Mallorca (begins 4 June 2023)[25]
Swiss International Air Lines Geneva
TAP Air Portugal Lisbon
Transavia Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Lyon, Montpellier, Nantes, Paris–Orly
Seasonal: Boa Vistab, Marseille,[26] Salb
TUI Airways Birmingham, London–Gatwick, Manchester
Seasonal: Bristol
TUI fly Belgium Bologna, Bordeaux, Brussels, Lille, Nantes, Paris–Orly, Turin
Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse,[27] Brest, Clermont-Ferrand, Lyon, Marseille, Metz/Nancy, Nice, Rotterdam,[28] Strasbourg, Toulouse
Turkish Airlines Istanbul
Volotea Nantes (begins 24 September 2023),[29] Strasbourg[30]
Seasonal: Bilbao (begins 27 May 2023),[31] Lille[32]
Vueling Barcelona, Málaga, Seville
Seasonal: Bilbao (begins 30 March 2023),[33] Paris–Orly (begins 19 March 2023)[33]
Wizz Air London–Gatwick,[34] Milan–Malpensa, Warsaw–Chopin
Seasonal: Rome–Fiumicino[35]

^a On selected days, this flight operates from Marrakesh to Zurich via Agadir. However, this carrier does not have rights to transport passengers solely between Marrakesh and Agadir.

^b Flights from Boa Vista and Sal to Marrakech operate as round trips that start and end at Paris Orly Airport.

Statistics
Annual passenger traffic at RAK airport. See Wikidata query.
Item2018201720162014[36]2007[37]20062005200420032002
Aircraft movements[38] 29,24624,61320,68916,11213,84313,078
Passengers[39][40] 5,300,0004,359,8653,894,2274,034,4103,050,9162,648,7422,195,8991,667,2671,368,2811,349,363
Freight (tons)[41] 1555.071307.992000.402286.862092.992197.70

Ground transport

The Spanish bus company Alsa operates regular Route 19 buses every day between Marrakesh Menara airport and both the medina (the stop is in a row of bus stops opposite the Koutoubia Mosque) and the new town.

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

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  2. Airport information for GMMX from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  3. Airport information for RAK at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  4. ONDA Website: Presentation RAK, visited 10 June 2012
  5. ONDA website on the VIP service, visited 17 March 2012
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  32. "Volotea volará desde Tenerife, Fuerteventura y Lanzarote a Lille". 21 July 2022.
  33. "Vueling adds new Marrakesh routes in NS23". Aeroroutes. 1 November 2022.
  34. "Wizz Air to launch Sharm el Sheikh this winter".
  35. Tempo di lettura 2 minuti (13 May 2021). "Wizz Air apre base a Roma Fiumicino - WEtravel". Wetravel.biz. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  36. Source 2008 details: ONDA site
  37. Source 2007 details: ONDA site
  38. Details up to 2006 from: Overview movements aircraft MA Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, PDF document
  39. 2018 details from: Overview movements aircraft MA, PDF document
  40. Details up to 2006 from: Overview passengers MA Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine, PDF document
  41. Details up to 2006 from: Overview freight MA Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, PDF document

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