Essaouira-Mogador Airport
Essaouira-Mogador Airport مطار الصويرة موكادور (Arabic) Aéroport d'Essaouira Mogador (French) | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | ONDA | ||||||||||
| Serves | Essaouira, Morocco | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 384 ft / 117 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 31°23′51″N 009°40′54″W / 31.39750°N 9.68167°W | ||||||||||
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ESU Location of airport in Morocco | |||||||||||
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Essaouira-Mogador Airport (Arabic: مطار الصويرة موكادور) (IATA: ESU, ICAO: GMMI) is an international airport serving Essaouira[1] (formerly known as Mogador), a city in the Marrakesh-Safi region in Morocco. The airport is 15km or 9.3 miles from the city center.
Facilities
The airport is at an elevation of 384 feet (117 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 16/34 with an asphalt/bitumen surface measuring 2,100 by 45 metres (6,890 ft × 148 ft).[1]
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Essaouira Airport:
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Air Arabia | Rabat[3] |
| Binter Canarias | Seasonal: Gran Canaria[4] |
| EasyJet | Seasonal: Bordeaux,[5] Lyon[6] |
| Ryanair | Beauvais,[7] Charleroi,[8] London–Stansted,[8] Madrid,[9] Marseille,[8] Weeze[10] |
| Transavia | Paris–Orly Seasonal: Nantes (begins 11 July 2025)[11] |
| Vueling | Seasonal: Barcelona (begins 3 July 2025)[12] |
Ground transportation
To get from the airport to city center Essaouira:
- by taxi for 150 Dh (MAD) about 15 euro (16 US dollars)
- by local bus for 8 Dh (MAD) about 0.70 euro (0.80 US dollars) , bus N° 2 has a stop outside airport, this bus route is between Bab doukkala and Sidi kaouki.
Statistics
Annual passenger traffic at ESU airport.
See Wikidata query.
References
- ^ a b c Airport information for GMMI from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
- ^ Airport information for ESU at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- ^ Liu, Jim. "Air Arabia Maroc Adds Rabat – Essaouira in NS25". aeroroutes.com. Aeroroutes. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
- ^ Liu, Jim (28 March 2023). "Binter NS23 Morocco Network Expansion". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ Liu, Jim (30 March 2023). "easyJet NS23 Network Changes – 30MAR23". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ "easyJet NS25 Network Additions – 22DEC24". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
- ^ "Ryanair to launch Paris-Beauvais to Essaouira flights in March 2025". yabiladi.
- ^ a b c "Essaouira, Morocco". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 25 (2). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 352. August 2023. ISSN 1466-8718.
- ^ "Ryanair NS23 Network Additions Summary – 26MAR23". Aeroroutes.
- ^ "Ryanair NW23 Network Changes – 17SEP23". Aeroroutes.
- ^ "TRANSAVIA FRANCE NS25 NETWORK ADDITIONS – 02OCT24". aeroroutes.com. 3 October 2024.
- ^ "Vueling lanza cinco nuevas rutas internacionales a Barcelona para este verano". tourinews.es (in Spanish). 13 February 2025. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
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