Mohammed V International Airport

Mohammed V International Airport
Aéroport international Mohammed V
مطار محمد الخامس الدولي
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator ONDA
Serves Casablanca, Morocco
Location Nouasseur
Hub for
Elevation AMSL 656 ft / 200 m
Coordinates 33°22′02″N 007°35′23″W / 33.36722°N 7.58972°W / 33.36722; -7.58972Coordinates: 33°22′02″N 007°35′23″W / 33.36722°N 7.58972°W / 33.36722; -7.58972
Website www.onda.ma
Map
CMN
Location of airport in Morocco
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
17L/35R 3,720 12,205 Asphalt
17R/35L 3,720 12,205 Asphalt
Statistics (2009, 2010)
Aircraftmovements (2009) 69,119
Passengers (2015) 8,180,083[1]
Freight (tons) (2009) 53,469
Economic & social impacts (2012) $731 million[2]
Source: DAFIF[3][4]

Mohammed V International Airport (French: Aéroport international Mohammed V; Arabic: مطار محمد الخامس الدولي‎, Matar Muhammad al-Khamis ad-Dowaly, IATA: CMN, ICAO: GMMN) is an international airport serving Casablanca, Morocco. Located in Nouaceur Province, it is operated by ONDA (National Airports Office). With just under 8 million passengers passing through the airport in 2014, it was the busiest airport in Morocco and the fourth busiest in Africa.[5][6][7][8][9] In August 2014, ONDA reported a year-on-year increase of 7.28% passenger traffic, to 918,238.[10] The airport serves as hub for Morocco's flag carrier Royal Air Maroc, Jetairfly, Air Arabia Maroc and RAM Express. It is named after King Mohammed V of Morocco.

Mohammed V is one of the six airports in Morocco where ONDA offers its special VIP service Salon Convives de Marque.[11]

History

1940s

Transatlantic routes from Casablanca, September 1945
Entrance of Mohamed V international Airport

The Casablanca Mohammed V Airport was originally built by the United States in early 1943 during World War II as an auxiliary airfield for Casablanca's Anfa Airport and was named Berrechid Airfield. The airfield handled diverse military traffic as a stopover en route to Port Lyautey Airfield, and to Marrakech Airport on the North African Cairo-Dakar route. In addition, it was the terminus of Mid-Atlantic route transatlantic flights via the Azores to Nova Scotia and airfields on the East Coast of the United States.

In addition to its transportation role, the airfield supported the North African Campaign with the Twelfth Air Force 68th Reconnaissance Group operating photo-reconnaissance versions of the P-38 Lightning and P-51 Mustang. Part of the 68th first arrived at Angads Airport in Oujda in November 1942 and moved to Berrechid in March 1943 upon its completion. It flew both antisubmarine missions over the Atlantic and photo-reconnaissance combat missions over German-held territory until early September when it moved east to Massicault Airfield in Tunisia. With the end of the war in 1945, the airfield was handed over to the civil government.

1950s

During the Cold War in the early and middle 1950s, the airfield was reopened as Nouasseur Air Base and was used as a United States Air Force Strategic Air Command staging area for B-47 Stratojet bombers pointed at the Soviet Union. These operations later moved to Ben Guerir Air Base.

With the destabilisation of French government in Morocco, and Moroccan independence in 1956, the government of Mohammed V wanted the US Air Force to pull its bases out of Morocco, insisting on such action after American intervention in Lebanon in 1958. The United States agreed to leave in December 1959, and was fully out of Morocco by 1963. The U.S. felt that, with the long range of the B-52 and completion of Spanish bases in 1959, the Moroccan bases were no longer important.

