Ouarzazate Airport - OZZ Ouarzazate
OZZ-Ouarzazate Airport is an airport serving Ouarzazate, a city and capital of Ouarzazate Province in Draa-Tafilalet region of south-central Morocco. Ouarzazate is an important holiday destination in Morocco, as a base for excursions across the Draa Valley and into the desert.
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Ouarzazate Airport is an international airport and serves the area of Ouarzazate, Morocco. Ouarzazate Airport has non-stop passenger flights scheduled to 7 destinations in 2 countries. The airport served 52,791 passengers in the year 2016. There are 56 flights on 15 different routes from Ouarzazate Airport (OZZ), connecting OZZ to 14 different cities in 6 different countries. The most popular routes connect Ouarzazate to Casablanca, Zagora, Marrakesh, Marseille and Madrid. The paved runway is laid out in the direction where it can receive all modern jetliners up to the Boeing 747 in size. At present, there are 3 domestic flights from Ouarzazate. The longest flight from the airport is a 2,126 km non-stop route to Paris (Orly) ORY. This direct flight takes around 3 hours and 10 minutes and is operated by Royal Air Maroc. You also land at the OZZ and visit the nearby Afeggou.
What to Do & Area Attractions
Ouarzazate is a noted film-making location to some of the popular movies and TV series such as, The Mummy, Gladiator and part of the TV series Game of Thrones. With this, tourists flocks from time to time and the city offers lovely accommodations within reach such as Le Petit Riad is just almost 1 mile away from the airport. You can also book at just .82 miles from the airport, the posh Hotel Club Hanane. The 5-star Le Berbere Palace is only just .74 miles from the OZZ.
The nearest airports to the OZZ are the Zagora Airport, the Marrakech Menara Airport and the Beni Mellal Airport.
