Casablanca airport

Aéroport international de Mohammed V - Nouasseur
Characteristics
ICAO code	GMMN
IATA code	CMN
Coordinates	33 ° 22 '3 " N , 7 ° 35' 24" W Coordinates: 33 ° 22 '3 " N , 7 ° 35' 24" W.
Height above MSL	200 m (656 ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	approx. 30 km south of Casablanca
Street	Casablanca - Settat motorway
train	Airport train to Casablanca
Local transport	Bus connection of the CTM
Basic data
operator	ONDA (Office National des Aéroports)
Passengers	10,000,000 (2019)
Air freight	55,451 t (2006)
Flight ; movements	66,823 (2006)
Capacity ; ( PAX per year)	8,000,000
Runways
17R / 35L	3720 m × 45 m asphalt
17L / 35R	3720 m × 45 m asphalt
17L / 35R	4000 m × 45 m asphalt

The Casablanca Airport ( Aéroport international de Mohammed V - Nouasseur , English. Mohammed V International Airport , Arabic مطار محمد الخامس الدولي, DMG Maṭār Muḥammad al-ḫāmis ad-Duwalī ) is a Moroccan airport in the urban area of Nouaceur near the metropolis of Casablanca . The airport operator is the Office National des Aéroports (ONDA).

meaning

Casablanca Airport is the country's most important airport and the hub of the Moroccan state-owned company Royal Air Maroc and Air Arabia Maroc . He is named after Mohammed V , the grandfather of today's King Mohammed VI, who died in 1961 . , named.

history

The airport was opened in 1943 under the name Berrechid Airfield as an alternative to what was then Anfa Airport and initially mainly used for military purposes. In the mid-1950s, the airport, which was expanded into a US base, was named Nouasseur Air Base . At that time, B-47 Stratojet bombers were stationed here. In 1959 the military facilities were closed and the airport opened for civil use.

Expansion began in 2003: a new runway south of the existing one and a new terminal were built to accommodate a capacity of over 8 million passengers. A third terminal is now planned.

Airlines and Destinations

Casablanca Airport mainly serves destinations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East, as well as Morocco. Most of the flights are operated by Royal Air Maroc , which has its hub here, but other airlines from the regions just mentioned also fly to Casablanca Airport. An exception are long-haul connections to North America, which are also operated by Royal Air Maroc.

Incidents

On April 1, 1970, a Sud Aviation Caravelle III of Royal Air Maroc ( aircraft registration CN-CCV ) crashed while approaching Casablanca-Nouasseur airport ( Morocco ) and burned out. Apparently, control was lost in the fog near Berrechid , 9 kilometers from the airport but only about 500 feet (150 meters) high. Of the 82 occupants, 61 were killed, 5 crew members and 56 passengers.

On October 31, 2010 an Airbus A310-304F of Turkish Airlines Cargo (TC-JCV) came off the runway to the left when landing at Casablanca Airport. The pilots managed to steer the machine back onto the runway, but one of the engines had been damaged by earth. The 22 year and 9 month old machine was written off as a total economic loss due to the incident.

Others

Until January 1986, the airport was a possible emergency landing site for the space shuttle in the event of an aborted take-off.

Web links

Commons : Casablanca Airport - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Official website of the operator (French / English)
Airport data (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Figures from the operating company (PDF file; French, 505 kB), accessed on April 15, 2016
↑ ^a ^b ACI ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ Air-Britain Archive: Casualty compendium part 106 (English), March 2008, p. 2008/48.
^ Accident report Caravelle III CN-CCV , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 3, 2020.
↑ accident report A310F TC-JCV , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on January 31 of 2019.
^ Space Shuttle Transoceanic Abort Landing (TAL) Sites. (PDF; 3.4 MB) NASA, December 2006, accessed on October 7, 2011 (English).

[1] Figures from the operating company (PDF file; French, 505 kB), accessed on April 15, 2016

[aci-2] ACI ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[3] Air-Britain Archive: Casualty compendium part 106 (English), March 2008, p. 2008/48.

[4] Accident report Caravelle III CN-CCV , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 3, 2020.

[5] t report A310F TC-JCV , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on January 31 of 2019.

[6] Space Shuttle Transoceanic Abort Landing (TAL) Sites. (PDF; 3.4 MB) NASA, December 2006, accessed on October 7, 2011 (English).