Rabat-Salé airport
Rabat-Salé airport | |
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Characteristics | |
ICAO code | GMME |
IATA code | RBA |
Coordinates | |
Height above MSL | 84 m (276 ft ) |
Transport links | |
Distance from the city center | 9 km northeast of Rabat |
Basic data | |
operator | ONDA |
surface | 88 ha |
Terminals | 2 (1 freight / 1 passenger terminal) |
Passengers | 363,000 (2009) |
Air freight | 1530 tons (2009) |
Flight movements |
2743 (2006) |
Capacity ( PAX per year) |
3,500,000 passengers |
Start-and runway | |
04/22 | 3500 m × 45 m asphalt |
The Rabat-Sale airport ( IATA code RBA , ICAO code GMME ) is the international airport of the Moroccan capital Rabat . It is nine kilometers northeast of the city center and two kilometers east of the city of Salé . The operator is the Moroccan state ONDA (French Organization Nationale Des Aéroports ).
The airport is also used for military purposes ( Air Force Base No. 1 ). The military part is in the west of the site.
Rabat-Salé had 363,000 passengers in 2009 with a capacity of 3,500,000 passengers. The terminal has 3500 m², the apron has space for seven machines.
There are no direct flights to the airport from German-speaking countries. Air France flies to it via Paris CDG and Iberia via Madrid during the summer (June – October) . Paris-Orly is also served by Jet4you and Royal Air Maroc . The Libyan Buraq Air also flies non-stop to Tripoli .
During the Second World War , the United States Army Air Forces received a base in Rabat in 1943. The Strategic Air Command of the US Air Force took him up to the task in the 1957th
Airlines and Destinations
- Ryanair (Beauvais, Charleroi, Girona, London-Stansted, Madrid, Marseille, Roma, Eindhoven, Düsseldorf-Weeze)
- Royal Air Maroc (Paris, Marseille, Madrid, London Gatwick, London Heathrow, Bruxelles)
- Royal Air Maroc (Casablanca)
- Royal Air Maroc (Season: Jeddah - Agadir)
- Air France (Paris)
- Buraq Air (Interrupted: Tripoli)
- Jetairfly (Brussels, Paris)
- Saudi Arabian Airlines (Season: Jeddah)
- Vueling (Madrid)
- Etihad Airways (Abu Dhabi)
Incidents
- On September 12, 1961, the pilot initiated a Caravelle III of the Air France ( air vehicle registration number F-BJTB) on the flight from Paris-Orly too early to Rabat descent four kilometers one. The machine hit a hill and went up in flames. All 77 inmates died. The contributing factor was the unergonomic design of the Kollsman altimeter installed in the Caravelle.
Web links
- Airport website (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ ONDA statistics , requested on November 17, 2010
- ↑ Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 ), requested on November 17, 2010
- ^ Accident report Caravelle 3 F-BJTB , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on January 29, 2019.