Mohammed V International Airport (IATA: CMN, ICAO: GMMN) (Arabic: مطار محمد الخامس الدولي; transliterated: Matar Muhammad al-Khamis ad-Dowaly) is an airport in Casablanca, Morocco. It is a hub of Royal Air Maroc. The Casablanca airport was named after King Mohammed V of Morocco. An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier, IATA station code or simply a location identifier [1], is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). ... The ICAO (IPA pronunciation: ) airport code or location indicator is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ... ONDA logo ONDA (Acronym for Office National Des Aéroports) is the Moroccan airport operator and administrator. ... The term above mean sea level (AMSL) refers to the elevation (on the ground) or altitude (in the air) of any object, relative to the average sea level. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... This article is about the unit of length. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... This article is about the unit of length. ... Asphalt is a sticky, black and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid that is present in most crude petroleums and in some natural deposits. ... Asphalt is a sticky, black and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid that is present in most crude petroleums and in some natural deposits. ... An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier, IATA station code or simply a location identifier [1], is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). ... The ICAO (IPA pronunciation: ) airport code or location indicator is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ... Arabic redirects here. ... Due to the fact that the Arabic language has a number of phonemes that have no equivalent in English or other European languages, a number of different transliteration methods have been invented to represent certain Arabic characters, due to various conflicting goals: A desire to stay consistent with traditional usage... For other uses, see Casablanca (disambiguation). ... Royal Air Maroc (commonly called RAM) is the national airline of Morocco, based in Casablanca, the airline is the fourth-largest in Africa (behind South African Airways and Egyptair, Air Algerie). ... Sultan Mohammed V of Morocco visiting Lawrence Livermore Lab, United States, in 1957 Mohammed V (August 10, 1909–February 26, 1961) was Sultan of Morocco from 1927 to 1953 and 1955 to 1961. ...

The Mohammed V Airport is twinned with the Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport and Yaser Arafat International Airport. Sign denoting twin towns of Neckarsulm, Germany Town twinning is a concept whereby towns or cities in geographically and politically distinct areas are paired with the goal of fostering human contact and cultural links. ... Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (IATA: BWI, ICAO: KBWI) serves the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area in the United States. ... Damaged part of Yaser Arafat International Airport Yaser Arafat International Airport, formerly Gaza International Airport is located in the Gaza Strip, close to the Egyptian border. ...

Traffic

JAN-SEP 2007

• Passengers: 3,878,978 (+12,26%)
• Movements: 49,083 (+7.78%)
• Cargo (tons): 46,138 (+12.06%)

2006

• Passengers: 5,071,411
• Movements: 65,111
• Cargo (tons): 55,673

2005

• Passengers: 4,456,639
• Movements: 59,621
• Cargo (tons): 50,285

2004

• Passengers: 3,803,479
• Movements: 52,336
• Cargo (tons): 47,152

Average Growth Rate 1994-2006

• Passengers: +7.26%
• Movements: +7,05%
• Cargo (tons): +2.98%

Source: ONDA

History

Origins

The Casablanca Mohammed V Airport was the site of a former USAF Air base known as Nouasseur Air Base. Even today, most locals still refer to the airport simply as "Nouasseur", this comes from the name of the suburb where it is located. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (618x618, 82 KB) Description Shield of Strategic Air Command of the United States Air Force Source: http://www. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (618x618, 82 KB) Description Shield of Strategic Air Command of the United States Air Force Source: http://www. ... Nouasseur Air Base (IATA: EVX, ICAO: LFOE) near Casablanca, French Morocco is a former United States Air Force Strategic Air Command (SAC) base. ...

During the early and middle 1950s, the air base supported the command's emergency war plan as staging areas for bombers pointed at the Soviet Union.

By August 1950 Operational Storage Sites for nuclear weapons storage were under contract in French Morocco at Nouasseur, Sidi Slimane, and Ben Guerir. These storage sites were under construction in May 1951.

