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Tan Tan Airport

مطار طانطان الشاطئ الأبيض (Arabic)

*Aéroport de Tan Tan* (French)
Tan Tan Airport; مطار طانطان الشاطئ الأبيض (Arabic); Aéroport de Tan Tan (French)
	IATA: TTA; ICAO: GMAT;
Summary
Airport type	Public / Military
Serves	Tan Tan, Morocco
Elevation AMSL	653 ft / 199 m
Coordinates	28°26′54″N 011°09′41″W / 28.44833°N 11.16139°W
Map
	TTA Location of airport in Morocco
Runways
	Source: DAFIF

Tan Tan Airport (Arabic: مطار طانطان الشاطئ الأبيض ) (IATA: TTA, ICAO: GMAT), also known as Plage Blanche Airport, is an airport near Tan Tan, a city in the Guelmim-Oued Noun region in Morocco. The airport is used for military and civil aviation.^[3]

Facilities edit

The airport resides at an elevation of 653 feet (199 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designate 03/21 with an asphalt surface measuring 2,000 by 30 metres (6,562 ft × 98 ft).^[1] It has the following radio-navigation aids: NDB and VOR. The runway is suitable for light (private) jets and turbo-prop aircraft.

Airlines and destinations edit

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

Airlines	Destinations
Royal Air Maroc Express	Casablanca

Statistics edit

Subject	2003	2005	2006
Passengers	27	1082	917
Freight (tons)	7	-	-
Aircraft movements	18	104	132

Accidents and incidents edit

On July 26, 2011, A Royal Moroccan Armed Forces Hercules C-130 transport plane crashed six miles from the airport, where it had planned a stop-over on a flight from Dakhla to Kenitra. All six crew, 60 soldiers, and 12 civilians on board died.^[4]

References edit

^ ^a ^b Airport information for GMAT^[usurped] from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
^ Airport information for TTA at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
^ All details and stats from A-Z WorldAirports database: page on Tan Tan Airport, visited 24 July 2008
^ Crash leaves 78 dead, 27 July 2011, visited 28 July 2011