Smara Airport

Smara Airport is an in , a city in Morocco. Between 1977 and 2006, the Ministry of Equipment and Transport invested MAD 21.5 million in capital works, including extending the main runway to 3,000 m and construction of a hardstand for aircraft parking and movement.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport in Western Sahara
  • Also known as: “Aéroport d’Esmara مطار السمارة”, “GMMA”, and “SMW”
  • Address: السمارة

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Smara.

Photo: Bertramz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town in . There is a strong Sahrawi presence in the town. There is an equally strong Moroccan military presence in the town. This situation creates some tension.

Smara Airport

Latitude
26.73258° or 26° 43′ 57″ north
Longitude
-11.68567° or 11° 41′ 8″ west
Elevation
172 metres (564 feet)
Operator
Airports of Morocco مطارات المغرب
IATA airport code
SMW
ICAO airport code
GMMA
Open location code
7CRCP8M7+2P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 273114870
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
7668281
Wiki­data ID
Q10850030
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Tajik—“Smara Airport” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مطار السمارة”
  • Asturian: “Aeropuertu d’Esmara”
  • Catalan: “Aeroport de Smara”
  • Cebuano: “Smara Airport”
  • French: “Aéroport d’Esmara”
  • French: “aéroport de Smara”
  • French: “Aéroport de Smara”
  • French: “base d’Es-Semara”
  • French: “Base d’Es-Semara”
  • German: “Flughafen Esmara”
  • Hausa: “Filin jirgin saman Smara”
  • Indonesian: “GMMA”
  • Indonesian: “SMW”
  • Japanese: “スマラ空港”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Smara”
  • Persian: “GMMA”
  • Persian: “SMW”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه سماره”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه_سماره”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy As-Samara”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Asmara (Sahara Zachodnia)”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Smara”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Esmara”
  • Swedish: “Smara Airport”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи сморҳ”

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