Agadir–Al Massira Airport (
Arabic:
مطار المسيرة,
romanized: Matar al-Maseera;
French:
Aéroport Al Massira;
IATA:
AGA,
ICAO:
GMAD) is an
international airport serving
Agadir, a major city in southwest
Morocco and the capital of
Souss-Massa region. The airport is located in the commune of
Temsia, 20 km southeast of Agadir proper. In 2007, Al Massira International Airport served 1,502,094 passengers. In later years, Agadir and its tourism boomed, having new flights introduced to Al Massira from new airports in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Facilities
Runway and apron
The runway in direction 09/27 measures 3,200 by 45 metres (10,499 ft × 148 ft). Aircraft up to the size of a Boeing 747 can land on the airport. The airport has an ILS Class II certification and offers the following radionavigational aids: VOR – DME – 2 X NDB.
Parking space for the aircraft is 170,000 square metres (1,829,865 sq ft) which results in space for ten Boeing 737s and three Boeing 747s.
Terminal
Total terminal area is 26,550 square metres (285,782 sq ft) and projected capacity is 3 million passengers per year.
There is one large waiting room, divided in two to provide for national flights (no customs) and international flights. Passengers flying to Casablanca with a connecting international flight can pass through passport control in Agadir to save transfer time at Mohammed V. Agadir is one of the six airports in Morocco where ONDA offers its special VIP service Salon Convives de Marque.
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Agadir–Al Massira Airport:
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|
| Air Arabia | Fès, Rabat, Tangier
|
| airBaltic | Seasonal: Riga
|
| Binter Canarias | Gran Canaria
|
| British Airways | London–Gatwick
|
| Bulgaria Air | Seasonal charter: Sofia
|
| Condor | Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich
|
| easyJet | Basel/Mulhouse, Berlin (begins 3 November 2024), Bristol (begins 27 October 2024), Edinburgh (begins 6 November 2024), Geneva, Lisbon, London–Gatwick, London–Luton, Manchester, Nice (begins 3 September 2024)
Seasonal: Glasgow, Lyon, Paris–Charles de Gaulle
|
| Edelweiss Air | Seasonal: Zürich
|
| Eurowings | Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Prague
|
| Jet2.com | Birmingham (begins 3 October 2024), Bristol (begins 6 October 2024), Glasgow (begins 4 November 2024), Leeds/Bradford (begins 3 October 2024), London–Stansted (begins 3 October 2024), Manchester (begins 3 October 2024)
|
| Luxair | Luxembourg
|
| Norwegian Air Shuttle | Seasonal: Copenhagen (begins 30 October 2024), Oslo (begins 30 October 2024)
|
| Royal Air Maroc | Casablanca, Dakhla, Laayoune, Paris–Orly
|
| Royal Air Maroc Express | Casablanca
|
| Ryanair | Beauvais, Bergamo, Birmingham, Bordeaux (ends 24 October 2024), Bournemouth, Charleroi, Cologne/Bonn, Dublin, Edinburgh , Fez , Hahn, Kraków, London–Stansted, Manchester, Marseille, Oudja, Perpignan, Strasbourg, Tangier, Tenerife–South, Toulouse, Vienna, Weeze, Wrocław
Seasonal: Lisbon, Madrid, Nantes, Porto, Valencia
|
| Scandinavian Airlines | Seasonal: Copenhagen, Stockholm–Arlanda
|
| Smartwings | Seasonal charter: Prague
|
| TAP Air Portugal | Seasonal: Lisbon (resumes 3 June 2024)
|
| Transavia | Lyon, Nantes, Paris–Orly
|
| TUI Airways | Birmingham, London–Gatwick, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne (begins 1 May 2025)
|
| TUI fly Belgium | Brussels, Lille, Paris–Orly
|
| TUI fly Deutschland | Düsseldorf, Frankfurt
|
| Vueling | Paris–Orly
|
| Wizz Air | Seasonal: London–Gatwick, Warsaw–Chopin
|
^a This flight operates via Marrakech. However, this carrier does not have rights to transport passengers solely between Agadir and Marrakech.
Traffic statistics
ONDA reported the following statistics regarding Al Massira Airport.
|
2016 |
2017 |
2018
|
| Passengers |
1,334,173 |
1,544,244 |
1,922,344
|
| Subject |
2010 |
2009 |
2008 |
2007 |
2006 |
2005 |
2004 |
2003 |
2002
|
| Commercial movements |
– |
– |
12,618 |
14,161 |
15,221 |
14,418 |
13,441 |
12,670 |
12,805
|
| Passengers |
1,627,485 |
1,456,217 |
1,455,194 |
1,502,094 |
1,433,353 |
1,315,752 |
1,160,127 |
975,181 |
934,433
|
| Freight (tons) |
– |
– |
1,165.8 |
1,145.4 |
589.6 |
714.1 |
1,723.4 |
1,328.1 |
1,708.7
|
Accidents and incidents
- On 21 August 1994, Royal Air Maroc Flight 630, crashed approximately ten minutes after take-off from Agadir Airport. All 44 passengers and crew on board were killed. The crash is believed to have been a deliberate act by the aircraft's pilot.
