Tan Tan Airport ( ar, مطار طانطان الشاطئ الأبيض ) , also known as Plage Blanche Airport, is an airport near Tan Tan, a city in the

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. The airport is used for military and civil aviation.

Facilities

The airport resides at an

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. It has one

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designate 03/21 with an

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surface measuring . It has the following radio-navigation aids: NDB and

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. The runway is suitable for light (private) jets and turbo-prop aircraft.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Tan Tan Airport:

Statistics

Accidents and incidents

On July 26, 2011, A

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Hercules C-130 transport plane

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six miles from the airport, where it had planned a stop-over on a flight from Dakhla to

Kenitra Kenitra ( ar, القُنَيْطَرَة, , , ; ber, ⵇⵏⵉⵟⵔⴰ, Qniṭra; french: Kénitra) is a city in north western Morocco, formerly known as Port Lyautey from 1932 to 1956. It is a port on the Sebou river, has a population in 201 ...

. All six crew, 60 soldiers, and 12 civilians on board diedCrash leaves 78 dead
27 July 2011, visited 28 July 2011

References

External links

* * Airports in Morocco Guelmim-Oued Noun {{Morocco-airport-stub