Oujda Angad Airport مطار وجدة أنجاد (Arabic)
Aéroport d'Oujda-Angad (French)
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Operator | ONDA | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Oujda, Morocco | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 1,535 ft / 468 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 34°47′14″N 001°55′26″W / 34.78722°N 1.92389°W / 34.78722; -1.92389 | ||||||||||||||
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Oujda Angads Airport (مطار وجدة أنجاد) (IATA: OUD, ICAO: GMFO) is an airport serving Oujda,[2] a city in the Oriental region in Morocco. it is located about 12 kilometres (7 mi) north of Oujda and about 600 kilometres (373 mi) northeast of Casablanca, near the Algerian border.
During World War II, the airport was used as a military airfield by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and United States Army Air Forces Twelfth Air Force during the North African campaign. It was called RAF Oujda and Oujda Airfield. Known units assigned were:
After the Americans moved out their active units in mid-1943, the airport was used as a stopover and landing field for Air Transport Command aircraft on the Casablanca-Algiers transport route. When WWII ended, the control of the airfield was returned to civil authorities.
The airport resides at an elevation of 1,535 feet (468 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways designated 06/24 and 13/31 each with an asphalt/bitumen surface and each measuring 3,000 by 45 metres (9,843 ft × 148 ft).[2]
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Oujda-Angads Airport:
Airlines | Destinations |
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Air Arabia | Brussels, Marseille, Murcia, Paris–Charles de Gaulle Seasonal: Barcelona,[7] Charleroi,[8] Lille,[9] Lyon,[9] Montpellier[9] |
Air Nostrum | Seasonal charter: Lisbon,[10] Porto[10] |
ASL Airlines France | Seasonal: Paris–Charles de Gaulle,[11] Strasbourg |
Brussels Airlines | Seasonal: Brussels[12] |
Royal Air Maroc | Casablanca, Paris–Orly Seasonal: Düsseldorf,[13] Paris–Charles de Gaulle,[14] Rotterdam[15] |
Ryanair | Agadir, Beauvais, Charleroi, Marrakesh, Marseille, Tangier, Toulouse Seasonal: Barcelona,[16] Weeze |
Smartwings | Seasonal charter: Prague |
Transavia | Lyon,[17] Paris–Orly |
TUI fly Belgium[18] | Brussels[18] Seasonal: Eindhoven, Antwerp,[19] Lille, Paris–Orly, Rotterdam/The Hague |
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Item[20] | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 |
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Movements[21] | 3546 | 3108 | 3316 | 3031 | 2303 | 2199 |
Passengers[22] | 315,006 | 242,080 | 225,444 | 193,036 | 180,406 | 168,385 |
Cargo (metric tons)[23] | 451.09 | 451.09 | 202.08 | 197.14 | 260.99 | 618.10 |