Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport (French: Aéroport Tanger Ibn Battouta, Arabic: مطار طنجة ابن بطوطة) (IATA: TNG, ICAO: GMTT) is an airport serving Tangier (Tanger in French), the capital city of the Tangier-Tétouan region in Morocco. The airport is named for Ibn Battouta (1304–1368), a Moroccan scholar and traveler who was born in Tangier. The airport was formerly known as Tanger-Boukhalef Airport.
A new airport terminal building was opened in 2008 to provide for many more flights and increased passenger capability, as Tangier has grown rapidly development and modernized. The airport is certified by ISO 9001/2000 quality standards.
The airport handled over 646,000 passengers in the year 2009.
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