Oujda-Angad Airport
Airport in Morocco
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Oujda-Angad Airport (مطار وجدة أنجاد) (IATA: OUD, ICAO: GMFO) is an airport serving Oujda,[3] 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.
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Airports of Morocco | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Oujda, Morocco | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,535 ft (468 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°47′14″N 001°55′26″W | ||||||||||||||
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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:
- HQ 5th Bombardment Wing, December 1942 – January 1943
- HQ 52d Troop Carrier Wing, 8 May – July 1943
- 68th Reconnaissance Group, November 1942 – 24 March 1943 (Various photo-reconnaissance aircraft)
- 313th Troop Carrier Group, 9 May – 16 June 1943 Douglas C-47 Skytrain
- 319th Bombardment Group, 3 March – 25 April 1943 Martin B-26 Marauder
- 350th Fighter Group, 6 January – 14 February 1943 P-39/P-400 Airacobra
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.[5][6][7]
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).[3]
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Oujda-Angad Airport:
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Air Arabia | Brussels,[8] Marseille[citation needed], Murcia,[8] Paris–Charles de Gaulle,[8] Rabat[9] Seasonal: Barcelona[10][better source needed], Charleroi[11][better source needed], Lille[12][better source needed], Lyon[12][better source needed], Montpellier[12] |
| Air Nostrum | Seasonal charter: Lisbon,[13] Porto[13] |
| ASL Airlines France | Seasonal: Paris–Charles de Gaulle,[14] Strasbourg |
| Brussels Airlines | Seasonal: Brussels[15] |
| Royal Air Maroc | Casablanca,[16] Paris–Orly[17] Seasonal: Brussels,[17] Düsseldorf,[18] Paris–Charles de Gaulle,[19] Rotterdam[20] |
| Ryanair | Agadir,[21] Barcelona,[8] Beauvais,[8] Charleroi,[8] Marrakesh,[21] Marseille,[8] Tangier,[21] Toulouse,[8] Weeze[8] |
| Transavia | Paris–Orly Seasonal: Bastia,[22] Lyon,[citation needed] Nantes[23], Rotterdam/The Hague (begins 2 July 2026)[24] |
| TUI fly Belgium[25] | Brussels[26][25] Seasonal: Antwerp,[27] Eindhoven,[8] Lille,[citation needed] Paris–Orly,[8] Rotterdam/The Hague[citation needed] |
