Inezgane Airport or Agadir Inezgane Airport is an airport

Airport

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 in Agadir

Agadir

Agadir is a major city in southwest Morocco, capital of the Agadir province and the Sous-Massa-Draa economic region .-Etymology:...

, the capital city

Capital City

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 of the Souss-Massa-Draâ

Souss-Massa-Draâ

Souss-Massa-Draâ is one of the sixteen regions of Morocco. It is situated in central Morocco. It covers an area of 70,880 km² and has a population of 3,113,653 . The capital is Agadir...

 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...

. The airport is located approximately 14 km (9 mi) northeast of Agadir's Al Massira Airport

Al Massira Airport

Agadir – Al Massira Airport is an international airport serving Agadir, a major city in southwest Morocco. Agadir is the capital of the province of Agadir and the region of Souss-Massa-Draâ....

.

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 89 feet (27 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway

Runway

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 designated 10/28 with an asphalt

Asphalt

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 surface measuring 2910 by 45 m (9,547.2 by 147.6 ).

Incidents

On August 3, 1975, an Alia Royal Jordanian Airlines

Royal Jordanian

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 Boeing 707

Boeing 707

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 struck a mountain peak when on approach to Agadir Airport. All 188 passengers and crew on board were killed. It is the worst ever incident

1975 Agadir Morocco Air Disaster

The Agadir air disaster was a chartered Boeing 707 passenger flight on 3 August which crashed into a mountain on approach to Agadir Inezgane Airport, Morroco. All 188 passengers and crew on board were killed...

 involving a 707.

World War II

During World War II

World War II

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, the airport was used by the United States Army Air Force Air Transport Command

Air Transport Command

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 as a hub for cargo, transiting aircraft and personnel on the North African Cairo

Cairo

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-Dakar

Dakar

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 transport route for cargo, transiting aircraft and personnel. It functioned as a stopover en-route to Marrakech Airport or to Dakhla Airport

Dakhla Airport

Dakhla Airport is an airport serving Dakhla , a city in Western Sahara.The airport is operated as a Moroccan airport, with public facilities managed by the Moroccan state-owned company ONDA....

, near Villa Cisneros in French North Africa. In addition, an air connection to Atar Airport

Atar International Airport

Atar Airport or Atar International Airport is an airport serving Atar, a town in the Adrar Region of Mauritania.-World War II:During World War II, the airport was used by the United States Army Air Force Air Transport Command as a stopover for cargo, transiting aircraft and personnel on the North...

also handled cargo and personnel flights.