# Ouarzazate International Airport (OZZ / GMMZ)

**Ouarzazate International Airport** (IATA: OZZ, ICAO: GMMZ) is a large airport in Ouarzazate, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco. It has one runway, 3,000 m (9,842 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Airports of Morocco. In 2022 it handled 69 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/gmmz

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: OZZ / GMMZ
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Airports of Morocco
- Serves: Ouarzazate, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
- Elevation: 1,153 m / 3,782 ft
- Coordinates: 30.9391, -6.9094
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,000 m / 9,842 ft
- Passengers: 69,237 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+1 · Africa/Casablanca
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouarzazate_Airport (22 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1432275
- Weather station: GMMZ · WMO 60265
- Ident: GMMZ

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 3,000 m / 9,842 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 117° / 297° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 77,288 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 59,916 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 53,634 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 59,062 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 56,828 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 52,791 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 65,010 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 89,024 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 136,007 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 36,056 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 34,991 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 69,237 | Wikidata |

## Routes

3 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [BCN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lebl.md) Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport · Spain · 1,405 km / 873 mi · Ryanair
- [MRS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfml.md) Marseille Provence Airport · France · 1,752 km / 1,089 mi · Ryanair
- [ORY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfpo.md) Paris-Orly Airport · France · 2,127 km / 1,322 mi · Transavia

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from OZZ, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (2)

- FR [Ryanair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ryanair) · 2
- HV [Transavia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/transavia) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 69K (2022) | #1,947 of 3,974 | #132 in Africa | #12 in MA |
| Longest runway | 3,000 m / 9,842 ft | =1,325 of 29,858 | =226 in Africa | =14 in MA |
| Elevation | 1,153 m / 3,782 ft | =3,899 of 43,403 | =892 in Africa | #2 in MA |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =5 in MA |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 119.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [MA-0020](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ma-0020.md) FoumZguid Airfield · 97 km / 60 mi
- [OZG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gmaz.md) Zagora Airport · 125 km / 78 mi
- [RAK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gmmx.md) Marrakesh Menara Airport · 130 km / 81 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Ouarzazate Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ouarzazate_Airport&oldid=1371388039), revision of 26 Aug 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/gmmz/data