Agadir–Al Massira Airport

Agadir – Al Massira Airport
Aéroport Al Massira
مطار المسيرة
Matar al-Maseera
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator ONDA
Serves Agadir, Morocco
Location Temsia, Morocco
Elevation AMSL 226 ft / 69 m
Coordinates 30°19′30″N 009°24′47″W / 30.32500°N 9.41306°W / 30.32500; -9.41306Coordinates: 30°19′30″N 009°24′47″W / 30.32500°N 9.41306°W / 30.32500; -9.41306
Map
AGA
Location of airport in Morocco
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 3,200 10,499 Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Commercial Movements 12,618
Passengers (2015) 1,408,148
Freight (tons) 1,165.8
Source: ONDA/airport website,[1] DAFIF,[2][3]

Agadir – Al Massira Airport (Arabic: مطار المسيرة‎, transliterated: Matar al-Maseera, French: Aéroport Al Massira; IATA: AGA, ICAO: GMAD) is an international airport serving Agadir,[2] a major city in southwest Morocco and the capital of Souss-Massa region. The airport is located in the commune of Temsia, 20 km southeast of Agadir proper. In 2007, Al Massira International Airport served 1,502,094 passengers. In later years, Agadir and its tourism boomed, having new flights introduced to Al Massira from new airports from the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Facilities

Runway and apron

The runway in direction 09/27 measures 3,200 by 45 metres (10,499 ft × 148 ft). Aircraft up to the size of a Boeing 747 can land on the airport. The airport has an ILS Class II certification and offers the following radionavigational aids: VOR – DME – 2 X NDB.[4]

Parking space for the aircraft is 170,000 square metres (1,829,865 sq ft) which results in space for ten Boeing 737s and three Boeing 747s.[4]

Terminal

Total terminal area is 26,550 square metres (285,782 sq ft) and projected capacity is 3 million passengers per year.[4] There is one large waiting room, divided in two to provide for national flights (no customs) and international flights. Passengers flying to Casablanca with a connecting international flight can pass through passport control in Agadir to save transfer time at Mohammed V. Agadir is one of the six airports in Morocco where ONDA offers its special VIP service Salon Convives de Marque.[5]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Adria Airways Seasonal charter: Ljubljana
Air Arabia Maroc Basel/Mulhouse (begins 29 October 2018)[6], Birmingham (begins 30 October 2018),[7] Cologne/Bonn, Copenhagen, Dublin, Manchester, Munich, Rabat (begins 28 October 2018),[8] Stockholm–Arlanda, Tangier (begins 29 October 2018), Toulouse[9]
Air France Seasonal: Paris–Charles de Gaulle[10]
AlbaStar Seasonal charter: Milan–Malpensa
Binter Canarias Gran Canaria
Seasonal: Tenerife North
BH Air Seasonal charter: Sofia[11]
Brussels Airlines Brussels
Condor Frankfurt, Munich
Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Leipzig/Halle
easyJet London–Gatwick
Seasonal: Manchester[12]
Enter Air Seasonal charter: Katowice, Warsaw–Chopin, Wrocław, Poznań
Eurowings Düsseldorf[13]
Germania Seasonal: Münster/Osnabrück (begins 6 November 2018), Nuremberg (begins 6 November 2018)[14]
Germania Flug Zürich[15]
Jet Time Seasonal charter: Billund, Copenhagen
Lufthansa Frankfurt (begins 29 October 2018),[16] Munich (begins 4 November 2018)[16]
Luxair Seasonal: Luxembourg
Norwegian Air Shuttle Seasonal: Copenhagen, Helsinki (begins 3 November 2018),[17] Oslo–Gardermoen, Stockholm–Arlanda
Royal Air Maroc Casablanca, Dakhla, Laayoune, Paris–Orly
Seasonal: Deauville, Metz/Nancy, Nantes, Porto
Royal Air Maroc Express Casablanca
Ryanair Charleroi, Eindhoven, Frankfurt, London–Stansted, Manchester, Weeze
Saudia Medina
Small Planet Airlines (Germany) Seasonal charter: Hannover, Leipzig/Halle[18]
SmartLynx Airlines Seasonal charter: Riga
SmartLynx Airlines Estonia Seasonal charter: Tallinn
SunExpress Deutschland Cologne/Bonn,[19] Frankfurt, Hannover, Leipzig/Halle, Munich[19]
TAP Air Portugal Seasonal charter: Lisbon, Porto[20]
Transavia Amsterdam
Transavia France Lyon, Paris–Orly
TUI Airways London–Gatwick, Manchester
Seasonal: Birmingham[21]
TUI fly Belgium Brussels
Seasonal: Bordeaux, Brest, Deauville, Lille, Metz–Nancy, Nantes, Paris–Orly, Strasbourg, Toulouse[22]
TUI fly Deutschland Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse, Hannover
Wizz Air Budapest, Vilnius, Warsaw–Chopin

