Oujda Angads Airport () is an airport serving

Oujda Oujda ( ar, وجدة; ber, ⵡⵓⵊⴷⴰ, Wujda) is a major Moroccan city in its northeast near the border with Algeria. Oujda is the capital city of the Oriental region of northeastern Morocco and has a population of about 558,000 people. It ...

, a city in the

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in Morocco. it is located about north of

and about northeast of

Casablanca Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...

, near the Algerian border.

History

During

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, the airport was used as a military airfield by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and

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during the North African campaign. It was called RAF Oujda and Oujda Airfield Known units assigned were: * HQ 5th Bombardment Wing, December 1942 – January 1943 * HQ

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, 8 May – July 1943 * 68th Reconnaissance Group, November 1942 – 24 March 1943 (Various photo-reconnaissance aircraft) * 313th Troop Carrier Group, 9 May – 16 June 1943

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* 319th Bombardment Group, 3 March – 25 April 1943

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350th Fighter Group The 350th Fighter Group was an air combat unit of the United States Army Air Force formed in 1942 and inactivated in 1945. The fighter group consisted of 345th Fighter Squadron, 345th, 346th Fighter Squadron, 346th and 347th Fighter Squadron. The ...

, 6 January – 14 February 1943 P-39/P-400 Airacobra After the Americans moved out their active units in mid-1943, the airport was used as a stopover and landing field for

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aircraft on the Casablanca-Algiers transport route. When WWII ended the control of the airfield was returned to civil authorities.

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of above

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. It has two

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s designated 06/24 and 13/31 each with an

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surface and each measuring .

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Oujda-Angads Airport:

Traffic statistics

References

External links

* * {{authority control Airports in Morocco Oujda Buildings and structures in Oriental (Morocco) Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Morocco World War II airfields in Morocco