Melilla Airport
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Melilla Airport is an airport located 4 km (2.5 mi) southwest Melilla
, Spain
. The airport is located near the border with Morocco. The airport was opened in 1969.
Melilla
Melilla is a autonomous city of Spain and an exclave on the north coast of Morocco. Melilla, along with the Spanish exclave Ceuta, is one of the two Spanish territories located in mainland Africa...
, Spain
Spain
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. The airport is located near the border with Morocco. The airport was opened in 1969.
Airlines and destinations
Incidents and accidents
- On 25 September 1998, PauknAir Flight 4101PauknAir Flight 4101PauknAir Flight 4101 was a British Aerospace BAe 146 that crashed on a flight from Málaga, Spain to the Spanish North African exclave of Melilla. All 38 passengers and crew on board the aircraft were killed in the accident. - The aircraft:...
, a BAe 146BAe 146The British Aerospace 146 is a medium-sized commercial airliner formerly manufactured in the United Kingdom by British Aerospace, later part of BAE Systems. Production ran from 1983 until 2002. Manufacture of an improved version known as the Avro RJ began in 1992...
, crashed into a hill on approach to Melilla killing all 38 occupants. - On 17 January 2003, an Air NostrumAir NostrumAir Nostrum, Líneas Aéreas del Mediterráneo, S.A., also known as Iberia Regional, is a regional airline based in Valencia, Spain. Air Nostrum is an independent carrier which operates as a franchisee of Iberia Airlines. Iberia Regional franchise is a regional partner of Iberia and an affiliate...
Fokker 50, operating for IberiaIberia AirlinesIberia Líneas Aéreas de España, S.A., commonly known as Iberia, is the flag carrier airline of Spain. Based in Madrid, it operates an international network of services from its main bases of Madrid-Barajas Airport and Barcelona El Prat Airport....
, overran the runway and broke apart. Nine people were injured but there were no fatalities.
External links
- Official site at Aena.es
- Extensive history and photographs