Noumérat – Moufdi Zakaria Airport (french: link=no, Aéroport de Ghardaïa / Noumérat – Moufdi Zakaria) , also known as Noumerate Airport, is a public airport serving

Ghardaïa Ghardaïa ( ar, غرداية, Mzab-Berber: ''Taɣerdayt'') is the capital city of Ghardaïa Province, Algeria. The commune of Ghardaïa has a population of 93,423 according to the 2008 census, up from 87,599 in 1998, with an annual growth rate ...

, the capital of the

Ghardaïa Province Ghardaïa ( ar, ولاية غرداية) is located in the north of the Algerian desert, and the headquarters of the state is the city of Ghardaia 600 km south of the capital Algiers, its total area is estimated at 24711 Km², its extensio ...

in Algeria. It is located southeast of the city. The airport is named for

Moufdi Zakaria Moufdi Zakaria (born Zekri Cheikh; 12 June 1908 – 17 August 1977) was an Algerian activist and nationalist , poet and writer. He wrote "Kassaman", the Algerian national anthem while in prison in 1955. Biography Cheikh Zakaria Ben Slimane Ben Y ...

, the author of

Kassaman "Kassaman", or "Qassaman" ( ar, قَسَمًا, "we pledge", "the oath" or "we swear"), is the national anthem of Algeria. Moufdi Zakaria authored the lyrics, while the music was composed by Egyptian composer Mohamed Fawzi. Th ...

, the Algerian national anthem.

Terminal project

The terminal, with an annual capacity of 500,000 passengers, is often considered as outdated and under-equipped.

Airlines and destinations

Statistics

Incidents

* On 28 January 2004 at 21:00 the flight 7T-VIN of

Tassili Airlines Tassili Airlines ( ar, طيران الطاسيلي) is an Algerian passenger airline, based in Algiers, owned by Sonatrach, the national state-owned oil company of Algeria. Founded in 1998, Tassili now provides scheduled services out of Houari B ...

. The

Sonatrach Sonatrach ( ar, سوناطراك; french: Société Nationale pour la Recherche, la Production, le Transport, la Transformation, et la Commercialisation des Hydrocarbures) is the national state-owned oil company of Algeria. Founded in 1963, it is ...

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chartered one of

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planes to fly two employees from the oil fields near the Algerian Sahara town of

Hassi R'Mel Hassi R'Mel ( ar, حاسي الرمل, Berber language: Ḥasi Eṛṛmel) is a town in Algeria located near the 18th largest gas field worldwide. Hassi R'Mel is located in Laghouat Province northwest of Ghardaïa. It is the capital of Hassi R'M ...

to Ghardaia. The Beech took off at 20:36 and arrived near Ghardaia twenty minutes later. The pilot carried out a visual approach to the field, but had to

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because another plane which had just arrived from

Djanet Djanet ( ar, جانت) is an oasis city, and capital of Djanet District as well as of Djanet Province, southeast Algeria. It is located south of Illizi. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 14,655, up from 9,699 in 1998, and an an ...

, was still on the runway. While maneuvering for another approach, the plane contacted the ground and right wing was torn off. The five occupants survived the impact, but the co-pilot died a day later of his injuries. 2 fatalities. * On 6 February 2010 at 04:48, a

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flying from

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with 125 passengers and 8 crew made a precautionary landing at Moufdi Zakaria Airport following indications of possible irregularities with the hydraulics system. A relief

aircraft An aircraft is a vehicle that is able to fly by gaining support from the air. It counters the force of gravity by using either static lift or by using the dynamic lift of an airfoil, or in a few cases the downward thrust from jet engines ...

was organised to convey passengers to

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while the

was inspected and returned to service by a technical team. * On March 1, 2021 at 20:00,

Air Algérie Air Algérie SpA ( ar, الخطوط الجوية الجزائرية, ; ber, Aeriverdan idzayriyen) is the flag carrier of Algeria, with its head office in the Immeuble El-Djazair in Algiers. With flights operating from Houari Boumedienne Airpo ...

flight AH6200, an

ATR 72 The ATR 72 is a twin-engine turboprop, short-haul regional airliner developed and produced in France and Italy by aircraft manufacturer ATR (french: Avions de transport régional or it, Aerei da Trasporto Regionale), a joint venture formed b ...

, suffered a nose landing gear issue on landing at Ghardaïa Airport,

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. During the approach to

after a flight from

Algiers Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145Census 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques ...

, the nose landing gear failed to deploy after the flight crew selected the undercarriage down. The

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failed to resolve the issue and performed a nosegear-up landing with

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and

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standing by.

References

External links

Google Maps - Noumerat

Great Circle Mapper - Noumerat
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Noumerat-Moufdi Zakaria Airport Airports in Algeria Buildings and structures in Ghardaïa Province