Nouasseur [sometimes mis-spelled Nousasseur] was critically important for SAC during its first reflex exercises. Nouasseur hosted the B-36 bomber, with an asphalted-concrete runways of 12,000.

With the destabilization of French government in Morocco, and Moroccan independence in 1956, the government of Mohammed V wanted the US Air Force to pull out of the SAC bases in Morocco, insisting on such action after American intervention in Lebanon in 1958. The United States agreed to leave as of December 1959, and was fully out of Morocco in 1963. SAC felt the Moroccan bases were much less critical with the long range of the B-52, and with the completion of the Spanish bases in 1959.

Incidents

On July 1, 1967, a Ceskoslovenske Aerolinie Ilyushin IL-18 which had been diverted to Casablanca because of fog at its original destination of Rabat, crashed 8 miles from the runway on its second attempt to land at Casablanca. is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ...

On April 1, 1970, a Royal Air Maroc Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle crashed on approach to Casablanca Mohammed V airport when it lost control at a height of about 500 feet. The fuselage broke in two. 61 of the 82 passengers and crew were killed. is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1970 ([[Rf 1970 == January 1 - The Unix epoch begins at 00:00:00 UTC January 2 - The last studio performance of The Beatles oman numerals|MCMLXX]]) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Royal Air Maroc (commonly called RAM) is the national airline of Morocco, based in Casablanca, the airline is the fourth-largest in Africa (behind South African Airways and Egyptair, Air Algerie). ...

On January 21, 1995, a Royal Air Maroc Boeing 747-400 operating as Flight 205 was preparing to leave Montréal-Mirabel International Airport for New York and Casablanca. The pilot started taxiing forward, believing that deicing was complete and the parking stand was clear of any vehicles. It knocked down two deicing vehicles that were still in place in front of both horizontal stabilizers, killing three ground crew members and injuring two others. is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... Montréal-Mirabel International Airport, (or Montréal International (Mirabel) Airport) (IATA: YMX, ICAO: CYMX) originally called Montreal International Airport and widely known simply as Mirabel, is a large airport located in Mirabel, Quebec, near Montreal and was opened 4 October 1975. ...

Transport links

Car

Mohammed V airport can be reached via the A7 Casa-Berchid motorway via Bouskoura. From Rabat Through the A3 then the A5.

Rail

The train station is situated at level -1 in the arrivals area of terminal 1. Trains depart from the airport to Casablanca every hour between 06.50 and 22.50. Trains depart from Casablanca to the airport every hour between 06.38 and 22.38. Journey time is approximately half an hour. the website of the Office National des Chemins de Fer for the most up-to-date information on ticket prices (www.oncf.ma).

Bus

Bus company CTM operates regular services to Casablanca Mohammed V airport from the city center. Journey time is approximately one hour, and ticket prices and further information can be obtained via telephone numbers: +212 (0)22 36 13 04, +212 (0)22 36 07 73, and +212 (0)22 44 83 76.

Taxi

The taxi rank is located at level 0 of the arrivals area. The base rate for a journey to Casa is 200.00dh.

Passenger Services

Atlas Airport Hotel

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Hotels

Casablanca Mohammed V Airport has 2 airport hotels, the first one being the Atlas Hotel which is a 3 star hotel owned by Atlas Hospitality (a subsidiary of the Royal Air Maroc Group). There is also a hotel inside the transit area of terminal 2 which offers rooms for shorter periods exlusively for transiting passengers. Additionally, there is a planned 4 star hilton hotel in the immediate vicinity of the Airport.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Terminal 2

The following airlines fly to Mohammed V International Airport: Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (600 × 800 pixel, file size: 260 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) A fairly empty new Terminal II at Casablanca CMN airport on its first day of operation. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (600 × 800 pixel, file size: 260 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) A fairly empty new Terminal II at Casablanca CMN airport on its first day of operation. ...