Traffic statistics

ONDA reported the following statistics regarding Al Massira Airport.

Subject2010[23]2009[23]2008[24]200720062005200420032002
Commercial movements[25]––12,61814,161[26]15,22114,41813,44112,67012,805
Passengers[27]1,627,4851,456,2171,455,1941,502,094[28]1,433,3531,315,7521,160,127975,181934,433
Freight (tons)[29]––1,165.81,145.4589.6[30]714,11,723.41,328.11,708.7

Accidents and incidents

  • On 21 August 1994, Royal Air Maroc Flight 630, crashed approximately ten minutes after take-off from Agadir Airport. All 44 passengers and crew on board were killed. The crash is believed to have been a deliberate act by the aircraft's pilot.

References

  1. ↑ Statistics sourced from ONDA website documents and/or airport websites
  2. 1 2 Airport information for GMAD from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  3. ↑ Airport information for AGA at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  4. 1 2 3 "Agadir Airport". ONDA website. Retrieved 1 June 2008.
  5. ↑ ONDA website on the VIP service, visited 17 March 2012
  6. ↑ https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2018/08/251793/air-arabia-new-route-agadir-basel/
  7. ↑ Air Arabia Maroc adds Agadir – Birmingham route from Oct 2018 Routesonline. 13 July 2018.
  8. ↑ Air Arabia Maroc schedules additional domestic routes in W18 Routesonline. 7 June 2018.
  9. ↑ http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/272211/air-arabia-maroc-launches-agadir-base-from-oct-2017/
  10. ↑ 2017, UBM (UK) Ltd. "Air France resumes multiple short-haul routes in S17". Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  11. ↑ "Search direct flights - Sofia Airport". www.sofia-airport.bg. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  12. ↑ "easyJet adds new routes in W17". Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  13. ↑ 2017, UBM (UK) Ltd. "Eurowings new W17 routes as of 04MAY17". Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  14. ↑ https://www.flygermania.com/en-gb/
  15. ↑ https://www.flygermania.com/en-gb/
  16. 1 2 "Lufthansa Short/Mid-Haul W18 network additions". routesonline. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  17. ↑ "Lennot kohteeseen Agadir" (in Finnish). norwegian.com. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  18. ↑ https://www.smallplanet.aero/en/flight-schedule/1398?from=AGA&to=&date=2018-05-05&number=
  19. 1 2 2017, UBM (UK) Ltd. "SunExpress Germany Plans New Routes in W16". Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  20. ↑ TAP Portugal adds new summer Morocco charters from June 2017 [02.06.2017
  21. ↑ "Flight Timetable". tui.co.uk. 5 November 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  22. ↑ https://www.tuifly.be/en/destinations/morocco/agadir
  23. 1 2 source details 2009/2010:Official ONDA report December 2010 Archived 30 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine., retrieved 11 December 2011
  24. ↑ source details 2008:Official ONDA report 2007-2008
  25. ↑ Details up to 2006 from Overview traffic movements Morocco Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine., PDF document on ONDA site
  26. ↑ 207 figures from ONDA site, visited 28 July 2008
  27. ↑ Details up to 2006 from Overview passengers Morocco Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine., PDF document on ONDA site
  28. ↑ 2007 figures from: ONDA website, visited 28 July 2008
  29. ↑ Details up to 2006 from Overview freight Morocco Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine., PDF document on ONDA site
  30. ↑ 2006 + 2007 figures from ONDA website, visited 28 July 2008

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