List of airports in Western Sahara
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This is a list of airport
s in Western Sahara
, sorted by location.
There are three other unpaved airstrips located in the Western Sahara:
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...
s in Western Sahara
Western Sahara
Western Sahara is a disputed territory in North Africa, bordered by Morocco to the north, Algeria to the northeast, Mauritania to the east and south, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Its surface area amounts to . It is one of the most sparsely populated territories in the world, mainly...
, sorted by location.
Airports
Airport names shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled commercial airline service.City served | Region of Morocco | ICAO ICAO airport code The ICAO airport code or location indicator is a four-character alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. These codes are defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization, and published in ICAO Document 7910: Location Indicators.The ICAO codes are used by air traffic... |
IATA IATA airport code An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier, IATA station code or simply a location identifier, is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association... |
Airport name | Coordinates |
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Dakhla Dakhla, Western Sahara -External links:**... (ad-Dakhla) |
Oued Ed-Dahab-Lagouira Oued Ed-Dahab-Lagouira Oued Ed-Dahab-Lagouira is one of the sixteen regions of Morocco. It is situated in the disputed territory of Western Sahara, considered by Morocco to be the southern part of the country. The Polisario Front and other independence-seeking Sahrawis consider this to be a part of the Sahrawi Arab... |
GMMH | VIL | 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.... |
23°43′05"N 015°55′55"W |
Laâyoune El Aaiún El-Aaiún , is a city in Western Sahara founded by the Spanish in 1928. Administered by Morocco since 1976, El-Aaiún is the capital of what the Moroccan government call the region of Laâyoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra, and POLISARIO call Occupied Territories... (El Aaiún) |
Laâyoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra Laâyoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra Laâyoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra is one of the sixteen regions of Morocco. It is partly located in the disputed territory of Western Sahara. Most of the region is administered by Morocco.The region is made up into the following provinces:... |
GMML | EUN | Hassan I Airport (Laâyoune Airport) | 27°09′06"N 013°13′09"W |
Smara Smara Smara, also Semara , is a city in the Moroccan-Administered Western Sahara, with a population estimated at 42,056.-History:The largest city in its province, Smara was founded in the Saguia el-Hamra as an oasis for travellers in 1869. It is the only major city in Western Sahara that was not founded... (Semara) |
Guelmim-Es Semara Guelmim-Es Semara Guelmim-Es Semara is one of the sixteen regions of Morocco. It covers an area of 122,825 km² and has a population of 462,410 . The capital is Guelmim. The southern half of the region forms part of the Western Sahara.... |
GMMA | SMW | Smara Airport Smara Airport Smara Airport is an airport in Smara , a city in Western Sahara .-Destinations:... |
26°43′54"N 011°41′04"W |
- Laayoun Annex Air Base
There are three other unpaved airstrips located in the Western Sahara:
- one rough dirt airstrip southwest of Tifariti (southern part of Western Sahara)
- two well defined dirt airstrips just west of Al Mahbes (northeast part of Western Sahara)
See also
- Legal status of Western Sahara
- List of airports in Morocco
- Transport in Western SaharaTransport in Western Sahara-Rail:Western Sahara has no freight or passenger service railways, with the exception of a section of the Mauritania Railway; which , cuts across the extreme south-eastern corner of the territory.-Roads:...
- List of airports by ICAO code: G#Western Sahara
- Wikipedia: WikiProject Aviation/Airline destination lists: Africa#Western Sahara (claimed by Morocco)