Angads Airport Explained

Oujda Angad Airport
Iata:	OUD
Icao:	GMFO
Pushpin Map:	Morocco
Pushpin Mapsize:	200
Pushpin Mark:	Airplane_silhouette.svg
Pushpin Label:	OUD
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location of airport in Morocco
Type:	Public
Operator:	ONDA
City-Served:	Oujda, Morocco
Elevation-F:	1,535
Elevation-M:	468
Coordinates:	34.7872°N -1.9239°W
Metric-Rwy:	y
R1-Number:	06/24
R1-Length-M:	3,000
R1-Length-F:	9,843
R1-Surface:	Asphalt/Bitumen
R2-Number:	13/31
R2-Length-M:	3,000
R2-Length-F:	9,843
R2-Surface:	Asphalt/Bitumen
Stat-Year:	2019
Stat1-Header:	Passengers
Stat1-Data:	701,913^[1]
Stat2-Header:	Passenger change 18-19
Stat2-Data:	+3.83%
Footnotes:	Source: DAFIF^[2]

Oujda Angads Airport (Arabic: مطار وجدة أنجاد) is an airport serving Oujda, a city in the Oriental region in Morocco. it is located about 12km (07miles) north of Oujda and about 600km (400miles) 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 C-47 Skytrain
• 319th Bombardment Group, 3 March – 25 April 1943 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.

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Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 1535feet above mean sea level. It has two runways designated 06/24 and 13/31 each with an asphalt/bitumen surface and each measuring 3000mx45mm (10,000feetx148feetm).

Airlines and destinations

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

Traffic statistics

Item^[5]	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002
Movements^[6]	3546	3108	3316	3031	2303	2199
Passengers^[7]	315,006	242,080	225,444	193,036	180,406	168,385
Cargo (metric tons)^[8]	451.09	451.09	202.08	197.14	260.99	618.10

Notes and References

1. Web site: Aéroports du Maroc : Trafic Aérien de l'année 2019.
2. from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
3. Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. .
4. Book: Maurer, Maurer. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II. 1969. reprint. 1982. Office of Air Force History. Washington, DC. 0-405-12194-6. 72556. 70605402.
5. 2007 statistics Source: ONDA PDF-Document
6. Statistics until 2006 from Statistics Movements, PDF document
7. Statistics until 2006 from Overview passengers stats MA, PDF document
8. Statistics until 2006 from freight stats, PDF document