Oujda Angads Airport () is an airport serving
Oujda,
a city in the
Oriental region
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in Morocco. it is located about north of
Oujda and about northeast of
Casablanca, near the Algerian border.
History
During
World War II
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, the airport was used as a military airfield by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and
United States Army Air Forces
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Twelfth Air Force
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The command is the air component to ...
during the
North African campaign. It was called RAF Oujda and Oujda Airfield Known units assigned were:
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5th Bombardment Wing
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, December 1942 – January 1943
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52d Troop Carrier Wing, 8 May – July 1943
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68th Reconnaissance Group, November 1942 – 24 March 1943 (Various photo-reconnaissance aircraft)
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313th Troop Carrier Group, 9 May – 16 June 1943
C-47 Skytrain
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319th Bombardment Group, 3 March – 25 April 1943
B-26 Marauder
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350th Fighter Group
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, 6 January – 14 February 1943
P-39/P-400 Airacobra
After the Americans moved out their active units in mid-1943, the airport was used as a stopover and landing field for
Air Transport Command
Air Transport Command (ATC) was a United States Air Force unit that was created during World War II as the strategic airlift component of the United States Army Air Forces.
It had two main missions, the first being the delivery of supplies and ...
aircraft on the Casablanca-Algiers transport route. When WWII ended the control of the airfield was returned to civil authorities.
Facilities
The airport resides at an elevation of above
mean sea level
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. It has two
runway
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s designated 06/24 and 13/31 each with an
asphalt
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/
bitumen surface and each measuring .
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Oujda-Angads Airport:
Traffic statistics
References
External links
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Airports in Morocco
Oujda
Buildings and structures in Oriental (Morocco)
Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Morocco
World War II airfields in Morocco