Hassan I Airport

For the airport in India, see Hassan Airport (Karnataka).

Hassan I Airport (Arabic: مطار الحسن الأول, Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de El Aaiún – Hassan I, French: Aéroport international Laâyoune – Hassan I^er, IATA: EUN, ICAO: GMML) is an airport serving Laayoune, the largest city in Western Sahara. The airport is named after Hassan I of Morocco. It is operated by the Moroccan state-owned company ONDA. Due to the particular political situation of Western Sahara, this airport appears in the Moroccan AIP as GMML and in the Spanish AIP as GSAI.^[5]

Hassan I Airport Laayoune Airport مطار الحسن الأول (Arabic) Aéroport Laâyoune Hassan 1 (French) Aeropuerto Internacional de El Aaiún – Hassan I (Spanish)
IATA: EUN ICAO: GMML
Summary
Airport type	Public/Military
Operator	Office National Des Aéroports (ONDA)
Serves	Laayoune
Location	Western Sahara
Elevation AMSL	207 ft / 63 m
Coordinates	27°09′06″N 013°13′09″W
Map
EUN Location of airport in Western Sahara
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 02/20 2,701 8,861 Asphalt 04/22 2,500 8,202 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Passengers 255,610[1] Passenger change 18-19 +15.25% Cargo (tonnes) 2008 498.46
Sources: ONDA,[2] DAFIF[3][4]

Airlines and destinations

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

Airlines	Destinations
Binter Canarias	Gran Canaria[6]
Royal Air Maroc	Agadir,[7] Casablanca,[8] Dakhla,[7] Gran Canaria,[9] Rabat[10]

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at EUN airport. See Wikidata query.

Accidents and incidents

• On 4 December 1976, a Lockheed C-130H Hercules (CN-AOB) of the Royal Moroccan Air Force was reportedly shot down by rebels near here after departure. It is unknown if there were any fatalities.^[11]

See also

• Legal status of Western Sahara