Ben Slimane Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Location | Ben Slimane, Morocco | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 627 ft / 191 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°39′20″N007°13′17″W / 33.65556°N 7.22139°W Coordinates: 33°39′20″N007°13′17″W / 33.65556°N 7.22139°W | ||||||||||
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  GMD Location of airport in Morocco | |||||||||||
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Ben Slimane Airport( IATA : GMD, ICAO : GMMB) is an airport serving Ben Slimane, [1] a town in the Casablanca-Settat region in Morocco. It may have been built as a U.S. Strategic Air Command airbase.
The airport resides at an elevation of 627 feet (191 m) above mean sea level. It has 1 runway designated 14/32 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,074 by 46 metres (10,085 ft × 151 ft). [1]
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