Misplaced Pages

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Mohammed V International Airport" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (February 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Mohammed V International Airport مطار محمد الخامس الدولي Maṭar Muhammad al-Khamis ad-Dowaly ⴰⵣⴰⴳⵯⵣ ⴰⴳⵔⵖⵍⴰⵏ ⵎⵓⵃⵎⵎⴷ ⵡⵙ5
IATA: CMN ICAO: GMMN
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	ONDA
Operator	ONDA
Serves	Casablanca, Morocco
Location	Nouasseur
Hub for	Air Arabia Maroc Royal Air Maroc Royal Air Maroc Express
Elevation AMSL	656 ft / 200 m
Coordinates	33°22′02″N 007°35′23″W / 33.36722°N 7.58972°W / 33.36722; -7.58972
Website	www.aeroportcasablanca.ma/en/
Map
CMNLocation of airport in Morocco
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 17L/35R 3,720 12,205 Asphalt 17R/35L 3,720 12,205 Asphalt
Statistics
Passengers (2022) 7,637,643 Passenger change 19-22 -25.94% Aircraft movements (2022) 67,074 Economic & social impacts (2012) $731 million

Mohammed V International Airport IATA: CMN, ICAO: GMMN is an international airport serving Casablanca, Morocco. Located in Nouaceur Province, it is operated by ONDA (National Airports Office).

With about 7.6 million passengers passing through the airport in 2022, it was the busiest airport in Morocco and in the top 10 of busiest airports in Africa. Passenger traffic in 2022 had recovered to 74% of the total pre-pandemic numbers of 2019. The airport serves as hub for Royal Air Maroc, Royal Air Maroc Express and Air Arabia Maroc. It is named after King Mohammed V of Morocco, who led the country's successful push for independence from French and Spanish colonial rule.

History

This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (February 2022) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

1940s

The Casablanca Mohammed V Airport was originally built by the United States in early 1943 following Operation Torch in World War II. It was named Berrechid Airfield and it served as an auxiliary airfield for Casablanca's Anfa Airport. The airfield handled diverse military traffic as a stopover en route to Port Lyautey Airfield, and to Marrakech Airport on the North African Cairo-Dakar route. In addition, it was the terminus of Mid-Atlantic route transatlantic flights via the Azores to Nova Scotia and airfields on the East Coast of the United States.

In addition to its transportation role, the airfield supported the North African Campaign with the Twelfth Air Force 68th Reconnaissance Group operating photo-reconnaissance versions of the P-38 Lightning and P-51 Mustang. Part of the 68th first arrived at Angads Airport in Oujda in November 1942 and moved to Berrechid in March 1943 upon its completion. It flew both antisubmarine missions over the Atlantic and photo-reconnaissance combat missions over German-held territory until early September when it moved east to Massicault Airfield in Tunisia. With the end of the war in 1945, the airfield was handed over to the civil government.

1950s

During the Cold War in the early and middle 1950s, the airfield was reopened as Nouasseur Air Base and was used as a United States Air Force Strategic Air Command staging area for B-47 Stratojet bombers pointed at the Soviet Union. These operations later moved to Ben Guerir Air Base.

With the destabilisation of French government in Morocco, and Moroccan independence in 1956, the government of Mohammed V wanted the US Air Force to pull its bases out of Morocco, insisting on such action after American intervention in Lebanon in 1958. The United States agreed to leave in December 1959, and was fully out of Morocco by 1963. The U.S. felt that, with the long range of the B-52 and completion of Spanish bases in 1959, the Moroccan bases were no longer important.

2020s

In 2022, Mohammed V Airport was ranked the 4th busiest airport in Africa.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Casablanca Mohammed V International Airport:

Cargo

Traffic

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. Updates on reimplementing the Graph extension, which will be known as the Chart extension, can be found on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.

Ground transport

Rail

The Al Bidaoui train service, operated by ONCF from 04:00 to 23:00, is available every hour and connects the airport to Casablanca's two main railway stations, Casa-Port Railway Terminal and Casa-Voyageurs Railway Station.

Car

• From Casablanca main access is by A3 Motorway;
• From Rabat by A1 Motorway through Tit Mellil and Road N9;
• From Beni Mellal by A4 Motorway;
• From Marrakech by A3 Motorway exit km 225;
• From El Jadida by A1 Motorway and A3 Motorway.

