Mohammed V International Airport

Mohammed V International Airport (Arabic: مطار محمد الخامس الدولي‎, Matar Muhammad al-Khamis ad-Dowaly; Berber: ⴰⵣⴰⴳⵯⵣ ⴰⴳⵔⵖⵍⴰⵏ ⵎⵓⵃⵎⵎⴷ ⵡⵙ5; French: Aéroport international Mohammed V; 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 Royal Air Maroc,[11] Royal Air Maroc Express and Air Arabia Maroc. It is named after King Mohammed V of Morocco.

Transatlantic routes from Casablanca, September 1945
Terminal 1

Mohammed V International Airport

مطار محمد الخامس الدولي

ⴰⵣⴰⴳⵯⵣ ⴰⴳⵔⵖⵍⴰⵏ ⵎⵓⵃⵎⵎⴷ ⵡⵙ5
Aéroport international Mohammed V
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorONDA
ServesCasablanca, Morocco
LocationNouasseur
Hub for
Elevation AMSL656 ft / 200 m
Coordinates33°22′02″N 007°35′23″W
Websitewww.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
Passengers (2019)10,306,293[1]
Passenger change 18-19 +5.88%
Aircraft movements (2009)69,119
Freight (tons) (2009)53,469
Economic & social impacts (2012)$731 million[2]
Source: DAFIF[3][4]

History

1940s
CMN Airport Baggage carousel

The Casablanca Mohammed V Airport was originally built by the United States in early 1943 following Operation Torch in World War II. It was named Berrechid Airfield and it served as an auxiliary airfield for Casablanca's Anfa Airport.[12] 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.

Self-service check-in machines in Terminal 1 at Mohammed V International Airport in Casablanca, Morocco.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger
AirlinesDestinations
Aegean Airlines Seasonal: Athens
Air Algérie Algiers, Oran
Air Arabia Maroc Barcelona, Basel/Mulhouse, Bergamo, Bologna, Brussels, Catania,[13] Cuneo, Dakhla,[14] Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, Lisbon,[15] Lyon, Montpellier, Nador, Naples, Pisa, Prague, Toulouse, Tunis,[15] Venice
Air Canada Montréal–Trudeau[16]
Air Europa Madrid
Seasonal: Málaga ,[17] Palma de Mallorca [17]
Air France Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Air Malta Malta[18]
Air Senegal Dakar–Diass[19]
Alitalia Rome–Fiumicino
Binter Canarias Gran Canaria
Corendon Airlines Istanbul[20]
EgyptAir Cairo
Emirates Dubai–International
Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi
Gulf Air Bahrain
Iberia Madrid
Lufthansa Frankfurt
Mauritania Airlines Nouadhibou, Nouakchott
Oman Air Muscat[21]
Pegasus Airlines Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen
Qatar Airways Doha
Royal Air Maroc Abidjan, Accra, Agadir, Algiers, Amman–Queen Alia,[22] Amsterdam, Athens,[23] Bamako, Banjul, Barcelona, Beijing–Daxing,[24] Beirut, Berlin–Tegel, Bilbao,[25] Bissau, Bologna, Bordeaux, Boston,[26] Brazzaville, Brussels, Cairo, Conakry, Copenhagen, Cotonou, Dakar–Diass, Dakhla, Doha, Douala, Fes, Frankfurt, Freetown, Geneva, Gran Canaria, Istanbul, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen,[27] Jeddah, Kinshasa–N'djili, Laayoune, Lagos, Libreville, Lisbon, Lomé, London–Gatwick, London–Heathrow, Luanda, Lyon, Madrid, Malabo, Málaga, Manchester,[25] Marrakesh, Marseille, Medina, Miami,[28] Milan–Malpensa, Monrovia, Montpellier, Montréal–Trudeau, Moscow–Domodedovo,[29] Munich, Nantes, Naples,[25] New York–JFK, Niamey, Nice, Nouakchott, Ouagadougou, Ouarzazate, Oujda, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Paris–Orly, Pointe Noire, Porto,[25] Praia, Rio de Janeiro–Galeão, Riyadh, Rome–Fiumicino, Sal, São Paulo–Guarulhos, Stockholm–Arlanda, Strasbourg, Tangier, Tenerife–South,[30] Tétouan, Toulouse, Tunis, Turin, Valencia, Venice, Vienna,[22] Washington–Dulles,[31] Yaoundé, Zürich
Seasonal: Antalya[32]
Royal Air Maroc Express Agadir, Al Hoceima, Beni Mellal, Bouarfa, Essaouira, Fes, Gibraltar, Guelmim, Marrakesh, Nador, Ouarzazate, Oujda, Tangier, Tan-Tan, Tétouan
Saudia Jeddah, Medina, Riyadh
TAP Air Portugal Lisbon
Transavia Amsterdam
Transavia France Lyon,[33] Nantes,[34] Paris–Orly
TUI fly Belgium Charleroi
Seasonal: Alicante, Barcelona,[35] Bergamo, Bordeaux,[36] Lille, Metz/Nancy, Paris–Orly
Tunisair Tunis
Seasonal: Monastir
Turkish Airlines Istanbul
Seasonal: Antalya[37]
VuelingSeasonal: Barcelona
Departure hall

Cargo
AirlinesDestinations
Air France Cargo Nairobi, Paris–Charles de Gaulle
DHL Aviation Brussels, Dakar–Senghor, Leipzig, Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Med Airlines 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, Frankfurt, El Aaiún, Hong Kong, Libreville, Lisbon, London–Gatwick, Milan–Malpensa, Paris–Orly, New York–JFK, Recife, Rome–Fiumicino, Tangier, Washington–Dulles, Zaragoza
UPS Airlines London–Gatwick, Louisville, Madrid, Newark, Rome–Fiumicino
Turkish Cargo Istanbul–Atatürk, Madrid

Traffic
Traffic[38] 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 Average growth
2004–2009
Aircraft movements[38] 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[38] 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)[38] 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
The train station in Casablanca Mohammed V Airport

Rail

A train service (from 04:00 to 23:00) is available every hour from Casablanca Port station to the Casablanca airport.[39]

Car

Incidents and accidents
  • 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 eighty-two passengers and crew were killed.[41][42]
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See also

References
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