Cherif Al Idrissi Airport is an airport

Airport

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 serving Al Hoceima

Al Hoceima

Al Hoceima is a city and port in the north of Morocco and in the center of the Rif Mountains. The Al Hoceima city region has a population of 395.644 and is the capital of the Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate region...

, Morocco

Morocco

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, the capital city

Capital City

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 of the Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate

Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate

Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate is one of the sixteen regions of Morocco. It is situated in northern Morocco. It covers an area of 24,155 km² and has a population of 1,807,113 . The capital is Al Hoceima....

 region

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 in northern Morocco

Morocco

Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...

.

The airport is named after the 12th century CE Muslim geographer and cartographer Al-Idrisi.

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 95 feet (29 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway

Runway

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 designated 18/36 with an asphalt

Asphalt

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 surface measuring 2500 by 45 m (8,202.1 by 147.6 ).

Airlines and destinations