Incidents and accidents

• On 1 April 1970, a Royal Air Maroc Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle crashed on approach to Casablanca Mohammed V airport when it lost control at a height of about 500 feet. The fuselage broke in two. Sixty-one of the eighty-two passengers and crew were killed.

See also

• Transport in Morocco

References

1. "Aéroports du Maroc: Trafic aérien de l'année 2022". onda.ma.
2. "Mohammed V International airport – Economic and social impacts". Ecquants. Archived from the original on 22 May 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
3. "Aéroports du Maroc: Trafic aérien de l'année 2022". onda.ma.
4. "Aéroports du Maroc: Trafic aérien de l'année 2022". onda.ma.
5. Dron, Alan (1 February 2019). "Royal Air Maroc sees fleet, hub growth ahead of oneworld membership". Air Transport World. Archived from the original on 4 February 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
6. Division, United States USAF Historical (1961). Air Force Combat Units of World War II. U.S. Government Printing Office.
7. "Casablanca's Mohammed V International Airport ranks 4th busiest in Africa in 2022". HESPRESS English - Morocco News. 29 August 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
8. "Air Arabia Maroc 3Q24 Casablanca – Istanbul Service Addition". AeroRoutes. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
9. "Air Arabia Maroc Adds Casablanca – Madrid From late-Oct 2024". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
10. "Air Arabia to Launch Routes Connecting 2 Moroccan Cities, Seville in June".
11. "Air Cairo to launch Alexandria Borg El Arab-Casablanca service".
12. "Direct (non-stop) flights from Casablanca to Sharm el Sheikh". flightsfrom.com.
13. "Air Cote d'Ivoire Moves Casablanca Launch to Jan 2023". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
14. "Air France NS24 North Africa Service Changes – 31DEC23".
15. "Air France Resumes Paris Orly – Casablanca Service in late-Oct 2022".
16. "Alexandria Airlines Adds Sharm El Sheikh Charter Routes in 1Q23". aeroroutes.com. 20 February 2023.
17. "Connectivity Scheme Fuels Flynas' International Growth".
18. "Thai / Gulf Air Expands Codeshare Service rom Sep 2024".
19. Casey, David. "Manchester, Madrid and Moscow Among Kuwait Airways' Network Additions". Routesonline. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
20. "Lufthansa Homepage". Lufthansa.com. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
21. ^ "Flight Booking - Royal Air Maroc". Royalairmaroc.com. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
22. ^ "Royal Air Maroc to Operate Three New Flights in June 2024".
23. "Royal Air Maroc Resumes Beijing Service in 1Q25". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
24. "Royal Air Maroc 1Q24 Bologna Aircraft Changes".
25. "Royal Air Maroc Resumes Luanda Service From Dec 2022". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
26. "Royal Air Maroc Resumes Porto Service From Dec 2022". aeroroutes.com. 11 November 2022.
27. "Royal Air Maroc to Relaunch Direct Flights Between Casablanca, Sao Paulo". Morocco World News. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
28. "Royal Air Maroc Moves Seville Service Resumption to Late-Dec 2022".
29. "Royal Air Maroc Schedules Toronto Dec 2024 Launch". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
30. "Royal Air Maroc NS24 Turin Service Changes".
31. ^ Liu, Jim (4 November 2024). "Saudia NW24 International Service Changes – 03NOV24". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
32. "Shanghai Airlines Extends Marseille Service to Casablanca in 1Q25". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
33. "TAP Air Portugal NW23 Intercontinental Network Changes – 23MAY23". Aeroroutes. Aeroroutes. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
34. "Cet hiver, Transavia ouvre 3 nouvelles lignes internationales au départ de Marseille - Région - Société - Maritima.Info". 23 August 2022.
35. "AIR FRANCE KLM MARTINAIR Cargo - Our Network". Afklcargo.com. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
36. "Lufthansa Cargo Adds Morocco A321 Freighter Service From July 2023". AeroRoutes. 15 June 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
37. "Med-Airlines". Med-airlines.com. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
38. "W20/21 Freighters Route Map" (PDF). Qrcargo.com. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
39. "Our destinations - Royal Air Maroc Cargo". Cargo.royalairmaroc.com. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
40. "Flight Schedule | Turkish Cargo Corporate". Turkishcargo.com.tr. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
41. ^ "Casablanca Airport Passenger Statistics for 2008" (PDF). ONDA. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 March 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
42. "Aéroports du Maroc: Trafic du mois de Décembre 2010" [Airports of Morocco: Traffic for December 2010 (2010-12)] (PDF) (Press release) (in French). Office Nationale des Aéroports. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
43. (in French) ONCF transfère la desserte de l’AEROPORT Mohamed V À CASA-PORT Archived 11 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine
44. "Office National des aéroports -Nos Aéroports - Par route". Onda.ma. Archived from the original on 18 May 2016.
45. "Fatal Events Since 1970 for Royal Air Maroc". airsafe.com. 1 June 2012. Archived from the original on 23 March 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
46. "SE-210 RAM crash". Aviation Safety Network. Archived from the original on 18 March 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2009.

