# Marrakesh Menara Airport

Marrakesh Menara Airport (Berber languages: ⴰⵣⴰⴳⵯⵣ ⵏ ⵎⵕⵕⴰⴽⵛ ⵎⵉⵏⴰⵕⴰ, Arabic: مطار مراكش المنارة, French: Aéroport de Marrakech-Ménara, IATA: RAK, ICAO: GMMX) is an international airport serving Marrakesh, 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, some of the Arab world nations and from 2024, flights from North America. The airport served over 6.3 million passengers in 2019.

## 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
### 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 m$^2$ and have a designed capacity of 9 million passengers/year. The separate freight-terminal has 340m$^2$ covered space The air terminals (1 and 2) are 22,000 m$^2$ (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.

### 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 m$^2$ (3,660 sq ft) of covered space. 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.

## Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Marrakesh Menara Airport:
| Airlines | Destinations |
| Aegean Airlines | Athens |
| Aer Lingus | Dublin |
| Air Arabia | Dakhla, Fès |
| airBaltic | Seasonal: Riga |
| Air Europa | Madrid |
| Air France | Paris–Charles de Gaulle Seasonal: Nice |
| Air Transat | Montréal–Trudeau |
| Alexandria Airlines | Seasonal charter: Sharm El Sheikh |
| Animawings | Seasonal: Bucharest–Otopeni |
| Arkia | Tel Aviv |
| Austrian Airlines | Seasonal: Vienna |
| Binter Canarias | Gran Canaria Seasonal: Funchal, Tenerife–North |
| British Airways | London–Gatwick, London–Heathrow |
| Delta Air Lines | Seasonal: Atlanta (begins 25 October 2025) |
| Discover Airlines | Frankfurt, Munich |
| easyJet | Basel/Mulhouse, Birmingham, Bordeaux, Bristol, Geneva, Lisbon, Liverpool, London–Gatwick, London–Luton, London–Southend (begins 1 April 2025), Lyon, Manchester, Milan–Malpensa, Nantes, Naples, Nice, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Porto, Toulouse Seasonal: Amsterdam, Belfast–International, Edinburgh (begins 3 May 2025), Glasgow |
| Edelweiss Air | Seasonal: Zurich |
| El Al | Tel Aviv |
| European Air Charter | Seasonal charter: Sofia |
| Eurowings | Seasonal: Düsseldorf |
| Iberia | Madrid |
| Jet2.com | Birmingham, Glasgow, London–Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne Seasonal: Leeds/Bradford (begins 3 October 2025) |
| Luxair | Seasonal: Luxembourg |
| Norwegian Air Shuttle | Copenhagen Seasonal: Oslo, Stockholm–Arlanda |
| Play | Seasonal: Reykjavik–Keflavík |
| Qatar Airways | Doha |
| Royal Air Maroc | Barcelona, Bordeaux, Brussels, Casablanca, Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Paris–Orly, Toulouse Seasonal: Medina |
| Royal Air Maroc Express | Casablanca |
| Ryanair | Alicante, Barcelona, Beauvais, Bergamo, Berlin, Birmingham (ends 28 March 2025), Bordeaux, Bristol (ends 29 March 2025), Brussels, Châlons-Vatry, Charleroi, Cologne/Bonn, Dole, Dublin, Edinburgh, Eindhoven, Errachidia, Faro, Fez, Girona, Gran Canaria, Hahn, Leeds/Bradford (ends 27 March 2025), Lisbon, London–Stansted, Madrid, Manchester, Marseille, Milan–Malpensa, Murcia (ends 29 March 2025), Naples, Newcastle upon Tyne (ends 29 March 2025), Nimes, Oujda, Perpignan, Pisa, Porto, Rome–Ciampino, Santander, Seville, Stockholm–Arlanda, Tangier, Tetouan, Toulouse, Tours, Treviso, Turin, Valencia, Weeze, Zaragoza Seasonal: Kraków, Lanzarote, La Rochelle, Limoges, Palma de Mallorca, Tenerife–South |
| Saudia | Seasonal: Jeddah |
| Swiss International Air Lines | Geneva |
| TAP Air Portugal | Lisbon |
| Transavia | Amsterdam, Bordeaux, Brest, Brussels, Eindhoven, Lyon, Montpellier, Nantes, Paris–Orly, Rennes Seasonal: Boa Vista, Dakar–Diass, Marseille, Praia, Sal, São Vicente |
| TUI Airways | Birmingham, London–Gatwick, Manchester Seasonal: Bristol |
| TUI fly Belgium | Bologna, Brussels, Lille, Paris–Orly, Rotterdam |
| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul |
| United Airlines | Seasonal: Newark |
| Volotea | Nantes, Strasbourg Seasonal: Bilbao, Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon |
| Vueling | Barcelona Seasonal: Bilbao, Paris–Orly |
| Wizz Air | Budapest, London–Gatwick, Milan–Malpensa, Warsaw–Chopin Seasonal: Bucharest–Otopeni, Rome–Fiumicino |

### Notes

^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.
^c Flights from Dakar to Marrakech operate as round trips that start and end at Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport.

## Statistics

| Item | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2014 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 |
| Aircraft movements | | | | | 29,246 | 24,613 | 20,689 | 16,112 | 13,843 | 13,078 |
| Passengers | 5,300,000 | 4,359,865 | 3,894,227 | 4,034,410 | 3,050,916 | 2,648,742 | 2,195,899 | 1,667,267 | 1,368,281 | 1,349,363 |
| Freight (tons) | | | | | 1555.07 | 1307.99 | 2000.40 | 2286.86 | 2092.99 | 2197.70 |