Agadir–Al Massira Airport

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Agadir – Al Massira Airport
مطار المسيرة
Matar al-Maseera
AGAtower.jpg
Control tower at Agadir Airport
IATA: AGA – ICAO: GMAD
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator ONDA
Serves Agadir, Morocco
Location Temsia, Morocco
Elevation AMSL 226 ft / 69 m
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Map
AGA is located in Morocco
AGA
AGA
Location of airport in Morocco
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 3,200 10,499 Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Commercial Movements 12,618
Passengers (2015) 1,408,148
Freight (tons) 1,165.8
Source: ONDA/airport website,[1] DAFIF,[2][3]

Agadir – Al Massira Airport (Arabic: مطار المسيرة‎‎, transliterated: Matar al-Maseera, IATA: AGA, ICAO: GMAD) is an international airport serving Agadir,[2] a major city in southwest Morocco and the capital of Souss-Massa region. The airport is located in the commune of Temsia, 20 km southeast of Agadir proper.

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.

Runway and aircraft parking

The runway in direction 09/27 measures 3,200 by 45 metres (10,499 ft × 148 ft). Aircraft up to the size of a Boeing 747 can land on the airport.

Parking space for the aircraft is 170,000 square metres (1,829,865 sq ft) which results in space for ten Boeing 737s and three Boeing 747s.[4]

Terminal

Total terminal area is 26,550 square metres (285,782 sq ft) and projected capacity is 3 million passengers per year.[4] 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

VIP Service

Agadir is one of the six airports in Morocco where ONDA offers its special VIP service Salon Convives de Marque.[5]

Classification and navigational equipment

The airport has an ILS Class II certification and offers the following radionavigational aids: VOR – DME – 2 X NDB.[4]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Adria Airways Charter: Ljubljana
Aer Lingus Seasonal: Dublin
Air Berlin Düsseldorf, Munich, Nuremberg
AlbaStar Charter: Milan–Malpensa
BH Air Charter: Sofia (begins 02 September)[6]
Binter Canarias Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Seasonal: Tenerife North[7]
Brussels Airlines Seasonal: Brussels
Condor Frankfurt, Leipzig/Halle, Munich
Seasonal: Düsseldorf
easyJet Berlin–Schönefeld, London–Gatwick, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Toulouse [8]
Enter Air Charter: Katowice, Warsaw–Chopin, Wrocław, Poznań
Finnair Seasonal charter: Helsinki
Jetairfly[9] Bordeaux, Brussels, Lyon, Marseille, Paris–Orly, Toulouse
Seasonal: Nantes
Jet Time Charter: Billund, Copenhagen
Luxair Seasonal: Luxembourg
Niki Vienna[10]
Norwegian Air Shuttle Seasonal: Copenhagen, Oslo–Gardermoen, Stockholm–Arlanda
Royal Air Maroc Casablanca, Dakhla, Laayoune, Paris–Orly
Seasonal: Deauville, Metz/Nancy, Nantes, Porto
Royal Air Maroc
operated by Royal Air Maroc Express		 Casablanca
Ryanair Charleroi, Weeze
Seasonal: Marseille
SmartLynx Airlines Charter: Prague, Riga, Tallinn
Smart Wings
operated by Travel Service Airlines		 Seasonal: Prague, Warsaw–Chopin
SunExpress Deutschland Frankfurt (begins 4 June 2016)[11]
TAP Portugal Seasonal charter: Lisbon (begins 19 June 2016)
Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium Seasonal: Brussels, Liège, Lille
Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia Seasonal charter: Stockholm–Arlanda
Thomson Airways London–Gatwick, Manchester
Seasonal: Birmingham
Transavia Amsterdam
Transavia France Lille, Lyon,[12] Paris–Orly
Travel Service Hungary Seasonal: Budapest
TUIfly Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse, Hannover
Ukraine International Airlines Charter: Kiev–Boryspil
Windrose Airlines Charter: Kiev–Boryspil
XL Airways France Seasonal: Lille

Traffic statistics

ONDA reported the following statistics regarding Al Massira Airport.

Subject 2010[13] 2009[13] 2008[14] 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002
Commercial movements[15] – – 12,618 14,161[16] 15,221 14,418 13,441 12,670 12,805
Passengers[17] 1,627,485 1,456,217 1,455,194 1,502,094[18] 1,433,353 1,315,752 1,160,127 975,181 934,433
Freight (tons)[19] – – 1,165.8 1,145.4 589.6[20] 714,1 1,723.4 1,328.1 1,708.7

Accidents and incidents

  • On 21 August 1994, Royal Air Maroc Flight 630, crashed approximately ten minutes after take-off from Agadir Airport. All 44 passengers and crew on board were killed. The crash is believed to have been a deliberate act by the aircraft's pilot.

References

  1. ↑ Statistics sourced from ONDA website documents and/or airport websites
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Airport information for GMAD from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  3. ↑ Airport information for AGA at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ ONDA website on the VIP service, visited 17 March 2012
  6. ↑ http://www.sofia-airport.bg/en/passengers/flight-information/search-flight
  7. ↑ http://airlineroute.net/2015/08/06/nt-tfnaga-aug15/
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. ↑ http://airlineroute.net/2016/03/18/xg-s16update2/
  12. ↑ http://airlineroute.net/2016/04/19/to-s16/
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 source details 2009/2010:Official ONDA report December 2010, retrieved 11 December 2011
  14. ↑ source details 2008:Official ONDA report 2007-2008
  15. ↑ Details up to 2006 from Overview traffic movements Morocco, PDF document on ONDA site
  16. ↑ 207 figures from ONDA site, visited 28 July 2008
  17. ↑ Details up to 2006 from Overview passengers Morocco, PDF document on ONDA site
  18. ↑ 2007 figures from: ONDA website, visited 28 July 2008
  19. ↑ Details up to 2006 from Overview freight Morocco, PDF document on ONDA site
  20. ↑ 2006 + 2007 figures from ONDA website, visited 28 July 2008

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