Even today, most locals still refer to the airport simply as "Nouaceur", which is the name of the province it is in.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
Afriqiyah Airways Benghazi, Misurata, Tripoli
Air Algérie Algiers, Oran
Air Arabia Maroc Barcelona, Basel/Mulhouse, Bergamo, Bologna, Brussels, Catania,[12] Cuneo, Dakhla (begins 28 October 2018),[13] Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, Lyon, Montpellier, Naples, Toulouse, Venice
Air Canada Montréal–Trudeau[14]
Air France Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Air Malta Malta[15]
Alitalia Rome–Fiumicino
Binter Canarias Gran Canaria
Corendon Airlines Seasonal: Antalya
EgyptAir Cairo
Emirates Dubai–International
Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi
Eurowings Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn
Flynas Jeddah
Gulf Air Bahrain
Iberia Madrid
Libyan Airlines Benghazi, Misurata, Tripoli
Seasonal: Sebha
Lufthansa Frankfurt
Mahan Air Charter: Tehran–Imam Khomeini
Mauritania Airlines Nouakchott
Seasonal: Nouadhibou, Zouérat
Oman Air Muscat[16]
Qatar Airways Doha
Royal Air Maroc Abidjan, Abuja, Accra, Agadir, Algiers, Amsterdam, Athens (begins 2 April 2019),[17] Bamako, Banjul, Barcelona, Beirut, Beni Mellal, Berlin–Tegel, Bilbao,[18] Bissau, Bologna, Bordeaux, Brazzaville, Brussels, Cairo, Conakry, Copenhagen, Cotonou, Dakar–Diass, Dakhla, Doha, Douala, Fes, Frankfurt, Freetown, Geneva, Gran Canaria, Istanbul–Atatürk, Jeddah, Kinshasa, Laayoune, Lagos, Libreville, Lisbon, Lomé, London–Gatwick, London–Heathrow, Luanda, Lyon, Madrid, Malabo, Málaga, Manchester,[18] Marrakech, Marseille, Miami (begins 3 April, 2019)[19], Medina, Milan–Malpensa, Monrovia, Montpellier, Montréal–Trudeau, Moscow–Domodedovo,[20] Munich, N'Djamena, Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta, Nantes, Naples,[18] New York–JFK, Niamey, Nice, Nouakchott, Ouagadougou, Ouarzazate, Oujda, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Paris–Orly, Pointe Noire, Porto,[18] Praia, Rio de Janeiro–Galeão, Riyadh, Rome–Fiumicino, Sal, São Paulo–Guarulhos, Stockholm–Arlanda, Strasbourg, Tangier, Toulouse, Tripoli, Tunis, Turin, Valencia, Venice, Washington–Dulles,[21] Yaoundé, Zürich
Seasonal: Al-Hoceima, Kano, Tétouan
Royal Air Maroc Express Agadir, Al-Hoceima, Dakhla, Essaouira, Fes, Gibraltar, Lisbon, Madrid, Málaga, Marrakech, Nador, Oujda, Rabat, Tangier, Tenerife–North, Tétouan
Seasonal: Guelmim, Tan-Tan, Ouarzazate, Zagora
Saudia Jeddah, Medina, Riyadh
TAP Air Portugal Lisbon
Transavia Amsterdam
Transavia France Nantes,[22] Paris–Orly
TUI fly Belgium Charleroi
Seasonal: Bordeaux, Liège, Metz/Nancy, Milan-Malpensa, Paris–Orly[23]
Tunisair Tunis
Seasonal: Monastir
Turkish Airlines Istanbul–Atatürk
Charter: Antalya
Vueling Barcelona

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
Air France Cargo Nairobi, Paris–Charles de Gaulle
DHL Airways Amsterdam, Brussels, Frankfurt, Madrid, Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Etihad Cargo Abu Dhabi
Med Airlines Maroc Bamako, Dakar–Senghor, Lisbon, Paris–Orly, Tangier
Qatar Airways Cargo Doha
Royal Air Maroc Cargo Addis Ababa, Algiers, Barcelona, Beijing–Capital, Brussels, Cairo, Dubai–International, El Aaiún, Hong Kong, Libreville, Lisbon, London–Heathrow, Milan–Malpensa, Paris–Orly, New York–JFK, Recife, Rome–Fiumicino, Tangier, Washington–Dulles, Zaragoza
UPS Airlines London–Gatwick, Louisville, Madrid, Newark, Rome–Fiumicino
Turkish Airlines Cargo Istanbul–Atatürk, Madrid

Traffic

Traffic[24] 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 Average growth
2004–2009
Aircraft movements[24] n/a– 69,119+1.11% 68,362−2.5% 70,080+7.6% 65,111+9.2% 59,621+13.9% 52,336 +5.86%
Passengers[24] 7,245,508[9]+13,28 6,395,862+2.95% 6,209,711+6.0% 5,858,192+15.5% 5,071,411+12.1% 4,456,639+17.1% 3,803,479 +10.73%
Freight (tons)[24] n/a– 53,469-6.06% 56,919−6.5% 60,682+9.3% 55,673+10.7% 50,285+6.5% 47,152 +2.79%

