Marrakesh Menara Airport

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Marrakesh Menara Airport (Arabic: مطار مراكش المنارة, French: Aéroport de Marrakech-Ménara, IATA: RAK, ICAO: GMMX) is an international airport serving Marrakesh,[2] 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, the Arab world nations and from 2024, flights from North America. The airport served over 6.3 million passengers in 2019.[3]

Airport typePublic / Military
OwnerRoyal Moroccan Air Force
OperatorAirports of Morocco
ServesMarrakesh-Safi
Quick facts مطار مراكش المنارة (Arabic)Aéroport de Marrakech-Ménara (French), Summary ...
Marrakesh Menara Airport
مطار مراكش المنارة (Arabic)
Aéroport de Marrakech-Ménara (French)
Summary
Airport typePublic / Military
OwnerRoyal Moroccan Air Force
OperatorAirports of Morocco
ServesMarrakesh-Safi
LocationMarrakesh, Morocco
Focus city for
Operating base for
Elevation AMSL1,545 ft / 471 m
Coordinates31°36′25″N 008°02′11″W
Map
RAK is located in Morocco
RAK
RAK
Location of airport in Morocco
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
10/28 3,100 10,170 Asphalt
Statistics
Aircraft movements (2023)48,150
Passengers (2024)9,300,000
Passenger change 23-24Increase 34%
Source:[1]
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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.[citation needed]

In August 1991, the airport reopened after US$8 million was spent to extend the runway and refurbish buildings.[4]

Facilities

Check-in hall
Apron view

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 m2 and have a designed capacity of 9 million passengers/year. The separate freight-terminal has 340 m2 covered space[5] The air terminals (1 and 2) are 22,000 m2 (240,000 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.[6]

Runway and apron

Aircraft parking space of 125,000 square metres (1,350,000 sq ft) supports up to fourteen Boeing 737s and four Boeing 747s. The cargo terminal is 340 m2 (3,700 sq ft) of covered space.[3] The paved runway is laid out in the direction 10/28 is 3,100 by 45 metres (10,000 ft × 150 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.[3]

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Marrakesh Menara Airport:

