Tan Tan Airport ( ) , also known as Plage Blanche Airport, is an airport near Tan Tan, a city in the

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. The airport is used for military and civil aviation.

Facilities

The airport resides at an

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of above

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. It has one

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designate 03/21 with an

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surface measuring . It has the following radio-navigation aids:

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and VOR. The runway is suitable for light (private) jets and turbo-prop aircraft.

Airlines and destinations

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

Statistics

Accidents and incidents

On July 26, 2011, A

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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 Kenitra (, , , ) is a city in northwestern Morocco. It is a port on the Sebou River with a population of 507,736 as of 2024. It is one of the three main cities of the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra region and the capital of the similarly named Kénitra ...

. All six crew, 60 soldiers, and 12 civilians on board died.Crash leaves 78 dead
27 July 2011, visited 28 July 2011

References

External links

* * Airports in Morocco Guelmim-Oued Noun {{Morocco-airport-stub