Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport
Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport (French: Aéroport de Tamanrasset / Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok) (IATA: TMR, ICAO: DAAT), also known as Aguenar Airport or Tamanrasset Airport, is an airport serving Tamanrasset, a city in the Tamanrasset Province of southern Algeria. It is located 3.6 nautical miles (4.1 mi; 6.7 km) northwest of the city.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Air Algérie | Algiers, Bordj Badji Mokhtar, El Golea, Ghardaia, Illizi, In Salah, Oran, Ouargla |
| Tassili Airlines | Algiers, In Salah |
Military and government use
The Algerian Air Force is the primary military user of the airport with several units maintaining a presence at the field. In the mid-2000s, it was extensively upgraded to serve additionally as a military base, with 10 hardened aircraft shelters, aprons, personnel accommodation and other facilities. The most potent military aircraft based at Tamanrasset are the Sukhoi Su-30MK multi-role fighter aircraft operated by the 123rd Air Defense Squadron which provide fighter coverage for much of southern Algeria. A reconnaissance unit equipped with Beechcraft 1900HISAR and 350ER aircraft specially equipped with surveillance equipment operates from the base along with helicopter detachments operating Mil Mi-171Sh, Mi-24 Mk.III and Mi-26T2 helicopters to support the ground forces in the region.
The airport was an alternative landing site for NASA's Space Shuttle, and has been used for American military operations.
Statistics
| Passengers | Change from previous year | Aircraft operations | Change from previous year | Cargo (metric tons) |
Change from previous year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 57,601 |  24.58% |
2,474 | 23.99% |
151 | 50.97%
|
| 2006 | 55,826 | 3.08% |
2,729 |  10.31% |
182 | 20.53%
|
| 2007 | 49,838 | 10.73% |
2,647 | 3.00% |
194 | 6.59%
|
| 2008 | 59,116 | 18.62% |
2,593 | 2.04% |
151 | 22.16%
|
| 2009 | 67,770 | 14.64% |
2,496 | 3.74% |
141 | 6.62%
|
| 2010 | 70,515 | 4.05% |
2,402 | 3.77% |
149 | 5.67%
|
| Source: Airports Council International. World Airport Traffic Reports (Years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2010) | ||||||
Incidents and accidents
- On 8 February 1978, Douglas C-49J N189UM of Aero Service Corporation was damaged beyond repair in a landing accident at Tamanrasset.
- On 18 September 1994, an Oriental Airlines charter flight returning Nigerian football team Iwuanyanwu Nationale FC home from their CAF Cup quarterfinal football match against Esperance de Tunis crashed while landing at the airport, killing three crew and two passengers, defender Aimola Omale and goalkeeper Uche Ikeogu.
- On 6 March 2003, Air Algérie Flight 6289 crashed at 3:45 pm local time (1445 GMT). The flight was leaving Tamanrasset bound for Algiers with the co-pilot acting as pilot-in-command. At a height of 78 feet and a speed of 158 kts, the No. 1 engine suffered a turbine failure. The captain took control. The co-pilot asked if she should raise the gear, but the captain did not respond. The Boeing 737-200 lost speed, stalled, and broke up on rocky terrain about 1600 metres past the runway. The accident was caused by the loss of an engine during a critical phase of flight, the non-retraction of the landing gear after the engine failure, and the Captain taking over control of the airplane before having clearly identified the problem. There were 102 fatalities and one survivor.
References
- ^ "azFreight.com | Airfreight Directory Search Results". www.azfreight.com. Archived from the original on 5 May 2008. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ^ "Handy Tamanrasset airport information from Skyscanner". www.skyscanner.net. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ^ (in French) AIP and Chart for Aéroport de Tamanrasset / Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok (DAAT) from Service d'Information Aéronautique – Algérie
- ^ (in French) Aéroport de Tamanrasset : Aguenar Hadj Bey Akhamokh from Établissement de Gestion de Services Aéroportuaires d'Alger (EGSA Alger)
- ^ "Airport information for DAAT". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF. - ^ "DAAT @ aerobaticsweb.org". Landings.com. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
- ^ "Air Algérie Route Map". Retrieved 21 January 2011.
- ^ Google Earth imagery 8 May 2005 and 29 May 2006.
- ^ "Algeria - Air Force". Scramble. Dutch Aviation Society. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
- ^ Poynting, Scott; Whyte, David (2012). Counter-Terrorism and State Political Violence. Routledge. p. 222. ISBN 978-1-136-29848-6.
- ^ Airport Council International Archived 30 March 2020 at the Wayback Machine's 2005 World Airport Traffic Report
- ^ Airport Council International's 2006 World Airport Traffic Report
- ^ Airport Council International Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine's 2007 World Airport Traffic Report
- ^ Airport Council International Archived 11 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine's 2009 World Airport Traffic Report
- ^ "N189UM Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
- ^ "NIGERIAN TEAM AMONG VICTIMS OF PLANE CRASH". Deseret News, Associated Press. 19 September 1994.
- ^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident BAC One-Eleven 515FB 5N-IMO Tamanrasset-Aguemar Airport (TMR)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-2T4 7T-VEZ Tamanrasset Airport (TMR)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
