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Tangier Ibn Battuta Airport (french: link=no, Aéroport de Tanger-Ibn Battouta, ar, مطار طنجة ابن بطوطة) is an international airport serving
Tangier Tangier ( ; ; ar, طنجة, Ṭanja) is a city in northwestern Morocco. It is on the Moroccan coast at the western entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar, where the Mediterranean Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Spartel. The town is the capi ...
(''Tanger'' in French), the capital city of the
Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima ( ar, طنجة - تطوان - الحسيمة, ṭanja - tiṭwān - al-ḥusayma; ber, ⵟⴰⵏⵊⴰ ⵜⵉⵟⵡⴰⵏ ⵍⵃⵓⵙⵉⵎⴰ, ṭanja tiṭwan lḥusima) is the northernmost of the twelve regions of ...
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Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria t ...
. The airport is named after Ibn Battouta (1304–1368), a Moroccan traveler who was born in Tangier. The airport was formerly known as Tanger-Boukhalef Airport. The airport handled over passengers in the year 2017.


Facilities

A new airport terminal building was opened in 2008 to provide for many more flights and increased passenger capability, as Tangier has grown rapidly and modernised. Aircraft parking space of supports up to four
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s and one Boeing 747. For small craft two dedicated sections are assigned. The air terminal is and designed to handle passengers per year. The cargo terminal is of covered space. The airport has two runways but only the longer runway is in active use and 07/25 is closed.Runway information on TAG web abou
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The 3500 meter long runway 10/28 is open and is capable of handling all sizes of aircraft up to the size of a Boeing 747 and Airbus A380-800. The airport has an ILS status ''(Loc – Glide – DME)'' and offers the following radionavigational aids: VORDMENDB. PAPI lighting available for runway 10/28 for approaches from either direction. Tangier-Ibn Battouta is one of the six airports in Morocco where ONDA offers its special VIP service Salon Convives de Marque.


Airlines and destinations


Passenger

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Tangier Airport: This flight operates via Nador. However, this carrier does not have rights to transport passengers solely between Tangier and Nador.
This flight operates via Fez on selected days. However, this carrier does not have rights to transport passengers solely between Tangier and Fez.


Cargo


Statistics


Access

Tangier-Ibn Battouta is served by a dedicated taxi stand. Grand Taxis are available 24 hours a day at the curb in front of the terminal. The price of these taxis is fixed by the Moroccan Government. There are no bus routes that serve the airport directly. Small local taxis may drop off passengers but are forbidden from picking up at the terminal.


Incidents and accidents

*On 13 October 1953, one passenger died on a domestic flight to Casablanca. During initial climb from Tanger the plane encountered unknown problems and made an emergency landing on a beach. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair. *On 23 December 1973, a Sud Aviation Caravelle on lease to
Royal Air Maroc Royal Air Maroc (; ar, الخطوط الملكية المغربية, , literally ''Royal Moroccan Lines'' or ''Royal Moroccan Airlines''; ber, ⴰⵎⵓⵏⵉ ⴰⵢⵍⴰⵍ ⴰⴳⵍⴷⴰⵏ ⵏ ⴰⵎⵓⵔⴰⴽⵓⵛ, ''Amuni Aylal Age ...
crashed near the airport after the pilot turned too far to the East in his approach to
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''28''. In dark and rainy conditions the plane overflew dangerous terrain and crashed into mountains. All 106 on board died.Accident details from Aviation Safety database o
Tanger Airport
, visited 27 July 2008;Footnote: In the database this ''1971-accident'' happened during ''En Route'' phase of the flight and not during ''descent'' or ''approach''
*On 23 November 1988,
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G-BBVH of Gibraltar Airways was damaged beyond economic repair in a landing accident.


References

26. Source details 2019 http://www.onda.ma/content/download/10568/104339/version/31/fichier/Communiqu%C3%A9+trafic+2019++VA.pdf


External links


Tanger
page at ONDA website * {{authority control Airports in Morocco Buildings and structures in Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Transport in Tangier