- IATA
- RAK
- the code on your bag tag
- ICAO
- GMMX
- used by air traffic control
- Opened
- 1942
- per Wikidata
- Passengers
- 4.9M
- in 2022
History & name
Marrakesh Menara Airport opened in 1942 and is operated by ONDA and the Royal Moroccan Air Force. It lies 5 km from Marrakesh, handled 4.9 million passengers in 2022 and has one runway of 3,100 m at 1,545 ft.
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At a glance
- Full name
- Marrakesh Menara Airport
- Serves
- Marrakesh, Morocco
- City centre
- 5 km from Marrakesh
- Opened
- 1942
- Operator
- Royal Moroccan Air Force, ONDA
- Passengers
- 4.9 million in 2022
- Runways
- 1 runway, 3,100 m
- Elevation
- 1,545 ft (471 m)
Where it sits
31.6°N, 8.0°W puts RAK in the northern hemisphere, 3,514 km from the equator and 6,493 km from the North pole.
Of the 661 airports on this site it is the 292nd most northerly, which makes it the 370th most southerly.
Straight through the middle
Straight down through the centre of the Earth comes out at 31.6°S, 172.0°E. The nearest airport on this site to that point is Auckland (AKL) in New Zealand, still 655 km away — most of the planet's antipodes are ocean.
What’s near it
The closest other airport on this site is Essaouira-Mogador (ESU), 158 km away in a straight line. Nothing else on this site is within 100 km.
Distances from RAK
Great circle distance and an estimated time in the air.
| To | Distance | Estimated | |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | LHR | 2,294 km | 3h 21m |
Where these facts come from
The profile is looked up, not written from memory: type, runways, elevation and the official website from OurAirports (public domain); opening year, namesake, operator and passenger count from Wikidata (CC0); the city centre from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Where a source has nothing, the line is left out. Distances, neighbours and the antipode are computed from the coordinates.
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