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Cherif Al Idrissi Airport (GMTA/AHU) serves the coastal town of Al Hoceima in northern Morocco, sitting close to the Mediterranean shoreline beneath the Rif Mountains. It is a single-runway international field operated by ONDA, handling scheduled and seasonal charter traffic, and offers a straightforward VFR or IFR arrival for pilots planning a flight into this part of the country.
Cherif Al Idrissi Airport is the airport serving Al Hoceima on Morocco's northern Mediterranean coast, and is the second-busiest field in the Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region. It is operated by ONDA, the Moroccan airports authority, and is named after the twelfth-century Moroccan geographer and cartographer Al-Idrisi. For a simulator pilot it offers a coastal approach with mountainous terrain inland, and a single long hard runway suitable for a range of aircraft types.
The airport lies on Morocco's northern coast near the Mediterranean, serving Al Hoceima and giving access to the Rif Mountains and surrounding coastal terrain. Precise controlled airspace classification and boundaries are not detailed in the available sources.
The airport has a single physical runway, 17/35, 8197 feet long with a hard surface and runway lighting. No ILS is available.
Air traffic services are provided by Al Hoceima Tower, callsign AL HOCEIMA TWR, on 118.7 MHz. No instrument landing system is fitted to the runway.
The airport sits close to the Mediterranean coastline, which serves as a prominent natural landmark for pilots approaching from the sea, with the Rif Mountains rising inland behind the field.
The airport is named after Al-Idrisi (1100-1165), the Moroccan geographer and cartographer, reflecting the region's historical connection to exploration and map-making. It has developed into an international gateway for northern Morocco, ranking as the second-busiest airport in the Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region.
The field is operated by ONDA and handles scheduled and seasonal charter services connecting Al Hoceima with domestic Moroccan destinations and several European cities. It has a single runway and terminal supporting both international and domestic operations.
