VIL

Dakhla Airport

ICAO GMMH23.7183°N 15.9320°W11 m / 36 ftLarge airport
On the map

Dakhla Airport (IATA: VIL, ICAO: GMMH) is a large airport in Dakhla, Western Sahara (disputed territory). It opened in 1993. It has one runway, 3,000 m (9,842 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Airports of Morocco. In 2022 it handled 222 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1993–1993
1993
OpenedDakhla Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
03/21023° / 203° · LIT
LENGTH3,000 m9,842 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2011–2022
66K
65K
76K
97K
128K
154K
169K
203K
257K
129K
196K
222K
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Routes

3 destinations · 2 countries
Most destinationsBinter Canarias 1Ryanair 1Transavia 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from VIL. From the Wikipedia article “Dakhla Airport” (revision of 26 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers222K (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,488of 3,974 · #96 Africa · #1 EHLongest runway3,000 m9,842 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,324of 29,823 · =226 Africa · #2 EHElevation11 m36 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=39,976of 43,341 · =2,998 Africa · #7 EHAgeOpened 19932026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=10,206of 15,079 · #105 AfricaRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =176 Africa · =2 EH
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

1 channels
TWRTWR118.100