Oujda-Angad Airport () is an airport serving Oujda, a city in the Oriental region in Morocco. It is located about north of Oujda and about northeast of Casablanca, near the Algerian border.
History During World War II, the airport was used as a military airfield by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and United States Army Air Forces Twelfth Air Force 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 52d Troop Carrier Wing, 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 Douglas C-47 Skytrain 319th Bombardment Group, 3 March – 25 April 1943 Martin B-26 Marauder 350th Fighter Group, 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 Air Transport Command aircraft on the Casablanca-Algiers transport route. When WWII ended, the control of the airfield was returned to civil authorities.Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. .
Facilities The airport resides at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has two runways designated 06/24 and 13/31 each with an asphalt/bitumen surface and each measuring .
Airlines and destinations The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Oujda-Angad Airport:
Traffic statistics
Item2007 statistics Source: ONDA PDF-Document 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 MovementsStatistics until 2006 from Statistics Movements , PDF document 3546 3108 3316 3031 2303 2199 PassengersStatistics until 2006 from Overview passengers stats MA , PDF document 315,006 242,080 225,444 193,036 180,406 168,385 Cargo (metric tons)Statistics until 2006 from freight stats , PDF document 451.09 451.09 202.08 197.14 260.99 618.10
References
External links
Accident history for OUD at Aviation Safety Network