Hassan I Airport
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Hassan I Airport Laayoune Airport مطار الحسن الأول (Arabic) Aéroport Laâyoune Hassan 1 (French) Aeropuerto Internacional de El Aaiún – Hassan I (Spanish) | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public/Military | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Office National Des Aéroports (ONDA) | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Laayoune | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Western Sahara | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 207 ft / 63 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°09′06″N 013°13′09″W / 27.15167°N 13.21917°W | ||||||||||||||
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Hassan I Airport (Arabic: مطار الحسن الأول, Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de El Aaiún – Hassan I, French: Aéroport international Laâyoune – Hassan Ier, IATA: EUN, ICAO: GMML) is an airport serving Laayoune, the largest city in Western Sahara. The airport is named after Hassan I of Morocco. It is operated by the Moroccan state-owned company ONDA. Due to the particular political situation of Western Sahara, this airport appears in the Moroccan AIP as GMML and in the Spanish AIP as GSAI.[5]
Airlines and destinations
[edit]The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Laayoune Airport:
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Binter Canarias | Gran Canaria |
| Royal Air Maroc | Agadir,[6] Casablanca, Dakhla,[6] Gran Canaria,[7] Rabat |
Statistics
[edit] | Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
Annual passenger traffic at EUN airport.
See Wikidata query.
Accidents and incidents
[edit]- On 4 December 1976, a Lockheed C-130H Hercules (CN-AOB) of the Royal Moroccan Air Force was reportedly shot down by rebels near here after departure. It is unknown if there were any fatalities.[8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Aéroports du Maroc : Trafic Aérien de l'année 2019".
- ^ Airport information for Laayoune (GMML) from Office National Des Aéroports (ONDA)
- ^ Airport information for Hassan I (GMML)[usurped] from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
- ^ Airport information for EUN / GMML at Great Circle Mapper.
- ^ "El Aaiun Airport information in the Spanish AIP" (PDF). Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ a b "Royal Air Maroc Adds New Domestic Routes from June 2015". Routesonline.
- ^ "Royal Air Maroc Adds New Las Palmas/Gran Canaria Routes from March 2016". Routesonline.
- ^ "ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed C-130H Hercules CN-AOB Laayoune-Hassan I Airport (EUN)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
External links
[edit]- Current weather for GMML at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for Laayoune-Hassan I Airport (EUN) at Aviation Safety Network
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