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Mohammed V International Airport

Coordinates:33°22′02″N007°35′23″W/ 33.36722°N 7.58972°W/33.36722; -7.58972
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Mohammed V International Airport

مطار محمد الخامس الدولي

Maṭar Muhammad al-Khamis ad-Dowaly ⴰⵣⴰⴳⵯⵣ ⴰⴳⵔⵖⵍⴰⵏ ⵎⵓⵃⵎⵎⴷ ⵡⵙ5
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerONDA
OperatorONDA
ServesCasablanca,Morocco
LocationNouasseur
Hubfor
ElevationAMSL656 ft / 200 m
Coordinates33°22′02″N007°35′23″W/ 33.36722°N 7.58972°W/33.36722; -7.58972
Websitewww.aeroportcasablanca.ma/en/
Map
CMN is located in Morocco
CMN
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
Passengers (2022)7,637,643[1]
Passenger change 19-22Decrease-25.94%
Aircraft movements (2022)67,074
Economic & social impacts (2012)$731 million[2]

Mohammed V International Airport[a]IATA:CMN,ICAO:GMMNis aninternational airportservingCasablanca,Morocco.Located inNouaceur Province,it is operated byONDA(National Airports Office).

With about 7.6 million passengers passing through the airport in 2022, it was the busiest airport inMoroccoand in the top 10 ofbusiest airports in Africa.[3]Passenger traffic in 2022 had recovered to 74% of the totalpre-pandemicnumbers of 2019.[4]The airport serves as hub forRoyal Air Maroc,[5]Royal Air Maroc ExpressandAir Arabia Maroc.It is named after KingMohammed V of Morocco,who led the country's successful push for independence fromFrenchandSpanish colonial rule.

History

Transatlantic routes from Casablanca, September 1945
Terminal 1 interior
Arrivals area
Departure gates
Royal Air MarocBoeing 737-800

1940s

The Casablanca Mohammed V Airport was originally built by the United States in early 1943 followingOperation TorchinWorld War II.It was namedBerrechid Airfieldand it served as an auxiliary airfield for Casablanca'sAnfa Airport.[6]The airfield handled diverse military traffic as a stopover en route toPort Lyautey Airfield,and toMarrakech Airporton the North AfricanCairo-Dakarroute. In addition, it was the terminus of Mid-Atlantic route transatlantic flights via theAzorestoNova Scotiaand airfields on theEast Coast of the United States.

In addition to its transportation role, the airfield supported theNorth African Campaignwith theTwelfth Air Force68th Reconnaissance Groupoperating photo-reconnaissance versions of theP-38 LightningandP-51 Mustang.Part of the 68th first arrived atAngads AirportinOujdain 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 toMassicault Airfieldin Tunisia. With the end of the war in 1945, the airfield was handed over to the civil government.

1950s

During theCold Warin the early and middle 1950s, the airfield was reopened asNouasseur Air Baseand was used as aUnited States Air ForceStrategic Air Commandstaging area forB-47 Stratojetbombers pointed at theSoviet Union.These operations later moved toBen Guerir Air Base.

With the destabilisation of French government in Morocco, andMoroccan independencein 1956, the government ofMohammed Vwanted 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.

2020s

In 2022, Mohammed V Airport was ranked the 4th busiest airport in Africa.[7]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Casablanca Mohammed V International Airport:

