AviatDataRabat-Salé Airport RBA / GMME
Rabat · Morocco · Office National Des Aéroports (ONDA) — Moroccan state-owned airports authority, under the Ministry of Transport and Logistics; joint civil/military aerodrome, co-located with the 1st Air Base of the Royal Moroccan Air Force
2.2Mpax · 2025
H24International · customs & immigrationJet A-1
ICAO / IATAGMME / RBA
OperatorOffice National Des Aéroports (ONDA) — Moroccan state-owned airports authority, under the Ministry of Transport and Logistics; joint civil/military aerodrome, co-located with the 1st Air Base of the Royal Moroccan Air Force
Coordinates34.0515°N, 6.7515°W
Elevation276 ft · 84 m
Time zoneUTC+1 year-round default since 2018 (Africa/Casablanca, no formal DST name), with ~5-week reversion to UTC+0 during Ramadan; Ramadan 2026 reversion 15 Feb–22 Mar; decree ends the scheme with a permanent switch to UTC+0 from 20 Sep 2026
Passengers / yr2,169,189 (2025)
CustomsYes
Border controlYes
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1
Bonded—
AIP referenceAD 2 GMME — AIP Morocco (SIA Maroc / ONDA eAIP, siamaroc.onda.ma)
Operating hoursH24, no curfew for scheduled operations; shared civil/military field (Royal Moroccan Air Force 1st Air Base) — PPR recommended for GA/business aviation via handling agent.
TerminalsTerminal 1 (renovated 2011, ~16,000 m², ~3.5M pax/yr design capacity) plus a second, former Hajj-dedicated terminal; Terminal 3 works underway targeting roughly 4-6M pax/yr combined capacity by around 2028-2030.
Runways (1)
- 03/21 · 3,500 m / 11,483 ft · 45 m wide · Asphalt · ILS CAT I
Airport contact
Morocco's capital-serving secondary gateway alongside Casablanca (CMN); CY2025 traffic crossed 2 million passengers for the first time (2,169,189, +25.7% YoY), continuing several years of strong post-pandemic growth. Ryanair opened a fifth Moroccan base here in Dec 2025 (~$200M investment, 2 based aircraft), lifting Rabat's route count to ~20 (7 new international links, >18 weekly flights) from summer 2026 — roughly a 45% capacity increase. Royal Air Maroc's 2026 long-haul expansion (new Casablanca-Los Angeles route, added Miami/Washington frequencies) remains centered on its Casablanca hub rather than Rabat; RAM's only scheduled Rabat service is the domestic Rabat-Laâyoune link. Single runway 03/21 (3,500 m) with ILS CAT I; terminal capacity is the binding constraint, with Terminal 3 works underway to keep pace with demand.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available · 2 providers
RAM Handling
Main ground handler at Rabat-Salé, 0500-2359 local; covers administrative/supervision, passenger, baggage and ramp/runway-operations assistance per the official Morocco AIP AD 2 GMME handler list (SIA Maroc, AIRAC AMDT 05/26, 14 May 2026 — verified against AD 2.23 handling-agent contact table: RAM Handling categories 1,2,3,5,6,7.1,9,10). Subsidiary of Royal Air Maroc, operating across all 20 Moroccan airports with its own GSE fleet. · 0500-2359
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Swissport Maroc (Swissport Executive Aviation Morocco)
Full-service backup/on-call ground handler at RBA, confirmed H24 7 days a week outside RAM Handling's hours per official AIP AD 2 GMME AD 2.23 ("SWISSPORT H24 7j/7j" on request outside RAM Handling's 0500-2359 window); covers admin/supervision, passenger, baggage, ramp, cleaning, flight-ops/crew-admin and ground-transport assistance (AIP categories 1,2,3,5,6,9,10). Swissport's own network page confirms the station has served airlines at Rabat-Salé since 2013 (passenger services, ramp handling, executive aviation). · H24 (on request outside RAM Handling hours)
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aircraft fuel
Available · 3 providers
RAM Handling
Into-plane fuelling assistance only (AIP category 7.1; JET A1 and AVGAS 100LL via the airfield's own trucks — three trucks of 35/36/34 m3 plus AVGAS bowser — and 2x800m3 hydrant bins with three 90m3/hr pumps, per AD 2.4). Wholesale fuel storage/supply concession at RBA is held separately by Morocco Aviation Fuel Services (MAFS) — see that entry.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Swissport Maroc (Swissport Executive Aviation Morocco)
Into-plane fuelling assistance (AIP category 7.1); wholesale supply held separately by Morocco Aviation Fuel Services (MAFS).
