Noumérat – Moufdi Zakaria Airport
Noumérat – Moufdi Zakaria Airport Aéroport de Ghardaïa / Noumérat – Moufdi Zakaria | |||||||||||||||
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AMSL 461 m / 1,512 ft | | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°23′0″N 3°47′50″E / 32.38333°N 3.79722°E | ||||||||||||||
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  GHA Location of airport in Algeria | |||||||||||||||
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Sources: ACI 's 2010 World Airport Traffic Report. | |||||||||||||||
Noumérat – Moufdi Zakaria Airport (French: Aéroport de Ghardaïa / Noumérat – Moufdi Zakaria[1]) (IATA: GHA, ICAO: DAUG), also known as Noumerate Airport, is a public airport serving Ghardaïa, the capital of the Ghardaïa Province in Algeria. It is located 8.6 nautical miles (9.9 mi; 15.9 km) southeast of the city.[1] The airport is named for Moufdi Zakaria, the author of Kassaman, the Algerian national anthem.
Terminal project
The terminal, with an annual capacity of 500,000 passengers, is often considered as outdated and under-equipped.[citation needed]
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Madinah |
Statistics
| Passengers | Change from previous year | Aircraft operations | Change from previous year | Cargo (metric tons) |
Change from previous year | |
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| 2005 | 47,217 |  36.70% |
3,140 | 34.45% |
51 | 78.30%
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| 2006 | 40,699 | 13.80% |
2,330 | 25.80% |
106 |  107.84%
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| 2007 | 36,226 | 10.99% |
2,121 | 8.97% |
34 | 67.92%
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| 2008 | 44,762 | 23.56% |
2,352 | 10.89% |
129 | 279.41%
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| 2009 | 44,493 | 0.60% |
2,542 | 8.08% |
57 | 55.81%
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| 2010 | 45,794 | 2.92% |
2,436 | 4.17% |
601 | 954.39%
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| Source: Airports Council International. World Airport Traffic Reports (Years 2005,[5] 2006,[6] 2007,[7] 2009[8] and 2010) | ||||||
Incidents
- On 28 January 2004 at 21:00 the flight 7T-VIN of Ghardaia twenty minutes later. The pilot carried out a visual approach to the field, but had to go around because another plane which had just arrived from Djanet, was still on the runway. While maneuvering for another approach, the plane contacted the ground and right wing was torn off. The five occupants survived the impact, but the co-pilot died a day later of his injuries. 2 fatalities.
- On 6 February 2010 at 04:48, a London Gatwick, United Kingdom with 125 passengers and 8 crew made a precautionary landing at Moufdi Zakaria Airport following indications of possible irregularities with the hydraulics system. A relief aircraft was organised to convey passengers to London while the aircraft was inspected and returned to service by a technical team.[9]
- On March 1, 2021 at 20:00, ambulances standing by.[10]
References
- ^ a b c (in French) AIP and Chart for Aéroport de Ghardaïa / Noumérat – Moufdi Zakaria (DAUG) from Service d'Information Aéronautique – Algerie
- ^ (in French) Aéroport de Ghardaïa : Noumérat "Moufdi Zakaria" from Établissement de Gestion de Services Aéroportuaires d'Alger (EGSA Alger)
- ^ "Airport information for DAUG". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF. - ^ "DAUG @ aerobaticsweb.org". Landings.com. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
- ^ Airport Council International's 2005 World Airport Traffic Report
- ^ Airport Council International's 2006 World Airport Traffic Report
- ^ Airport Council International Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine's 2007 World Airport Traffic Report
- ^ Airport Council International Archived 11 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine's 2009 World Airport Traffic Report
- ^ "Incident: Astraeus B752 over Algeria on Feb 6th 2010, hydraulics failure". avherald.com. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
- ^ "ASN Aircraft accident ATR 72-500 (72-212A) 7T-VUK Ghardaïa-Noumérat Airport (GHA)".
External links
- Google Maps - Noumerat
- Great Circle Mapper - Noumerat
- Accident history for GHA at Aviation Safety Network
- Current weather for DAUG at NOAA/NWS