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AirlinesDestinations
Aegean AirlinesSeasonal: Athens
Aer LingusSeasonal: Dublin[7]
airBalticSeasonal: Riga[8]
Air EuropaMadrid[9]
Air FranceParis–Charles de Gaulle[10]
Seasonal: Nice[11]
Air TransatMontréal–Trudeau[12][13]
Alexandria AirlinesSeasonal charter: Sharm El Sheikh[14]
AnimawingsSeasonal: Bucharest–Otopeni[15]
ArkiaTel Aviv[16]
Austrian AirlinesSeasonal: Vienna[17]
Binter CanariasSeasonal: Funchal,[18] Tenerife–North[19]
British AirwaysLondon–Gatwick,[20] London–Heathrow[21]
Chair AirlinesZurich (begins 2 September 2026)[22]
Delta Air Lines Seasonal: Atlanta[23]
Discover AirlinesFrankfurt,[24] Munich[25][26]
easyJetBasel/Mulhouse,[27] Birmingham,[28] Bordeaux,[27] Bristol,[29] Geneva,[27] Hamburg,[30] Lisbon,[31] Lille,[32] Liverpool,[28] London–Gatwick,[33] London–Luton,[34] London–Southend,[35][36] Lyon,[27] Málaga,[37] Manchester,[38] Milan–Malpensa,[39] Nantes,[27] Naples,[40] Nice,[27] Paris–Charles de Gaulle,[41] Porto,[42] Strasbourg,[43] Toulouse[44]
Seasonal: Amsterdam,[45] Belfast–International,[28] Edinburgh,[46] Glasgow[28]
Edelweiss AirSeasonal: Zuricha[47]
El AlTel Aviv[48]
European Air CharterSeasonal charter: Sofia[49]
EurowingsSeasonal: Düsseldorf,[50] Prague[51]
IberiaMadrid[52]
Jet2.com[53]Birmingham,[54] Glasgow,[55] London–Stansted,[56] Manchester,[57] Newcastle upon Tyne[58]
Seasonal: Leeds/Bradford[59]
LOT Polish AirlinesSeasonal: Warsaw–Chopin[60]
LuxairSeasonal: Luxembourg[61]
Norwegian Air ShuttleCopenhagen[62]
Seasonal: Helsinki,[63] Oslo, Stockholm–Arlanda[64]
Qatar Airways Doha[65]
Royal Air MarocBarcelona, Bordeaux,[66] Brussels,[67] Casablanca,[68] Dakhla,[69] Laayoune,[69] Lyon,[66] Marseille,[70] Nantes,[66] Nice, Paris–Charles de Gaulle,[71] Paris–Orly,[72] Toulouse[66]
Seasonal: Medina
Royal Air Maroc ExpressCasablanca[68]
RyanairAlicante,[27] Barcelona,[27] Beauvais,[27] Bergamo,[73] Berlin,[27] Birmingham,[74] Brussels,[75] Budapest,[76] Châlons-Vatry,[27] Charleroi,[27] Cologne/Bonn,[27] Dole,[77] Dublin,[77] Edinburgh,[78] Eindhoven,[27] Errachidia,[79] Faro,[79] Fès,[79] Girona,[80] Gran Canaria,[27] Hahn,[27] Lisbon,[27] Liverpool,[81] London–Stansted,[77] Madrid,[27] Manchester,[77] Marseille,[27] Milan–Malpensa,[79] Naples,[27] Newcastle upon Tyne,[82] Nimes,[27] Oujda,[79] Perpignan,[27] Pisa,[27] Porto,[83] Rome–Ciampino,[77] Santander,[27] Seville,[27] Stockholm–Arlanda,[80] Tangier,[79] Tetouan,[79] Toulouse,[27] Tours,[27] Treviso,[84] Turin,[27] Valencia,[27] Weeze,[27] Zaragoza[27]
Seasonal: Kraków,[85] Lanzarote,[79] La Rochelle,[79] Limoges,[27] Palma de Mallorca,[86] Tenerife–South[79]
SaudiaSeasonal: Jeddah[87]
Scandinavian AirlinesSeasonal: Copenhagen[88]
Swiss International Air LinesGeneva[89]
TAP Air PortugalLisbon[90]
TransaviaAmsterdam,[91] Bordeaux,[92] Brest,[93] Brussels,[94] Eindhoven,[95] Lyon,[96] Montpellier,[96] Nantes,[97][96] Paris–Orly,[98] Rennes[99]
Seasonal: Berlin,[100] Boa Vista, Dakar–Diass,[101] Marseille,[102] Praia,[101] Sal, São Vicente[101]
TUI Airways[103]Birmingham, London–Gatwick, Manchester
Seasonal: Bristol[104]
TUI fly Belgium[105]Bologna, Brussels,[106] Lille, Paris–Orly, Rotterdam[107]
Turkish AirlinesIstanbul[108]
United Airlines Seasonal: Newark[109]
VoloteaNantes,[110] Strasbourg[111]
Seasonal: Bilbao,[112] Bordeaux,[113] Lille,[114] Lyon[115]
VuelingBarcelona[116]
Seasonal: Bilbao,[117] Paris–Orly,[117] Santiago de Compostela[118]
Wizz AirBudapest,[119][120] London–Gatwick,[121][122] Milan–Malpensa,[123] Palermo (begins 7 September 2026),[124] Sofia,[125] Warsaw–Chopin
Seasonal: Bucharest–Otopeni,[126][127] Cluj-Napoca,[128] Rome–Fiumicino[129][130]
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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

PassengersYear1,000,0002,000,0003,000,0004,000,0005,000,0006,000,0007,000,000200020052010201520202025PassengersAnnual passenger traffic
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Item2018201720162014[131]2007[132]20062005200420032002
Aircraft movements[133] 29,24624,61320,68916,11213,84313,078
Passengers[134][135] 5,300,0004,359,8653,894,2274,034,4103,050,9162,648,7422,195,8991,667,2671,368,2811,349,363
Freight (tons)[136] 1555.071307.992000.402286.862092.992197.70
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