Ground transportation

Rail

A train service (from 04:00 to 23:00) is available every hour from Casablanca Port station to the Casablanca airport.[25]

Car

Incidents and accidents

  • On 24 August 1994, a Royal Air Maroc ATR-42 crashed near Tizounine while en route from Agadir to Casablanca Mohammed V airport. The plane crashed with a steep dive in the Atlas mountains. All 40 passengers and 4 crew died in this accident. Allegedly, the captain disconnected the autopilot and let the plane crash deliberately, but the Moroccan Pilots Union challenged these findings.[27][28]
  • On 1 April 1970, a Royal Air Maroc Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle crashed on approach to Casablanca Mohammed V airport when it lost control at a height of about 500 feet. The fuselage broke in two. Sixty-one of the 82 passengers and crew were killed.[28][29]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "21 janvier 2016 - Statistiques : Trafic aérien" [Mohammed V Airport Air Traffic in 2015] (Press release) (in French). Office National Des Aéroports (ONDA). 21 January 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  2. ↑ "Mohammed V International airport – Economic and social impacts". Ecquants. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  3. ↑ Airport information for GMMN from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  4. ↑ Airport information for CMN at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  5. ↑ "Aéroport Mohammed V Trafic aérien en 2014" [Mohammed V Airport Air Traffic in 2014] (pdf) (Press release) (in French). Office National Des Aéroports (ONDA). 30 January 2005. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  6. ↑ "Passenger Statistics - O.R. Tambo International Airport". Airports Company South Africa. 2014. Archived from the original on 24 November 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  7. ↑ "Passenger Statistics - Cape Town International Airport". Airports Company South Africa. 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  8. ↑ "EHCAAN Statistics". Egyptian Holding Company for Airports and Air Navigation. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  9. 1 2 "Aéroports du Maroc: Trafic du mois de Décembre 2010" [Airports of Morocco: Traffic for December 2010] (PDF) (Press release) (in French). Office Nationale des Aéroports.
  10. ↑ "Communiqué Statistics AOUT 2014" [Statistical Report, AUGUST 2014] (PDF) (in French). ONDA. August 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  11. ↑ "Je suis professionel" [I'm a business traveller]. ONDA (in French). Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  12. ↑ Air Arabia Maroc adds Catania service in S17 Routesonline. 4 January 2017.
  13. ↑ https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/278983/air-arabia-maroc-adds-dakhla-service-from-oct-2018/
  14. ↑ "Air Canada Expands its Global Network from Montreal with New Service to Bucharest, Romania and Lisbon, Portugal". aircanada.mediaroom.com. Retrieved September 28, 2017.
  15. ↑ airmalta resumes Casablanca service from March 2018 Routesonline. 29 November 2017.
  16. ↑ Oman Air plans new destiantions in S18 Routesonline. 9 February 2018.
  17. ↑ http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/transport/airlines/32711-royal-air-maroc-new-route-between-casablanca-and-athens.html
  18. 1 2 3 4 Royal Air Maroc S17 Europe service additions Routesonline. 28 December 2016.
  19. ↑ https://worldairlinenews.com/2018/08/20/royal-air-maroc-is-coming-to-miami-a-new-link-to-africa/
  20. ↑ Royal Air Maroc Moscow service changes from March 2018 Routesonline. 10 November 2017.
  21. ↑ Royal Air Maroc Adds Washington Dulles Service from Sep 2016
  22. ↑ Transavia France schedules additional new routes in S18 Routesonline. 11 December 2017.
  23. ↑ https://www.tuifly.be/en/destinations/morocco/casablanca-t1
  24. 1 2 3 4 "Casablanca Airport Passenger Statistics for 2008" (PDF). ONDA. 2008.
  25. ↑ (in French) ONCF transfère la desserte de l’AEROPORT Mohamed V À CASA-PORT
  26. ↑ (in French) Accès par route
  27. ↑ "ATR-42 RAM crash". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
  28. 1 2 "Fatal Events Since 1970 for Royal Air Maroc". airsafe.com. 1 June 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  29. ↑ "SE-210 RAM crash". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 5 August 2009.

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