AirlinesDestinations
Air Arabia MarocBarcelona,Basel/Mulhouse,Bergamo,Bologna,Bordeaux,Brussels,Catania,Cuneo,Guelmim[citation needed],Istanbul(begins 3 August 2024),[8]Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen,Lyon,Málaga,Montpellier,Naples,Pisa,Toulouse,Tunis,Venice
Seasonal:Seville[9]
Air CairoSeasonal:Alexandria,[10]Sharm El Sheikh[11]
Air CanadaMontréal–Trudeau
Air Côte d'IvoireAbidjan[12]
Air FranceParis–Charles de Gaulle,[13]Paris–Orly[14]
Air SenegalDakar–Diass
Alexandria AirlinesSeasonal charter:Sharm El Sheikh[15]
Binter CanariasGran Canaria
EgyptairCairo
El AlTel Aviv
EmiratesDubai–International
Etihad AirwaysAbu Dhabi
EurowingsSeasonal:Düsseldorf
flynasJeddah[16]
Gulf AirBahrain
IberiaMadrid
Kuwait AirwaysKuwait City[17]
LufthansaFrankfurt[18]
Mauritania AirlinesNouadhibou,Nouakchott
Pegasus AirlinesIstanbul–Sabiha Gökçen
Qatar AirwaysDoha
Royal Air Maroc[19]Abidjan,Abuja,[20]Accra,Agadir,Amsterdam,Bamako,Bangui,Banjul,Barcelona,Bissau,Bologna,[21]Bordeaux,Brazzaville,Brussels,Cairo,Conakry,Cotonou,Dakar–Diass,Dakhla,Doha,Douala,Dubai–International,Errachidia,Frankfurt,Freetown,Geneva,Istanbul,Jeddah,Kinshasa–N'djili,Laayoune,Lagos,Libreville,Lisbon,Lomé,London–Gatwick,London–Heathrow,Luanda,[22]Lyon,Madrid,Manchester,[20]Malabo,Marrakesh,Marseille,Medina,Miami,Milan–Malpensa,Monrovia–Roberts,Montpellier,Montréal–Trudeau,Moscow–Domodedovo,Nantes,Naples,New York–JFK,Niamey,Nice,Nouakchott,Ouagadougou,Oujda,Paris–Charles de Gaulle,Paris–Orly,Porto,[23]Praia,Riyadh,Rome–Fiumicino,São Paulo–Guarulhos(resumes 7 December 2024),[24]Seville,[25]Strasbourg,Tel Aviv,[26]Toulouse,Tunis,Turin,[27]Venice,Washington–Dulles,Yaoundé
Royal Air Maroc Express[19]Agadir,Al Hoceima,Fès,Gran Canaria,Málaga,Marrakesh,Nador,Ouarzazate,Oujda,Tangier,Tan Tan,Tétouan,Valencia,Zagora
SaudiaJeddah,Medina,Riyadh
TAP Air PortugalLisbon
TransaviaAmsterdam,Lyon,Nantes,Paris–Orly
Seasonal:Marseille[28]
TUI fly BelgiumBologna,Brussels,Lille,Paris–Orly,Rotterdam
TunisairTunis
Turkish AirlinesIstanbul
Seasonal:Antalya
VuelingSeasonal:Barcelona

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
Air France Cargo[29]Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Lufthansa Cargo[30]Frankfurt
Med Airlines[31]Bamako,Dakar–Senghor,Lisbon,Paris–Orly,Tangier
Qatar Airways Cargo[32]Doha
Royal Air Maroc Cargo[33]Abidjan,Accra,Bamako,Brussels,Douala,Frankfurt,Lagos,Libreville,London–Gatwick,Madrid
Turkish Cargo[34]Istanbul

Traffic

Annual passenger traffic at CMN airport. SeeWikidata query.
Traffic[35] 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 Average growth
2004–2009
Aircraft movements[35] 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[35] 7,245,508[36] +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)[35] 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 transport

The train station in Casablanca Mohammed V Airport

Rail

TheAl Bidaouitrain service, operated byONCFfrom 04:00 to 23:00, is available every hour and connects the airport to Casablanca's two main railway stations,Casa-Port Railway TerminalandCasa-Voyageurs Railway Station.[37]

Car

Incidents and accidents

  • On 1 April 1970, aRoyal Air MarocSud Aviation SE-210 Caravellecrashed 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 eighty-two passengers and crew were killed.[39][40]

See also

References

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Notes

  1. ^Arabic:مطار محمد الخامس الدولي,Matar Muhammad al-Khamis ad-Dowaly;Berber languages:ⴰⵣⴰⴳⵯⵣ ⴰⴳⵔⵖⵍⴰⵏ ⵎⵓⵃⵎⵎⴷ ⵡⵙ5;French:Aéroport International de Mohammed V

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