Notes

1. Arabic: مطار محمد الخامس الدولي, Matar Muhammad al-Khamis ad-Dowaly; Berber languages: ⴰⵣⴰⴳⵯⵣ ⴰⴳⵔⵖⵍⴰⵏ ⵎⵓⵃⵎⵎⴷ ⵡⵙ5; French: Aéroport International de Mohammed V

External links

Media related to Mohammed V International Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Mohammed V International Airport
• Moroccan Airports Authority
• Accident history for CMN at Aviation Safety Network
• Aeronautical chart and airport information for GMMN at SkyVector
• Current weather for GMMN at NOAA/NWS

• Morocco
• Aviation

v t e Strategic Air Command (SAC)
Bases	active (MAJCOM) CONUS Altus (AETC) Andersen (PACAF) Andrews (AMC) Barksdale (ACC) Beale (ACC) Bolling (AFDW) Cannon (AFSOC) Cape Cod (USSF) Columbus (AETC) Davis-Monthan (ACC) Dyess (ACC) Eielson (PACAF) Ellsworth (ACC) Eglin (AFMC) F. E. Warren (AFGSC) Fairchild (AMC) Forbes (ANG) Grand Forks (AMC) Grissom (AFRC) Homestead (AFRC) Lincoln (ANG) Little Rock (AETC) MacDill (AMC) Malmstrom (AFGSC) March (AFRC) McChord (AMC) McConnell (AMC) McGuire (AMC) Minot (ACC) Mountain Home (ACC) Nellis (ACC) Offutt (ACC) Patrick (USSF) Pease (ANG) Rickenbacker (ANG) Robins (AFMC) Seymour Johnson (ACC) Sheppard (AETC) Selfridge (ANG) Travis (AMC) Vandenberg (USSF) Westover (AFRC) Whiteman (ACC) Wright-Patterson (AFMC) overseas RAF Alconbury (USAFE) Diego Garcia (USN) Kadena (PACAF) RAF Fairford (USAFE) RAF Lakenheath (USAFE) RAF Mildenhall (USAFE) Thule (USSF) former / inactive CONUS Amarillo Bergstrom Biggs Calumet Air Force Station Carswell Castle Chennault Clinton-Sherman Dow Eaker Glasgow Grand Island (AAF) Griffiss Hunter K. I. Sawyer Kearney Kincheloe Larson Loring Lowry Mather McCoy Plattsburgh Presque Isle Ramey R.I. Bong (unbuilt) Schilling Stead Turner Walker Wurtsmith overseas Strategic Air Command in the United Kingdom RAF Bassingbourn Ben Guerir Boulhaut RAF Brize Norton RAF Bruntingthorpe RAF Burtonwood RAF Chelveston RAF Greenham Common Goose Ernest Harmon RAF High Wycombe RAF Upper Heyford Torrejón RAF Manston Morón Nouasseur Rabat-Salé RAF Scampton RAF Sculthorpe Sidi Slimane RAF South Ruislip U-Tapao RAF Waddington RAF Woodbridge RAF Wyton Zaragoza
Units	Air Forces Second Air Force Eighth Air Force Fifteenth Air Force Sixteenth Air Force Twentieth Air Force Divisions Air 3d 4th 5th 6th 7th 12th 14th 17th 19th 21st 36th 40th 42d 45th 47th 57th 100th 311th 801st 802d 806th 817th 822d 823d 4310th Strategic aerospace 1st 18th 22d 810th 813th 816th 818th 819th 820th 821st 825th Strategic missile 13th Wings Bombardment 2d 5th 7th 9th 17th 19th 22d 28th 39th 40th 42d 43d 68th 70th 72d 92d 93d 96th 97th 99th 303d 319th 320th 340th 379th 380th 397th 410th 416th 449th 450th 454th 456th 461st 465th 484th 494th 509th Fighter 1st 4th 12th 27th 31st 33d 56th 71st Strategic Reconnaissance (Fighter) 82d 407th 