PanethosLongest international airport runways of North Africa
Provided below is a list of the longest international airport runways in North Africa. For purposes of this post, North Africa is defined as Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, and Western Sahara.
Cairo International Airport – Source: forum.wordldairports.comDespite the reference to international airports in the post title, some of the airports listed do not have “international” in their name. Similarly, there are some airports with “international” in their name that do not offer flights outside their home nation. This list tries to identify those that actually offer international flights (regardless of their name), which have runway(s) a minimum of 10,000 feet in length.
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Algiers International Airport – Source: elmarcel.com2-5. Runways 05C/23C and 05R/23L: Cairo International: Greater Cairo, Egypt and Runways 16L/34R and 16R/34L: Hurghada International: Hurghada, Egypt = 4,000 m/13,123 feet
6-7. Runways 17L/35R and 17R/35L: Mohammed V International: Casablanca, Morocco = 3,720 m/12,205 feet
8-9. Runways 01L/19R 11,980 and 01R/19L: Capital International: Greater Cairo, Egypt = 3,640 m/ 11,980 feet
10. Runway 16R/34L: Sphinx International: Greater Cairo, Egypt = 3,650 m/11,975 feet
11-13. Runway 07L/25R: Ahmed Ben Bella Airport: Oran, Algeria and Runways 15R/33L and 15L/33R: Benina International: Bengazi, Libya = 3,600 m/ 11,811 feet
14. Runway 02/20: Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport: Tamanrasset, Algeria = 3,600 m/ 11,800 feet
15-16. Runway 03/21: Rabat–Salé Airport: Rabat, Morocco and Runway 10/28: Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport: Tangier, Morocco = 3,500 m/11,483 feet
17-18. Runways 05/23 and 09/27: Houari Boumediene Airport: Algiers, Algeria = 3,500 m/11,482 feet
19. Runway 13/31: El Alamein International: El Alamein, Egypt = 3,499 m/11,479 feet
20. Runway 17/35: Aswan International: Aswan, Egypt = 3,402 m/11,161 feet
21-22. Runways 14L/32R and 14R/32L: Alexandria International: Alexandria, Egypt = 3,400 m/ 11,156 feet
23. Runway 15/33: Misrata Airport: Misrata, Libya = 3,400 m/11,155 feet
24. Runway 14/32: Taba Intentional: Taba, Egypt = 3,392 m/11,130 feet
25. Runway 11/29: Mitaka International: Tripoli, Libya = 3,376 m/11,076 feet
26-27. Runway 09/27: Enfidha–Hammamet International: Enfidha, Tunisia and Runway 05L/23R: Cairo International: Greater Cairo Egypt = 3,300 m/10,827 feet
28. Runway 07/25: Sania Ramel Airport: Tétouan, Morocco = 3,285 m/10,778 feet
29. Runway 09/27: Tozeur–Nefta International: Nefta, Tunisia = 3,167 m/10,581 feet
30-33. Runway 09/27: Agadir–Al Massira Airport : Temsia, Morocco; Runway 13/31: Moulay Ali Cherif Airport: Errachidia, Morocco; Runway 09/27: Fès–Saïss Airport: Fez, Morocco; and Runway 1/19: Tunis–Carthage International: Tunis, Tunisia = 3,200 m/10,499 feet
34. Runway 12/30: Ouarzazate Airport: Ouarzazate, Morocco 3,100 m/ 10,236 feet
35-36. Runway 12/30: Noumérat – Moufdi Zakaria Airport: Ghardaïa, Algeria and Runway 09/27: Djerba–Zarzis International: Djerba, Tunisia = 3,100 m/10,171 feet
37-38. Runway 10/28: Marrakesh Menara Airport: Marrakesh, Morocco and Runway 08/26: Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport: Tamanrasset, Algeria = 3,100 m/10,170 feet
39-40. Runways 04L/22R and 04R/22L: Sharm El Sheikh International: Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt = 3,081 m/10,108 feet
SOURCES:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airports_in_Morocco
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_V_International_Airport
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agadir%E2%80%93Al_Massira_Airport
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moulay_Ali_Cherif_Airport
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A8s%E2%80%93Sa%C3%AFss_Airport
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marrakesh_Menara_Airport
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabat%E2%80%93Sal%C3%A9_Airport
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangier_Ibn_Battouta_Airport
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouarzazate_Airport
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sania_Ramel_Airport
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airports_in_Algeria
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houari_Boumediene_Airport
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noum%C3%A9rat_%E2%80%93_Moufdi_Zakaria_Airport
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Ben_Bella_Airport
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aguenar_%E2%80%93_Hadj_Bey_Akhamok_Airport
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airports_in_Tunisia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Djerba%E2%80%93Zarzis_International_Airport
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enfidha%E2%80%93Hammamet_International_Airport
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tozeur%E2%80%93Nefta_International_Airport
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunis%E2%80%93Carthage_International_Airport
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airports_in_Egypt
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphinx_International_Airport
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria_International_Airport_(Egypt)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aswan_International_Airport
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo_International_Airport
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_International_Airport_(Egypt)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Alamein_International_Airport
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurghada_International_Airport
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharm_El_Sheikh_International_Airport
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taba_International_Airport
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airports_in_Western_Sahara
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airports_in_Libya
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benina_International_Airport
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misrata_Airport
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitiga_International_Airport
