Moroccan airports handle 29.3 million passengers in nine months
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Yabiladi
Moroccan airports handled 29,330,764 passengers from January to September 2026, up 8.74% year on year, according to the National Airports Office. International traffic reached 26,150,513 passengers and domestic traffic 3,180,251; Europe remained the main market, with 21,665,628 passengers.
Moroccan airports handled 29,330,764 passengers in the first nine months of 2026, an increase of 8.74% year on year, according to the National Airports Office (ONDA). International traffic reached 26,150,513 passengers, up 8.73%, while domestic traffic stood at 3,180,251, up 8.88%.
Casablanca’s Mohammed V Airport led with 9,355,121 passengers, ahead of Marrakech-Menara with 8,113,680 and Agadir-Al Massira with 2,790,578. Tangier Ibn Battouta and Rabat-Salé recorded 2,327,329 and 1,902,312 passengers respectively, according to ONDA.
The European market accounted for 21,665,628 passengers, up 9.05% and far ahead of other international markets. Traffic with South America rose 33.48% to 81,185 passengers, that with North America increased 13.23% to 771,932, and traffic with Africa grew 13.62% to 1,581,996. By contrast, routes to the Middle and Far East were down 1.8%, to 1,653,692 passengers.
Over the same period, airports recorded 214,607 aircraft movements, an increase of 9.70%, and handled 83,744.45 tonnes of freight, up 14.29%. Passenger traffic for September alone reached 3,289,181, according to ONDA.