• Aigle Azur (Paris-Orly)
• Air Algérie (Algiers, Oran)
• Air France (Lyon, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Marseille)
• Air Malta (Malta, Catania)
• Air Mauritanie (Nouakchott)
• Air Senegal International (Dakar)
• Alitalia (Milan-Malpensa, Rome-Fiumicino)
• British Airways
  • operated by GB Airways (London-Heathrow)
• Brussels Airlines (Brussels)
• EasyJet (Madrid, Lyon)
• EgyptAir (Cairo)
• Emirates (Dubai)
• Etihad Airways (Abu Dhabi)
• Iberia Airlines (Madrid)
  • operated by Air Nostrum (Valencia)
  • operated by Clickair (Barcelona)
• Jet4you (Brussels-Charleroi, Paris-Orly, Lyon, Marseille, Milan-Malpensa)
• Kuwait Airways (Kuwait City, Rome-Fiumicino)
• Libyan Airlines (Tripoli)
• Lufthansa (Frankfurt)
• MyAir (Milan-Bergamo, Venice)
• Qatar Airways (Doha, Tripoli)
• Royal Air Maroc (Abidjan, Accra, Agadir, Algiers, Amsterdam, Bamako, Barcelona, Beirut, Bologna, Bordeaux, Brazzaville, Brussels, Cairo, Conakry, Cotonou, Dakar, Dakhla, Douala, Düsseldorf, Errachidia, Essaouira, Fez, Frankfurt, Freetown, Geneva, Istanbul-Atatürk, Jeddah, Laayoune, Las Palmas, Libreville, Lille, Lisbon, Lome, London-Heathrow, Lyon, Madrid, Malabo, Marrakech, Marseilles, Milan-Malpensa, Monrovia, Montpellier, Montreal, Mulhouse, Nador, Nantes, New York-JFK, Niamey, Nice, Nouakchott, Oran, Ouagadougou, Ouarzazate, Oujda, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Paris-Orly, Riyadh, Rome-Fiumicino, Sevilla, Strasbourg, Tangier, Torino, Toulouse, Tripoli, Tunis, Valencia, Venice, Yaounde, Zürich)
• Regional Air Lines (Agadir, Al Hoceima, Errachidia, Essaouira, Gran Canaria, Goulimime, Las Palmas, Lisbon, Malaga, Marrakech, Nador, Oujda, Tangier, Tan Tan, Valencia, Villa Cisneros)
• Saudi Arabian Airlines (Jeddah, Riyadh)
• Spanair (Madrid)
• Syrian Arab Airlines (Damascus)
• Tunisair (Tunis)
• Turkish Airlines (Istanbul-Atatürk)