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Morocco Aviation Fuel Services SA (MAFS)
Joint venture of Afriquia SA, Ola Energy Maroc SAS and Winxo SA, awarded an ONDA concession (appel d'offres n°24/2024/CC, cleared by Morocco's Conseil de la Concurrence in Dec 2024) to manage aviation-fuel storage and distribution infrastructure at 13 northern-Morocco airports; independently confirmed that Rabat is named explicitly among the covered airports (alongside Casablanca, Tangier and Oujda). Supplies JET A1 and AVGAS 100LL, with into-plane pumping carried out by RAM Handling / Swissport (both AIP category 7.1). Operational go-live at RBA specifically not independently reverified beyond the concession award, so marked unconfirmed rather than available.
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De-icing
Not listed
Part-145 line maintenance
Not listed
Part-145 base maintenance
Not listed
Component shops & overhaul
Not listed
Flight catering
Available · 2 providers
Jetex Executive Aviation Morocco
Catering coordination for business-aviation flights arranged through Jetex's FBO desk (AIP handling category 11, "service commissariat"); not an in-house flight kitchen.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Newrest
Confirmed providing inflight buy-on-board catering for Air Arabia's Rabat-Salé flights (Newrest Maroc trade-press release, service launched May 2024) and holds a concession among Newrest Maroc's ~30 points of sale across 8 Moroccan airports per Newrest's official Morocco network page — Casablanca, Agadir, Marrakech, Rabat, Fes, Tangier, Dakhla and Oujda (not just Casablanca/Marrakech/Tangier/Agadir). Whether RBA has its own on-site flight-kitchen production versus catering trucked in from a nearby unit is unconfirmed.
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Aircraft cleaning
Available
RAM Handling
Aircraft cleaning and servicing assistance (AIP handling category 6) bundled into RAM Handling's turnaround service at RBA.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Ground support equipment
Not listed
Cargo handling
Available · 2 providers
Swissport Maroc (Swissport Executive Aviation Morocco)
Freight and post handling assistance (AIP category 4, within Swissport's authorised 1-6,7.1,9,10 range) — the only third-party handler besides Royal Air Maroc itself documented for this category at RBA. Note: Swissport's own RBA marketing page highlights only Passenger/Ramp/Executive Aviation and its 2026 Moroccan cargo-market entry (Swiftair Maroc acquisition) is centred on Casablanca, so treat the cargo volume here as administrative/assistance-level rather than a dedicated freight operation.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Royal Air Maroc
Self-handled freight and post assistance (AIP handling category 4, listed separately from RAM Handling in the official AIP as "RAM ground handling company" / "RAM société d'assistance en escale"). AIP AD 2.4 states "Installations modernes (Royal Air Maroc)" for cargo-handling at RBA; on-site freight terminal is 1,360 sqm (independently confirmed via Wikipedia's Rabat-Salé Airport facilities section).
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Aviation security
Available
ONDA (Office National des Aéroports)
Airport security (sûreté aéroportuaire) is a core statutory ONDA mission; AIP AD 2 GMME confirms security coverage is H24 at RBA. The airfield is jointly managed with the Royal Moroccan Air Force (FRA) — confirmed as a joint public/military airport hosting the Air Force's 1st Air Base (Wikipedia, cross-checked against the AIP AD 2.2 administrative data). Phone number cross-verified against three independent Moroccan business-directory listings for the airport's ONDA switchboard. · H24
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Passenger & crew transport
Available · 2 providers
RAM Handling
Ground transportation assistance for passengers and crew (AIP handling category 10).
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Jetex Executive Aviation Morocco
Crew and passenger transportation arranged as part of the FBO service (AIP category 10).
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Flight support
Available · 2 providers
Swissport Maroc (Swissport Executive Aviation Morocco)
Swissport Executive Aviation Morocco operates one of RBA's two ONDA-licensed Business Aviation Terminal (FBO) concessions, confirmed on ONDA's official "Aviation d'Affaires" page (onda.ma), which names Rabat-Salé explicitly in Swissport Executive's station list; pilot/aircraft services and fuel arrangement for business jets.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Jetex Executive Aviation Morocco
One of RBA's two ONDA-licensed FBO / Business Aviation Terminal operators, confirmed on ONDA's official "Aviation d'Affaires" page (names Rabat-Salé explicitly in Jetex's station list) and in the AIP AD 2 GMME AD 2.23 handler table (categories 1,2,3,5,6,9,10,11; phone and email match exactly). 24/7 operations: flight planning, weather briefing, NOTAMs, entry/landing permits, customs & immigration handling, executive lounge; station manager Julian Pitaresi. · H24
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Hotel & travel
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