Ben Slimane Airport
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Ben Slimane Airport is an airport
serving Ben Slimane
, a town in the Chaouia-Ouardigha
region
in Morocco
.
of 627 feet (191 m) above mean sea level. It has 1 runway
designated 14/32 with an asphalt
surface measuring 3074 by 46 m (10,085.3 by 150.9 ).
Airport
An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...
serving Ben Slimane
Ben Slimane
Ben Slimane is a town in Morocco, in the Ben Slimane Province. The town, previously known as Boulhaut, is the capital of the province, and is between the cities of Casablanca and Rabat....
, a town in the Chaouia-Ouardigha
Chaouia-Ouardigha
Chaouia-Ouardigha ) is one of the sixteen regions of Morocco. It is situated in north-central Morocco. It covers an area of 7,010 km² and has a population of 1,655,660 . The capital is Settat....
region
Regions of Morocco
Regions of Morocco As part of a 1997 decentralization/regionalization law passed by the legislature 16 new regions were created. It is the current highest administrative division of Morocco. The regions are subdivided into a total of 61 second-order administrative divisions, which are prefectures...
in Morocco
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
.
Facilities
The airport resides at an elevationElevation
The elevation of a geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface ....
of 627 feet (191 m) above mean sea level. It has 1 runway
Runway
According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...
designated 14/32 with an asphalt
Asphalt
Asphalt or , also known as bitumen, is a sticky, black and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid that is present in most crude petroleums and in some natural deposits, it is a substance classed as a pitch...
surface measuring 3074 by 46 m (10,085.3 by 150.9 ).