AirportsBouarfa Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Bouarfa, in L'Oriental Region, Morocco. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is UAR.
Key facts
- IATA code
- UAR
- ICAO code
- GMFB
- City
- Bouarfa
- State or region
- L'Oriental Region
- Country
- Morocco
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 32.5143° N, 1.9831° W
- Elevation
- 1,106 m (3,630 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 3,200 m (10,499 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, UAR means Bouarfa Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: GMFB. ICAO codes that begin with G belong to West Africa. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 32.5143° N, 1.9831° W. It stands 1,106 metres (3,630 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Béchar, about 102 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Africa/Casablanca, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Bouarfa Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 3,200 metres (10,499 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 16 airports of Morocco on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 9.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 3,200 m 10,499 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Béchar Boudghene Ben Ali Lotfi AirportBéchar, Algeria | CBH | 100 km |
| Mecheria AirportMecheria, Algeria | MZW | 198 km |
| Moulay Ali Cherif AirportErrachidia | ERH | 236 km |
| Oujda Angads AirportAhl Angad | OUD | 253 km |
| Zenata – Messali El Hadj AirportZenata, Algeria | TLM | 282 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 7,405 km | 9 h 25 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 7,496 km | 9 h 30 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 5,577 km | 7 h 15 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 2,111 km | 3 h 05 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 6,297 km | 8 h 05 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 10,079 km | 12 h 40 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 11,417 km | 14 h 15 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 11,463 km | 14 h 20 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 17,521 km | 21 h 35 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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