Marrakech-Menara Airport
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Marrakesh Menara Airport Aéroport Marrakech Ménara مطار مراكش المنارة |
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| Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||
| Operator | ONDA and Royal Air Force | ||||||||||
| Location | Marrakesh, Morocco | ||||||||||
| Focus city 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°WCoordinates: 31°36′25″N 008°02′11″W / 31.60694°N 8.03639°W | ||||||||||
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Source: List of the busiest airports in Africa, ONDA,DAFIF
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| Aircraft movements (2008) | 31,523 |
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| Passengers (2014) | 4,034,410 |
| Freight (tons) (2008) | 1,512.55 |
Marrakesh Menara Airport (Berber: ⴰⵣⴰⴳⵯⵣ ⵎⵕⵕⴰⴽⵛ ⵎⵉⵏⴰⵕⴰ, French: Aéroport Marrakech Ménara, Arabic: مطار مراكش المنارة, IATA: RAK, ICAO: GMMX) is an international airport serving Marrakesh, the capital city of the Marrakesh-Tensift-El Haouz 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 4 million passengers in the year 2014.
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.
Currently (2012) Menara Airport (RAK) has formally two passenger terminals, but these are more or less combined to form one large terminal. A third terminal is being built. The existing T1/T2 offer a space of 42.000 m2 and has a designed capacity of 4.5 million passengers/year. The separate freight-terminal has 340m2 covered space 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.
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