506th 508th Missile 44th 90th 91st 308th 321st 341st 351st 381st 389th 390th 392d 451st 455th 702d 703d 704th 705th 706th 4320th Strategic Wing (Missile) Reconnaissance 6th Strategic Reconnaissance 26th Strategic Reconnaissance 55th Strategic Reconnaissance 544th Aerospace Reconnaissance Technical Refueling 11th 100th 301st 305th 384th 452d 497th 499th 500th Strategic Aerospace 310th 385th 462d AFCON 95th 98th 306th 307th 376th MAJCOM 3918th 3920th 3960th 3970th 3973d 4026th 4038th 4039th 4042d 4043d 4047th 4080th 4081st 4082d 4083d 4123d 4126th 4128th 4130th 4133d 4134th 4135th 4136th 4137th 4138th 4141st 4157th 4158th 4170th 4228th 4238th 4239th 4241st 4245th 4252nd 4258th 4321st USAAF Groups *= initial assigned unit upon SAC's activation Bombardment 2d (7/47) 7th (10/46) 28th (8/46) 40th (3/46*) 43rd (10/46) 44th (3/46*) 92nd (10/46) 93d (3/46*) 97th (8/46) 98th (7/47) 301st (8/46) 307th (8/46) 444th (3/46*) 448th (3/46*) 449th (3/46*) 467th (3/46*) 485th (3/46*) 498th (3/46*) 509th Composite (3/46*) Fighter 27th (6/47) 55th (2/47) Reconnaissance 91st Strategic Reconnaissance (1/47)
Major weapon systems	Bombers Rockwell B-1 Lancer Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit Boeing B-29 Superfortress Convair B-36 Peacemaker North American B-45 Tornado Boeing B-47 Stratojet Boeing B-50 Superfortress Boeing B-52 Stratofortress Convair B-58 Hustler General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark Command & Control Lockheed DC-130 Boeing E-4 Boeing EC-135 Boeing RC-135 Fighters North American F-2 Mustang North American F-82 Twin Mustang Republic F-84F Thunderstreak North American F-86 Sabre Convair F-102 Delta Dagger General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark Missiles ADM-20 AGM-28 AGM-69 AGM-84 AGM-86 AGM-129 HGM-16 LGM-30A/B LGM-30F LGM-30G LGM-118A SM-62 PGM-17A PGM-19A Reconnaissance Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird Lockheed TR-1 Lockheed U-2 Martin RB-57D Canberra Boeing RB-17 Boeing RB-29 Tankers Boeing KB-29 Superfortress Boeing KB-50 McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter Lockheed HC-130 Lockheed Martin KC-130 Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker Transport Beechcraft C-45 Douglas C-47 Skytrain Douglas C-54 Skymaster Fairchild C-82 Packet Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter Douglas C-118 Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar Douglas C-124 Globemaster II Convair C-131 Samaritan Boeing C-135 Stratolifter
Commanders	George Kenney Curtis LeMay Power Ryan Joseph J. Nazzaro Bruce K. Holloway John C. Meyer Russell E. Dougherty Richard H. Ellis Bennie L. Davis Larry D. Welch John T. Chain, Jr, George Lee Butler
Emblems	Strategic Air Command Emblem Gallery
United States military aircraft designation systems

