✈️ Casablanca Airport Activity Records Are Concentrated at GMMN
The two Casablanca airports show a significant gap in business aviation movements, but GMMT’s departure and arrival counts are not symmetrical. Avi-Go data show that over the 75 days from July 26 through October 8, 2026, GMMN recorded 305 departures and 322 arrivals, for a total of 627 movements; GMMT recorded 10 departures and 0 arrivals, for a total of 10 movements. Together, the two airports recorded 315 departures and 322 arrivals, or 637 movements. Under this airport-based counting method, each departure or arrival counts as one movement; a complete flight is not counted as one movement. In these records, activity is concentrated primarily at GMMN. GMMT’s 10 movements should be read alongside the departure and arrival breakdown, rather than using the combined total for the two airports alone to infer the scale of traffic distribution between them.
Impact: For airport service providers comparing business volumes at Casablanca’s two airports, GMMN’s 627 movements provide the main activity benchmark for this 75-day window. GMMT’s 10 movements are not suitable for directly converting its share of total movements into ground-handling demand. In particular, all 10 movements recorded at GMMT were departures. Looking only at the two-airport total and the respective shares could lead to differences in departure and arrival records being mistaken for differences in the airports’ actual handling capacity. Resource discussions should be based on the separately reported departure and arrival counts for each airport.
Recommendation: When preparing a Casablanca airport activity briefing, show GMMN’s 305 departures and 322 arrivals alongside GMMT’s 10 departures and 0 arrivals. Retain the full reporting window from July 26 through October 8, 2026, and the counting method under which each departure or arrival counts as one movement. For GMMT service planning or the allocation of business between the two airports, first verify the relevant aircraft’s airport activity records before using these figures to make specific arrangements. One point to track going forward is whether GMMT’s recorded departures and arrivals become more balanced.