Angads Airport

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.

"OUD" redirects here. For other uses, see Oud (disambiguation).

Oujda Angad Airport

مطار وجدة أنجاد
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorONDA
ServesOujda, Morocco
Elevation AMSL1,535 ft / 468 m
Coordinates34°47′14″N 001°55′26″W
Map
OUD
Location of airport in Morocco
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
06/24 3,000 9,843 Asphalt/Bitumen
13/31 3,000 9,843 Asphalt/Bitumen
Statistics (2019)
Passengers701,913[1]
Passenger change 18-19 +3.83%
Source: DAFIF[2][3]

History

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.

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Facilities

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]

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
Royal Air Maroc Casablanca, Paris–Orly
Seasonal: Amsterdam, Brussels, Marseille
Royal Air Maroc Express Casablanca
Ryanair Beauvais,[7] Charleroi (ends 21 March 2021), Marseille
Seasonal: Weeze
Transavia Lyon, Montpellier,[8] Paris–Orly
TAP Air Portugal Seasonal charter: Porto
TUI fly Belgium[9] Charleroi
Seasonal: Brussels (begins 19 July 2021),[9] Eindhoven, Lille,[9] Paris–Orly, Liège

Traffic statistics

See source Wikidata query.

Item[10] 200720062005200420032002
Movements[11] 354631083316303123032199
Passengers[12] 315,006242,080225,444193,036180,406168,385
Cargo (metric tons)[13] 451.09451.09202.08197.14260.99618.10

References
  1. "Aéroports du Maroc : Trafic Aérien de l'année 2019".
  2. Airport information for GMFO from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  3. Airport information for OUD at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  4.  This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.
  5. Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
  6. Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556.
  7. https://www.ryanair.com/gb/en/
  8. Liu, Jim. "Transavia France launches Montpellier base in April 2020". Routesonline. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  9. "Flight plan". tui.be.
  10. 2007 statistics Source: ONDA PDF-Document
  11. Statistics until 2006 from Statistics Movements Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, PDF document
  12. Statistics until 2006 from Overview passengers stats MA Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine, PDF document
  13. Statistics until 2006 from freight stats Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, PDF document
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