Sania Ramel Airport

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Sania Ramel Airport

مطار تطوان سانية الرمل (
AMSL
10 ft / 3 m
Coordinates35°35′40″N 005°19′12″W / 35.59444°N 5.32000°W / 35.59444; -5.32000
Map
TTU is located in Morocco
TTU
TTU
Location of airport in Morocco
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
06/24 2,300 7,546 Concrete
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft movements1,147
Passengers15,039
Sources: ONDA,[1] DAFIF[2][3]

Sania Ramel Airport (

Arabic: مطار تطوان سانية الرمل, French: Aéroport Tétouan – Sania R'mel) (IATA: TTU, ICAO: GMTN) is an airport serving Tétouan,[3] a city in the Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region in Morocco. It is also the closest airport to the Spanish city of Ceuta (which only has a heliport). The airport served over 15,000 passengers in the year 2008.[1]

History

Sania Ramel was the first military

Spanish Protectorate of Morocco.[4] It was located near the main Spanish Army camps in Tetouan[5] and started operations in October–November 1913. Despite the small size of the facilities (700 x 350 meters)[5] it became a key element in the Spanish military effort on the West front of the Rif War, even if it was prone to flooding in winter.[4]

On 1 July 1927 civilian operations started in the airfield, which became a stopover in the postal flight route between Larache and Seville for some months that year. After the stop in Tetouan was cancelled, it is not known if more civilian flights continued to use the facilities.[6]

It also played a relevant role in the beginning of the

Breguet bombers parked there. On the following day, 19 July, the de Havilland Dragon Rapide flying Francisco Franco from the Canary Islands landed in Sania Ramel, where the senior rebel officers welcomed him. Franco assumed command of the Spanish Army in Morocco.[8] They held an improvised conference around the plane.[citation needed
]

The most important contribution of the Sania Ramel airfield to the Nationalist war effort during the Spanish Civil War was its role in the

Savoia-Marchetti SM.81 supplied by Mussolini, the airlift carried about 13,000 soldiers and 270 tons of cargo until the operation was completed in November.[12]

Before the start of the

Tetouan-Canary Islands. Although by 1943 only the former route kept operating, the airport was enlarged.[13]

After Morocco's independence in 1957, the airport was transferred to the new administration,[4] after which it started to decline. Only small aircraft currently land at the Sania Ramel facilities and even if there were plans to make greater use of the airport, urban development in the surrounding areas would make it unfeasible.[13]

Facilities

Aircraft parking space of 11,300 square metres (121,632 sq ft) supports two

Boeing 737-800s. The air terminal is 1,200 m2 (12,917 sq ft) and designed to handle 300,000 passengers per year.[1]

The paved

DME.[1]

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Tétouan Airport:

AirlinesDestinations
Madrid,[15] Malaga[15]
Malaga
Casablanca
Madrid, Malaga, Marrakesh[16]
Seasonal: Marseille, Seville
TUI fly Belgium Seasonal: Brussels

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at TTU airport. See Wikidata query.
Subject[17] 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Aircraft movements 110 188 152 198 297 356
Passengers 1,065 13,138 10,948 14,788 18,979 24,010

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Tétouan". ONDA. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  2. ^ Airport information for GMTN[usurped] from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  3. ^ a b Airport information for TTU at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  4. ^ a b c "Aeródromos históricos: Tetuán" (in Spanish). Ministry of Defence (Spain). Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  5. ^ a b Araque Jiménez, Eduardo; Garrido Almonacid, Antonio. "Koudiat Taifour y la llanura de Tetuán: oportunidades para su conservación" (PDF) (in Spanish). Universidad de Jaén. p. 6.
  6. ^ Araque Jiménez, Eduardo; Garrido Almonacid, Antonio. "Koudiat Taifour y la llanura de Tetuán: oportunidades para su conservación" (PDF) (in Spanish). Universidad de Jaén. pp. 7–8.
  7. ^ Sánchez Montoya, Francisco (18 July 2004). "El primo al que Franco ejecutó". Crónica de el Mundo (in Spanish) (457).
  8. ISBN 84-8432-665-9
    .
  9. ^ Per photograph caption pg.146 and also text pg.201, Air Power, Budiansky, Stephen, Penguin Group, London England 2005
  10. ISBN 978-84-9892-208-0
    .
  11. ^
    ISBN 0312120168
    .
  12. ISBN 978-84-9892-208-0
    .
  13. ^ a b Araque Jiménez, Eduardo; Garrido Almonacid, Antonio. "Koudiat Taifour y la llanura de Tetuán: oportunidades para su conservación" (PDF) (in Spanish). Universidad de Jaén. p. 8.
  14. ^ "Air Arabia Maroc start lijndienst van Schiphol naar Tétouan" [Air Arabia Maroc starts service from Schiphol to Tétouan]. Luchtvaartnieuws (in Dutch). 14 March 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  15. ^ a b c d "Air Arabia Maroc Launches Tetouan – Europe Service in NS24". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  16. ^ "Ryanair Morocco NS24 Network Expansion". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  17. ^ Statistics from A-Z Worldairports database, visited on 23 July 2008

External links

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