Hassan I Airport ( ar, مطار الحسن الأول, es, link=no, Aeropuerto Internacional de El Aaiún – Hassan I, french: Aéroport international Laâyoune – Hassan I
er ) is an airport serving
Laayoune
Laâyoune ( , also , ) or El Aaiún ( , ; Hassaniya Arabic: , romanized: ; ber, ⵍⵄⵢⵓⵏ, Leɛyun; ar, label= Literary Arabic, العيون, al-ʿUyūn/el-ʿUyūn, lit=The Springs) is the largest city of the disputed territory of We ...
, the largest city in
Western Sahara
Western Sahara ( '; ; ) is a disputed territory on the northwest coast and in the Maghreb region of North and West Africa. About 20% of the territory is controlled by the self-proclaimed Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), while the ...
. The airport is named after
Hassan I of Morocco
''Mawlay'' Hassan bin Mohammed ( ar, الحسن بن محمد, translit=al-Ḥassan bin Muḥammad), known as Hassan I ( ar, الحسن الأول, translit=al-Ḥassan al-Awwal), born in 1836 in Fes and died on 9 June 1894 in Tadla, was a sul ...
. It is operated by the Moroccan state-owned company
ONDA
Onda or Ondas may refer to:
Places
* Onda, Arkansas, an unincorporated community in Washington County
* Onda, Castellón, a municipality of province of Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain
* Onda, Bankura, a village in Bankura district, West Ben ...
. 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''.
Airlines and destinations
Statistics
See also
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Legal status of Western Sahara
Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been vario ...
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Airports in Western Sahara
Airport Hassan I
Buildings and structures in Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra
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