v t e USAAF Twelfth Air Force in World War II
Stations Morocco Berguent Casablanca Guercif Louis Gentil Marnia Médiouna Nouasser Port Lyautey Oujda Rabat Sale Ras el Ma Algeria Ain M'lila Berteaux Biskra Canrobert Chateau-dun-du-Rhumel Constantine Es Sénia (Oran) Maison Blanche (Algiers) Matemore Montesquieu Nouvion Orleansville Philippeville Relizane Rerhaia Saint-Donat Saint-Leu Sedrata Sainte-Barbe du Tlélat Tafaraoui (Oran) Tébessa Telergma Thiersville Youks-les-Bains Tunisia Bizerte Dar el Koudia Depienne Djedeida Djilma Ebba Ksour El Djem El Bathan Enfidaville Goubrine Grombalia Hergla Kairouan Korba La Marsa La Sebala Le Sers Massicault Mateur Menzel Temime Monastir Oudna Pont du Fahs Protville Sainte Marie du Zit Souk-el-Arba Souk-el-Khemis Soliman Sousse Thelepte Italy Agrigento (Sicily) Bagnoli Barcelona LG (Sicily) Bari Boccadifalco (Sicily) Borizzo (Sicily) Capodichino (Naples) Castel Volturno Castelvetrano (Sicily) Cassibile (Sicily) Cattolica Catania (Sicily) Cercola Comiso (Sicily) Ciampino (Rome) Cesenatico Decimomannu (Sardinia) Elmas (Sardinia) Falconara Fano Florence Foggia Follonica Gaudo Gerbini (Sicily) Gioia Grosseto Grottaglie Iesi Le Banca Lecce Licata (Sicily) Manduria Marcianise Malignano Mazzara (Sicily) Milazzo (Sicily) Messina (Sicily) Montalto Di Castro Nettuno Montecorvino Ombrene Orbetello Paestum Pisa Pantelleria Pignataro Maggiore Piombino Pomigliano Ponte Galeria Pontedera Pompeii Ponte Olivo (Sicily) Reggio Calabria Rocca Bernardo Rosia San Pancrazio Santa Maria Scordia (Sicily) Sele Serretella Tarquinia Termini (Sicily) Tortorella Torrente Comunelli Tre Cancello Voltone Vesuvius France Aghione (Corsica) Amberieu (Y-5) Amiens (B-48) Clastres (A-71) Dijon (Y-9) Dôle-Tavaux (Y-7) Ghisonaccia (Corsica) Gisonochia (Corsica) Istres (Y-17) La Vallon (Y-18) Le Luc Luneville (Y-2) Loyettes (Y-25) Poretta (Corsica) Saint-Dizier (A-64) Salon de Provence (Y-16) Serragia (Corsica) Solonzara (Corsica) Tantonville (Y-1) Toul-Ochey (A-96)
Units Commands XII Bomber XII Tactical Air XXII Tactical Air XII Troop Carrier (Provisional) Wings 5th Bombardment 42d Bombardment 47th Bombardment (7th Fighter) 51st Troop Carrier 52d Troop Carrier 57th Bombardment 62d Fighter 63d Fighter 64th Fighter 87th Fighter 90th Photographic Groups Bombardment 2d Bombardment 12th Bombardment 17th Bombardment 47th Bombardment 97th Bombardment 98th Bombardment 99th Bombardment 301st Bombardment 310th Bombardment 319th Bombardment 320th Bombardment 321st Bombardment 340th Bombardment 376th Bombardment Fighter 1st Fighter 14th Fighter 27th Fighter 31st Fighter 33d Fighter 52d Fighter 57th Fighter 79th Fighter 81st Fighter 82d Fighter 86th Fighter 324th Fighter 325th Fighter 332d Fighter 350th Fighter Reconnaissance 3d Reconnaissance 5th Reconnaissance 68th Reconnaissance Troop carrier 60th Troop Carrier 61st Troop Carrier 62d Troop Carrier 64th Troop Carrier 313th Troop Carrier 314th Troop Carrier 316th Troop Carrier Squadrons 15th Bombardment 414th Night Fighter 415th Night Fighter 416th Night Fighter 417th Night Fighter 427th Night Fighter
United States Army Air Forces First Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Seventh Eighth Ninth Tenth Eleventh Twelfth Thirteenth Fourteenth Fifteenth Twentieth

• Airports in Morocco
• Transport in Casablanca
• World War II airfields in Morocco
• Buildings and structures in Casablanca-Settat
• 1959 establishments in Morocco
• Airports established in 1943
• Airports established in 1959
• 1943 establishments in Morocco
• 20th-century architecture in Morocco