A second terminal, under construction, is projected to double the passenger capacity of the airport. They are using terminal 3 for Royal Air Maroc flights to Europe and North America until terminal 2 is completed. The terminal is expected to be in use in 2007, with 10 jetways, in addition to the 6 in the old terminal. Aigle Azur (Transports Aeriens) is an airline based in Tremblay-en-France, Paris, France. ... Air Algérie SpA (Arabic: ) is the national flag carrier airline of Algeria. ... Air France (formally Société Air France) is an airline based in Paris, France, and a subsidiary of Air France-KLM Group. ... Air Malta is the national airline of Malta, based in Luqa. ... Air Mauritanie is an airline based in Nouakchott, Mauritania. ... Air Senegal International is an airline based in Dakar in Senegal. ... Alitalia - Linee Aeree Italiane (ISE: IT0003331888) is the national airline of Italy. ... For the 1930s airline of similar name, see British Airways Ltd. ... GB Airways is a UK airline based at London Gatwick Airport. ... Brussels Airlines is the Belgian national carrier and is based at Brussels Airport in Belgium. ... easyJet (LSE: EZJ) is a low cost airline officially known as easyJet Airline Company Limited, based at London Luton Airport. ... EgyptAir Airlines Company, operating as EgyptAir (Arabic: مصر للطيران, Misr Lel-Tayaran) is the Cairo-based national airline of Egypt. ... Emirates redirects here. ... Etihad Airways (Arabic: الإتحاد, ʼal-Ê»itiħād) is the national airline of the United Arab Emirates. ... Iberia Líneas Aéreas de España, S.A., (IBEX-35:IBLA) (Iberia Airlines of Spain in English), usually shortened to Iberia, is the largest airline of Spain, based in Madrid and is the Spanish flag carrier. ... Air Nostrum CRJ-200 Air Nostrum Dash 8 Air Nostrum, also known as Iberia Regional, is a regional airline based in Valencia, Spain, operating as an Iberia regional partner and an affiliate member of the oneworld airline alliance. ... Clickair is a low-cost airline based in Barcelona, Spain, that operates services from a number of Spanish cities to nearly 40 destinations in Europe. ... Jet4you is a Moroccan low-cost airline established in partnership with TUI Group which owns 40% of its shares, the leading inclusive tour operator and fifth largest European air carrier. ... Kuwait Airways (Arabic: الخطوط الجوية الكويتية) is the national airline of Kuwait, based in Kuwait City and wholly owned by the Kuwaiti Government. ... Libyan Airlines Airbus A320-200 at Tripoli International Airport Libyan Airlines (Arabic: الخطوط الجوية الليبية; transliterated: al-Khutut al-Jawiyah al-Libiyah), formerly known as Libyan Arab Airlines,[1] is the national flag carrier airline of Libya, based in Tripoli. ... The Luftansa headquarters in Cologne, Germany. ... MyAir (My Way Airlines) is a low-cost airline based in Milan, Italy. ... Qatar Airways (Arabic: القطرية) is an airline based in Doha, Qatar. ... Royal Air Maroc (commonly called RAM) is the national airline of Morocco, based in Casablanca, the airline is the fourth-largest in Africa (behind South African Airways and Egyptair, Air Algerie). ... Regional Air Lines logo Regional Air Lines is an airline based in Casablanca, Morocco. ... a plane of the Saudi Arabian Airlines Saudi Arabian Airlines (Arabic: الخطوط الجوية العربية السعودية) is the national airline of Saudi Arabia, based in Jeddah. ... Spanair S.A. (IATA: JK, ICAO: JKK, and Callsign: Spanair), is an airline based in Palma, Mallorca, Spain. ... Syrian Boeing 747SP Syrian Boeing 727 Syrian Arab Airlines (Arabic: مؤسسة الطيران العربية السورية), alternative name Syrianair (السورية) is the national flag-carrier airline of Syria, based in Damascus. ... Tunisair Airbus A320-200 Tunisair (Arabic: الخطوط الجوية التونسية), formed in 1948 is the national flag carrier airline of Tunisia. ... Turkish Airlines (Turkish Türk Hava Yolları) (THY) is the national airline of Turkey based in Istanbul. ... Royal Air Maroc (commonly called RAM) is the national airline of Morocco, based in Casablanca, the airline is the fourth-largest in Africa (behind South African Airways and Egyptair, Air Algerie). ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... North America North America is a continent[1] in the Earths northern hemisphere and (chiefly) western hemisphere. ...

There are 24 aircraft stands on the apron of the airport.

Cargo

DHL 757 at CMN

The following are the main cargo operators at Mohammed V airport: Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...

• Royal Air Maroc Cargo
• DHL Airways
• Fedex
• UPS

However, as part of the new development of the airport as an aeronautics hub, and due to the importance of casablanca as one of the main trading and industrial cities in the southern mediterranean, the Cargo operations at CMN are due to expand in the next few years with a new 30,000 sq meter cargo facility due to open in 2008 with an annual processing capacity of 150,000 tonnes. Royal Air Maroc, is a courier company offering overnight courier, ground, heavy freight, document copying and logistics services . ... DHL was founded in 1969 by Adrian Dalsey, Larry Hillblom, and Robert Lynn, as a courier service between San Francisco and Honolulu. ... Federal Express redirects here. ... United Parcel Service, Inc. ...

Notes

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External links

• Mohammed V International Airport Homepage

References

• Office National Des Aéroports
• World Aero data
• AZ World airports