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Marrakesh Menara Airport مطار مراكش المنارة (Arabic) ⴰⵣⴰⴳⵯⵣ ⵏ ⵎⵕⵕⴰⴽⵛ ⵎⵉⵏⴰⵕⴰ (Berber languages) Aéroport de Marrakech-Ménara (French)
IATA: RAK ICAO: GMMX
Summary
Airport type	Public / Military
Owner	Royal Moroccan Air Force
Operator	ONDA
Serves	Marrakesh-Safi
Location	Marrakesh, Morocco
Focus city for	easyJet Royal Air Maroc Transavia France
Operating base for	Ryanair TUI fly Belgium
Elevation AMSL	1,545 ft / 471 m
Coordinates	31°36′25″N 008°02′11″W / 31.60694°N 8.03639°W / 31.60694; -8.03639
Map
RAKLocation of airport in Morocco
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 10/28 3,100 10,170 Asphalt
Statistics
Aircraft movements (2023) 48,150 Passengers (2023) 6,903,964 Passenger change 22-23 41%
Source:

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

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

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 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

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External links

Media related to Marrakech-Menara Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Marrakech page at ONDA website
• Aeronautical chart and airport information for GMMX at SkyVector
• Current weather for GMMX at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for RAK at Aviation Safety Network
• RAK Marrakech Airport Information guide for RAK Marrakech Airport

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• World War II airfields in Morocco