Marrakesh Menara Airport

Marrakesh Menara Airport (Berber languages: ⴰⵣⴰⴳⵯⵣ ⵏ ⵎⵕⵕⴰⴽⵛ ⵎⵉⵏⴰⵕⴰ, Arabic: مطار مراكش المنارة, 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.[citation needed]
== 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 m2 and have a designed capacity of 9 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.
=== 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. 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
British Airways 	London–Gatwick, London–Heathrow
easyJet 	Birmingham (begins 1 December 2024), Bristol, Liverpool (begins 13 November 2024), London–Gatwick, London–Luton, Manchester
Qatar Airways 	Doha
TUI Airways 	Birmingham, London–Gatwick, Manchester
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul
Wizz Air 	London–Gatwick
== References ==
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# ^ Source 2008 details: ONDA site [permanent dead link]
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# ^ Details up to 2006 from: Overview movements aircraft MA Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, PDF document
# ^ 2018 details from: Overview movements aircraft MA, PDF document
# ^ Details up to 2006 from: Overview passengers MA Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine, PDF document
# ^ Details up to 2006 from: Overview freight MA Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, PDF document