Oujda Angad Airport

مطار وجدة أنجاد (Arabic)

Aéroport d'Oujda-Angad (French)
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorONDA
ServesOujda, Morocco
Elevation AMSL1,535 ft / 468 m
Coordinates34°47′14″N 001°55′26″W / 34.78722°N 1.92389°W / 34.78722; -1.92389
Map
OUD is located in Morocco
OUD
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 18-19Increase +3.83%
Source: DAFIF[2][3]

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.

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.

[4] [5] [6]

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

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Oujda-Angads Airport:

AirlinesDestinations
Air Arabia Brussels, Marseille, Murcia, Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Seasonal: Barcelona,[7] Lille,[8] Lyon,[8] Montpellier[8]
Air Nostrum Seasonal charter: Lisbon,[9] Porto[9]
ASL Airlines France Seasonal: Paris–Charles de Gaulle,[10] Strasbourg
Brussels Airlines Seasonal: Brussels[11]
Royal Air Maroc Casablanca, Paris–Orly
Seasonal: Düsseldorf,[12] Paris–Charles de Gaulle[13]
Ryanair Agadir (begins 2 April 2024),[14] Beauvais, Charleroi, Marrakesh (begins 31 March 2024),[14] Marseille, Tangier (begins 2 May 2024),[14] Toulouse
Seasonal: Barcelona,[15] Weeze
Smartwings Seasonal charter: Prague
Transavia Lyon,[16] Paris–Orly
TUI fly Belgium[17] Brussels[17]
Seasonal: Antwerp (begins 26 June 2024),[18] Lille, Paris–Orly, Rotterdam/The Hague

Traffic statistics

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.
Annual passenger traffic at OUD airport. See Wikidata query.
Item[19] 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002
Movements[20] 3546 3108 3316 3031 2303 2199
Passengers[21] 315,006 242,080 225,444 193,036 180,406 168,385
Cargo (metric tons)[22] 451.09 451.09 202.08 197.14 260.99 618.10

References

  1. ^ "Aéroports du Maroc : Trafic Aérien de l'année 2019".
  2. ^ a b c Airport information for GMFO[usurped] from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  3. ^ Airport information for OUD at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  4. ^ Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
  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. ^ "Air Arabia Maroc launches a direct flight between Barcelona and Oujda". 23 February 2022.
  8. ^ a b c "AIR ARABIA MAROC NS23 NETWORK ADDITIONS – 05FEB23".
  9. ^ a b "AIR NOSTRUM 3Q23 OUJDA SCHEDULED CHARTERS".
  10. ^ "ASL Airlines France met en vente son programme été 2023 | Air Journal". 10 January 2023.
  11. ^ "BRUSSELS AIRLINES SCHEDULES SEASONAL MOROCCO SERVICE IN NS22".
  12. ^ "Royal Air Maroc takes on Oujda-Dusseldorf". 22 March 2023.
  13. ^ "ROYAL AIR MAROC ADDS OUJDA – PARIS CDG ROUTE IN NS23".
  14. ^ a b c "Ryanair Morocco NS24 Network Expansion". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  15. ^ "Ryanair NW23 Network Changes – 17SEP23".
  16. ^ "Voici les lignes estivales de Transavia vers le Maroc au départ de Lyon".
  17. ^ a b "Flight plan". tui.be.
  18. ^ "TUI fly Belgium launches twice-weekly flights between Antwerp and Oujda, Morocco". 8 February 2024.
  19. ^ 2007 statistics Source: ONDA PDF-Document [permanent dead link]
  20. ^ Statistics until 2006 from Statistics Movements Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, PDF document
  21. ^ Statistics until 2006 from Overview passengers stats MA Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine, PDF document
  22. ^ Statistics until 2006 from freight stats Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, PDF document

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