Angads Airport

Oujda Angad Airport

مطار وجدة أنجاد
Oujda Angad Airport; مطار وجدة أنجاد
	IATA: OUD; ICAO: GMFO;
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°WCoordinates: 34°47′14″N 001°55′26″W / 34.78722°N 1.92389°W
Map
	OUD Location of airport in Morocco
Runways
Statistics (2019)
Passengers
Passengers	701,913
Passenger change 18-19	+3.83%
	Source: DAFIF

Oujda Angads Airport (مطار وجدة أنجاد) (IATA: OUD, ICAO: GMFO) is an airport serving Oujda,^[2] 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 Royal Air Force (RAF) and United States Army Air Forces Twelfth Air Force during the North African campaign. It was called RAF Oujda and 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 aircraft on the Casablanca-Algiers transport route. When WWII ended the control of the airfield was returned to civil authorities.

^[4] ^[5] ^[6]

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).^[2]

Airlines and destinations[]

Airlines	Destinations
Air Arabia Maroc	Marseille, Murcia, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Toulouse
ASL Airlines France	Seasonal: Strasbourg
Royal Air Maroc	Casablanca, Paris–Orly Seasonal: Amsterdam, Brussels, Marseille
Royal Air Maroc Express	Casablanca
Ryanair^[7]	Barcelona, Beauvais, Charleroi, Lisbon, Marseille, Seville Seasonal: Weeze
Transavia	Lyon, Montpellier,^[8] Nantes (begins 3 May 2022),^[9] Paris–Orly
TAP Air Portugal	Seasonal: Lisbon Seasonal charter: Porto
TUI fly Belgium^[10]	Charleroi, Paris–Orly Seasonal: Brussels,^[10] Eindhoven, Lille^[10]

Traffic statistics[]

Annual passenger traffic at OUD airport. See source Wikidata query.

Item^[11]	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002
Movements^[12]	3546	3108	3316	3031	2303	2199
Passengers^[13]	315,006	242,080	225,444	193,036	180,406	168,385
Cargo (metric tons)^[14]	451.09	451.09	202.08	197.14	260.99	618.10

References[]

^ "Aéroports du Maroc : Trafic Aérien de l'année 2019".
^ ^a ^b ^c Airport information for GMFO from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
^ Airport information for OUD at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
^ This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.
^ Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
^ 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.
^ https://www.ryanair.com/gb/en/
^ Liu, Jim. "Transavia France launches Montpellier base in April 2020". Routesonline. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
^ Blancmont, Thierry. "Transavia: du nouveau en régions l'été prochain". Air Journal. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Flight plan". tui.be.
^ 2007 statistics Source: ONDA PDF-Document^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Statistics until 2006 from Statistics Movements Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, PDF document
^ Statistics until 2006 from Overview passengers stats MA Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine, PDF document
^ Statistics until 2006 from freight stats Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, PDF document

External links[]

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

[1] "Aéroports du Maroc : Trafic Aérien de l'année 2019".

[WAD-2] Airport information for GMFO from DAFIF (effective October 2006)

[GCM-3] Airport information for OUD at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).

[4] This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

[5] Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.

[6] 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.

[7] ttps://www.ryanair.com/gb/en/

[8] Liu, Jim. "Transavia France launches Montpellier base in April 2020". Routesonline. Retrieved 3 December 2019.

[9] Blancmont, Thierry. "Transavia: du nouveau en régions l'été prochain". Air Journal. Retrieved 20 December 2021.

[TUI.be-10] "Flight plan". tui.be.

[11] 2007 statistics Source: ONDA PDF-Document^{[permanent dead link]}

[12] Statistics until 2006 from Statistics Movements Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, PDF document

[13] Statistics until 2006 from Overview passengers stats MA Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine, PDF document

[14] Statistics until 2006 from freight stats Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, PDF document

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

[12]

[13]

[14]