Angads Airport

Oujda Angads Airport مطار وجدة أنجاد Oujda Angads Airport
IATA: OUD – ICAO: GMFO OUD Location of airport in Morocco
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	ONDA
Serves	Oujda, Morocco
Elevation AMSL	1,535 ft / 468 m
Coordinates	34°47′14″N 001°55′26″W / 34.78722°N 1.92389°W
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 06/24 3,000 9,843 Asphalt/Bitumen 13/31 3,000 9,843 Asphalt/Bitumen
Source: DAFIF[1][2]

Oujda Angads Airport (مطار وجدة أنجاد) (IATA: OUD, ICAO: GMFO) is an airport serving Oujda,^[1] a city in the Oriental region in Morocco. it is located about 12 kilometres (7 mi) north of Oujda and about 600 kilometres (373 mi) northeast of Casablanca, near the Algerian border.

History

During World War II, the airport was used as a military airfield by the United States Army Air Forces Twelfth Air Force during the North African campaign. It was called Oujda Airfield Known units assigned were:

• HQ 5th Bombardment Wing, December 1942 – January 1943
• HQ 52d Troop Carrier Wing, 8 May – July 1943
• 68th Reconnaissance Group, November 1942 – 24 March 1943, (Various photo-reconnaissance aircraft)
• 313th Troop Carrier Group, 9 May – 16 June 1943, C-47 Skytrain
• 319th Bombardment Group, 3 March – 25 April 1943, B-26 Marauder
• 350th Fighter Group, 6 January – 14 February 1943, P-39/P-400 Airacobra

After the Americans moved out their active units in mid-1943, the airport was used as a stopover and landing field for Air Transport Command aircraft on the Casablanca-Algiers transport route. When the war ended, control of the airfield was returned to civil authorities. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 1,535 feet (468 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways designated 06/24 and 13/31 each with an asphalt/bitumen surface and each measuring 3,000 by 45 metres (9,843 ft × 148 ft).^[1]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
ASL Airlines France	Seasonal: Paris-Charles de Gaulle (begins 10 July 2016)[6]
Corendon Dutch Airlines	Seasonal: Amsterdam
Germania	Seasonal: Toulouse (begins 27 June 2016)[7]
Jetairfly[8]	Charleroi, Paris-Orly
Privilege Style operated by Swiftair	Seasonal charter: Porto
SATA International	Charter: Lisbon, Porto
Royal Air Maroc	Amsterdam, Casablanca, Marseille, Paris-Orly
Royal Air Maroc Express	Casablanca, Nador
Ryanair	Beauvais, Charleroi, Marseille, Weeze
Saudia	Charter: Jeddah
Transavia France	Lyon, Paris-Orly
SmartWings	Prague
TAP Portugal	Seasonal charter Porto (begins 4 June 2016)
Travel Service Slovakia	Charter: Bratislava, Prague

Traffic statistics

Item[9]	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002
Movements[10]	3546	3108	3316	3031	2303	2199
Passengers[11]	315,006	242,080	225,444	193,036	180,406	168,385
Cargo (metric tons)[12]	451.09	451.09	202.08	197.14	260.99	618.10

References

1. Airport information for GMFO from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
2. Airport information for OUD at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
3.  This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.
4. Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
5. Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556.
6. http://airlineroute.net/2016/03/22/5o-cdgham-s16/
7. http://airlineroute.net/2016/04/13/st-tls-s16/
8. "Jetairfly Flight Plan". Jetairfly.
9. 2007 statistics Source: ONDA PDF-Document
10. Statistics until 2006 from Statistics Movements, PDF document
11. Statistics until 2006 from Overview passengers stats MA, PDF document
12. Statistics until 2006 from freight stats, PDF document

External links

• Current weather for GMFO at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for OUD at Aviation Safety Network