Airport in Morocco
Oujda-Angad Airport (مطار وجدة أنجاد IATA :OUD ,ICAO :GMFO Oujda ,[ 2] Oriental region in Morocco. It is located about 12 kilometres (7 mi) north ofOujda and about 600 kilometres (373 mi) northeast ofCasablanca , near the Algerian border.
DuringWorld War II , the airport was used as a military airfield by the Royal Air Force (RAF) andUnited States Army Air Forces Twelfth Air Force during theNorth African campaign . It was called RAF Oujda andOujda 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 forAir 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]
The airport resides at an elevation of 1,535 feet (468 m) abovemean sea level . It has tworunways designated 06/24 and 13/31 each with anasphalt /bitumen surface and each measuring 3,000 by 45 metres (9,843 ft × 148 ft).[ 2]
Airlines and destinations [ edit ] The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Oujda-Angad Airport:
Airlines Destinations Air Arabia Brussels ,[ 7] Marseille [citation needed ,Murcia ,[ 7] Paris–Charles de Gaulle ,[ 7] Rabat [ 8] Seasonal: Barcelona [ 9] [better source needed ,Charleroi [ 10] [better source needed ,Lille [ 11] [better source needed ,Lyon [ 11] [better source needed ,Montpellier [ 11] Air Nostrum Seasonal charter: Lisbon ,[ 12] Porto [ 12] ASL Airlines France Seasonal: Paris–Charles de Gaulle ,[ 13] Strasbourg Brussels Airlines Seasonal: Brussels [ 14] Royal Air Maroc Casablanca ,[ 15] Paris–Orly [ 16] Seasonal: Brussels ,[ 16] Düsseldorf ,[ 17] Paris–Charles de Gaulle ,[ 18] Rotterdam [ 19] Ryanair Agadir ,[ 20] Barcelona ,[ 7] Beauvais ,[ 7] Charleroi ,[ 7] Marrakesh ,[ 20] Marseille ,[ 7] Tangier ,[ 20] Toulouse ,[ 7] Weeze [ 7] Transavia Paris–Orly Seasonal: Bastia ,[ 21] Lyon ,[citation needed Nantes [ 22] TUI fly Belgium [ 23] Brussels [ 24] [ 23] Seasonal: Antwerp ,[ 25] Eindhoven ,[ 7] Lille ,[citation needed Paris–Orly ,[ 7] Rotterdam/The Hague [citation needed
Passengers Year 100,000 200,000 300,000 400,000 500,000 600,000 700,000 800,000 900,000 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 Passengers Annual passenger traffic Item[ 26] 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 Movements[ 27] 3546 3108 3316 3031 2303 2199 Passengers[ 28] 315,006 242,080 225,444 193,036 180,406 168,385 Cargo (metric tons)[ 29] 451.09 451.09 202.08 197.14 260.99 618.10
^ "Office National des aéroports -" .^a b c Airport information for GMFO fromDAFIF (effective October 2006)^ Airport information for OUD at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).^ public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency ^ Maurer, Maurer.Air Force Combat Units of World War II . Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983.ISBN 0-89201-092-4 ^ 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 . Archived fromthe original (PDF) on 20 December 2016. ^a b c d e f g h i j k "Oujda, Morocco".OAG Flight Guide Worldwide .25 (2). Luton, United Kingdom:OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited : 815. August 2023.ISSN 1466-8718 . ^ "Air Arabia Maroc 1Q25 Rabat Domestic Network Addition" .Aeroroutes . Retrieved5 December 2024 .^ "Air Arabia Maroc launches a direct flight between Barcelona and Oujda" . 23 February 2022. Archived from the original on 23 February 2022. Retrieved23 February 2022 .^ "Air Arabia Maroc va opérer une liaison estivale entre Oujda et Charleroi" .www.air-journal.fr . 15 April 2024.^a b c "Air Arabia Maroc NS23 Network Additions – 05FEB23" .AeroRoutes .^a b "Air Nostrum 3Q23 Oujda Scheduled Charters" .AeroRoutes .^ "ASL Airlines France met en vente son programme été 2023 | Air Journal" . 10 January 2023.^ "BRUSSELS AIRLINES SCHEDULES SEASONAL MOROCCO SERVICE IN NS22" .^ Liu, Jim (25 November 2024)."GOL / Royal Air Maroc Begins Codeshare Partnership From Dec 2024" .Aeroroutes.com . Retrieved27 December 2024 . ^a b Liu, Jim (13 April 2022)."Royal Air Maroc 3Q22 European Frequency Changes - 11APR22" .Aeroroutes.com . Retrieved27 December 2024 . ^ "Royal Air Maroc takes on Oujda-Dusseldorf" . 22 March 2023.^ "Royal Air Maroc Adds Oujda – Paris CDG Route in NS23" .AeroRoutes .^ Liu, Jim (30 April 2024)."Royal Air Maroc Adds Rotterdam Seasonal Service From June 2024" .Aeroroutes.com . Retrieved27 December 2024 . ^a b c "Ryanair NS24 Network Additions Summary – 14JUL24" .AeroRoutes .^ Liu, Jim (6 March 2023)."Transavia France NS23 Network Additions – 02MAR23" .Aeroroutes.com . Retrieved14 March 2023 . ^ Liu, Jim (27 June 2022)."Transavia NS22 Belgium/Netherlands Network Expansion" .Aeroroutes.com . Retrieved9 April 2022 . ^a b "Flight plan" . tui.be.^ "November 2023".OAG Flight Guide Worldwide .25 (5). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited:160– 166.ISSN 1466-8718 . ^ "TUI fly Belgium launches twice-weekly flights between Antwerp and Oujda, Morocco" . 8 February 2024.^ 2007 statistics Source:ONDA PDF-Document [permanent dead link ^ Statistics until 2006 fromStatistics Movements Archived 22 July 2011 at theWayback Machine , PDF document ^ Statistics until 2006 fromOverview passengers stats MA Archived 27 September 2007 at theWayback Machine , PDF document ^ Statistics until 2006 fromfreight stats Archived 22 July 2011 at theWayback Machine , PDF document
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