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Morocco's airports pass 26 million passengers by end of August

The facade of Marrakech-Menara airport with its name in Arabic, Amazigh and French, file photo
Marrakech-Menara airport (file)

Madar (Rabat) - Moroccan airports handled 26,040,927 passengers in the first eight months of 2026, up 8.81% on the same period of 2025, according to National Airports Office (ONDA) statistics carried by Moroccan media on Tuesday, October 20, 2026.

International traffic reached 23,228,711 passengers (+8.82%) and domestic traffic 2,812,216 (+8.76%).

Casablanca's Mohammed V airport led with 8,252,410 passengers, followed by Marrakech-Menara (7,235,705), Agadir-Al Massira (2,498,637), Tangier-Ibn Battuta (2,058,606) and Rabat-Sale (1,695,890).

Europe remained the main market with 19,268,771 passengers (+9.22%). Traffic with Africa rose 13.31% to 1,391,786 passengers and with Maghreb countries 9.36% to 347,736, while links with the Middle East and Far East fell 2.43%.

The airports recorded 190,342 aircraft movements (+9.72%) and 74,714 tonnes of air freight (+13.82%). In August alone they handled 3,757,512 passengers, the same source said.

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