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Ben Slimane Airport (IATA: GMD, ICAO: GMMB) is an airport serving Ben Slimane, [1] a town in the Casablanca-Settat region in Morocco. It may have been built as a U.S. Strategic Air Command airbase. Facilities
Built in the 1920s by the French colonial government, Anfa Airport was the primary airport for Casablanca until the United States Air Force closed its base at Nouasseur in 1959. The Nouasseur Air Base has been expanded over the years to handle large jet aircraft and has become Casablanca's primary airport, Mohammed V International Airport.
Casablanca Tit Mellil Airport (ICAO: GMMT) (French: Aéroport Casablanca Tit Mellil, Arabic: مطار الدار البيضاء تيط مليل) is an airport located in Tit Mellil, Morocco, near Casablanca. It is a small airport less than 30 kilometres (19 mi) from Casablanca.
Aviation ranking firm SkyTrax has unveiled the best airports in the world for 2022. Asia and Europe dominated the list, with Qatar's Hamad International Airport maintaining its top title.
Naval Air Station Port Lyautey is a former United States Navy Naval Air Station in Morocco, about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north-northwest of Kenitra and about 120 kilometres (75 mi) northeast of Casablanca. The Naval Air Station was turned over to the Royal Moroccan Air Force and the last of US military personnel departed the base in 1977.
Country Airport IATA ICAO City 2021 % Change (2021/2020) 1 Egypt Cairo International Airport: CAI HECA: Cairo: 11,346,398 [11]: 58.8 % 2 South Africa O. R. Tambo International Airport
Casablanca also hosts the primary naval base for the Royal Moroccan Navy. Casablanca is a significant financial centre, ranking 54th globally in the September 2023 Global Financial Centres Index rankings, between Brussels and Rome. [5] The Casablanca Stock Exchange is Africa's third-largest in terms of market capitalization, as of December 2022 ...
During World War II, the airport was used by the United States Army Air Forces Air Transport Command as a hub for cargo, transiting aircraft and personnel. It functioned as a stopover en route to Casablanca Airfield or to Agadir Airport on the North African Cairo-Dakar transport route for cargo, transiting aircraft and personnel.