RAK Marrakech Menara Airport information
RAK Marrakech Menara Airport information
RAK Marrakech Menara Airport is located about 20 minutes drive from the centre of Marrakech city, depending upon traffic conditions. Currently, all flights arrive at Terminal 1, which is a large, modern terminal offering a good level of services for those passengers arriving to and departing from Marrakech.
The international Airport code for Marrakech Airport is RAK and it’s full official title is Marrakech Menara Airport.
The Airport has a large Car park just outside the main terminal. A journey from Marrakech Airport to city Hotels usually takes around 20 minutes drive. Some Hotels are located outside of the city centre in areas such as Marrakech Palmeraie, and these hotels can take up to 40 minutes to reach by car.
Arriving at RAK Marrakech Menara Airport
Taking an international flight to Marrakech Menara Airport, you will arrive at the international section and will have to pass through immigration and customs. Because Marrakech airport is a fairly small affair, there’s no posh walkways directly from the door of the plane to the Airport, so, expect to take a short walk across the tarmac to the entrance of the arrivals terminal. Once in the terminal, you will pass though immigration, collect your luggage and pass through customs prior to getting to the main Airport hall for the exit.

Marrakech Menara Airport facilities
Marrakech Airport offers a range of services for the traveller and has a great feel to it, being very easy on the eye. Navigating the airport is fairly easy with good signage in English and other languages. Services include Banks, currency exchange and ATM’s in the main terminal hall, as well as Shops and Café’s with seating areas. You can read our advice about which currency to take to Morocco from the UK.
Car hire desks from the main car hire agencies are located in the main building with and some local agencies too. You’ll also find a Maroc telecom shop inside the Airport where you can buy Moroccan sim cards at regular prices if you need one for using data on your mobile phone whilst in Morocco.
Marrakech Menara Airport information about Smoking
Smoking at Marrakech Airport is only allowed outside the front of terminal, or, when departing on an international flight, in the smoking sections of the departure gates.
Does Marrakech Menara Airport have Wifi?
Marrakech Airport offers free Wi-Fi upon arrival. The Wi-Fi is usually quite good. However, we find that it is good enough for activities such as messaging on What’s app, but not usually sufficient for making calls over Wi-Fi. So if you need to message your Airport transfer driver via whatsapp, it’s possible to do this without incurring any roaming fees or international phone call charges.

Which Airlines serve RAK Marrakech Menara Airport?
The most frequent Airlines which fly in and out of RAK Marrakech Menara Airport include RyanAir, Easyjet, Vueling, Transavia, Iberia, and Royal Air Maroc.
Royal Air Maroc is also the national Airline flying to other cities within Morocco. Ryan Air seems to have a “On / off” relationship with Morocco, changing their routes frequently, and falling out with the Moroccan Airport authority a few times over the past years. RyanAir also has aspirations for internal flights, perhaps between Marrakech and Fes at some time in the future.
RAK Marrakech Menara Airport serves an ever growing range of destinations to fly to and from. The most widely flown routes include European destinations such as Paris, London, Rome, Madrid and many other cities in most European countries. Other routes include Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah on a seasonal basis. Cities served further afield usually involve a flight from Marrakech to Casablanca Airport, where a plane change is usually required to reach the onward destinations worldwide including USA, Other African and Middle-eastern countries, South America and Asia.
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Arriving at Marrakech Airport for your flight
Advice for passengers departing from Marrakech Airport over the coming holiday period is crucial to know to ensure that you depart on your flight home without fuss and hassle. Marrakech Menara Airport has a limited capacity and, due to the massive growth of tourism in Marrakech over the past years, the check in and security process can be extremely busy and, extremely slow. Even in the early hours of the morning, the Marrakech Airport security can still be an extremely slow process. With this in mind, over the holiday Christmas period and the new year period, we totally recommend that passengers plan to arrive at the Airport no later than 3 hours before their flight departure time. This helps to ensure that you don’t miss your flight, or have to get stressed rushing to the departure gate before your flight. For the Marrakech Hotel to Marrakech Airport transfer journey, we also advise passengers to ensure that they plan to be picked up from their Hotel in very good time. Most usually, a journey from a Marrakech city Hotel to Marrakech Airport takes around 20 minutes duration. However, over the Christmas and new year period we recommend allowing at least 30 minutes, as the streets of Marrakech can also become extremely busy and congested. if you are travelling from outside of the city to Marrakech Airport then additional time may be required.