Hassan I Airport Laayoune Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public/Military | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Office National Des Aéroports (ONDA) | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Laayoune | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Western Sahara | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 207 ft / 63 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°09′06″N 013°13′09″W / 27.15167°N 13.21917°W | ||||||||||||||
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  EUN Location of airport in Western Sahara | |||||||||||||||
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Hassan I Airport (Arabic: مطار الحسن الأول, Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de El Aaiún – Hassan I, French: Aéroport international Laâyoune – Hassan Ier (IATA: EUN, ICAO: GMML)) is an airport serving Laayoune, the largest city in Western Sahara. The airport is named after Hassan I of Morocco. It is operated by the Moroccan state-owned company ONDA. Due to the particular political situation of Western Sahara, this airport appears in the Moroccan AIP as GMML and in the Spanish AIP as GSAI.[5]
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Laayoune Airport:
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Binter Canarias | Gran Canaria |
| Royal Air Maroc | Agadir,[6] Casablanca, Dakhla,[6] Gran Canaria[7] |
Statistics
Annual passenger traffic at EUN airport.
See Wikidata query.
Accidents and incidents
- On 4 December 1976, a Lockheed C-130H Hercules (CN-AOB) of the Royal Moroccan Air Force was reportedly shot down by rebels near here after departure. It is unknown if there were any fatalities.[8]
See also
References
- ↑ "Aéroports du Maroc : Trafic Aérien de l'année 2019".
- ↑ Airport information for Laayoune (GMML) from Office National Des Aéroports (ONDA)
- ↑ Airport information for Hassan I (GMML)[usurped] from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
- ↑ Airport information for EUN / GMML at Great Circle Mapper.
- ↑ El Aaiun Airport information in the Spanish AIP at the Wayback Machine (archived 2016-06-24)
- 1 2 "Royal Air Maroc Adds New Domestic Routes from June 2015". Routesonline.
- ↑ "Royal Air Maroc Adds New Las Palmas/Gran Canaria Routes from March 2016". Routesonline.
- ↑ "ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed C-130H Hercules CN-AOB Laayoune-Hassan I Airport (EUN)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
External links
- Current weather for GMML at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for Laayoune-Hassan I Airport (EUN) at Aviation Safety Network
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