Morocco's Airports Towards 2030: What Is Funded and Built

Morocco’s airports handled 36.3 million passengers in 2025, and summer 2026 set new single-day records. The response is Aéroports 2030, the programme of ONDA, the national airports authority trading as Airports of Morocco. It aims for a national capacity of 80 million passengers a year by 2030.

Airport projects move through announcement, funding, contract award, construction, completion and finally opening to passengers, and these stages are easy to blur. This dossier sets out where each airport stands, and what it changes for a trip booked now. For the summer traffic figures and the September 2026 picture, see our news report on the airport programme.

Airport by airport

Who is responsible

ONDA, Morocco’s airports authority, leads the programme. A government agreement signed in July 2025 provides MAD 38 billion for airport expansion and modernisation through 2030. The goal of 80 million passengers a year refers to the airports’ planned handling capacity, not a forecast of actual passengers.

Casablanca: the project that matters most

The new Mohammed V terminal is ONDA’s largest ever investment. Preparatory works began in July 2025, and the design team, RSHP with ALA Concept and Egis, has reported levelling and excavation complete. In January 2026 the construction contract went to SGTM and TGCC for MAD 12.8 billion, with 40 months of work and a mid-2029 completion target.

Some figures need care:

• The terminal’s first phase is designed for 20 million passengers a year, expandable to 30 million. ONDA’s July 2025 announcement described the whole airport reaching 35 million with the addition. Terminal capacity and airport capacity are different measures.
• ONDA’s overall project estimate of MAD 15 billion (July 2025) covers a wider scope than the MAD 12.8 billion construction contract. They are not competing figures for the same thing.

The terminal is designed around a station on the high-speed line, giving direct rail to Rabat and, from 2029 if the line opens on time, to Marrakech. That link is not operating. During rail works in September 2026 the existing airport train was replaced by Supratours coaches for a period; check ONCF for the service on your date and use our Casablanca airport guide for alternatives.

Changes passengers already meet

Not everything is in the future. At Casablanca, ONDA announced in March 2025 that automatic gates had replaced the second, duplicate passport check for international passengers. It did not remove border formalities. An airport operations centre, bringing together airport, airline and border teams to coordinate stands, baggage and passenger flows, was in service by January 2026. At Marrakech and Agadir, kerbside circulation, drop-off areas and signage were redesigned in 2025.

These are completed changes, but none of them guarantees a particular queue time.

Timeline: what to expect and when

ONDA’s director general has said the expansion works at the other airports will be delivered before 2029, with Casablanca’s terminal following in 2029. Read this as a sequence:

1. 2026 to 2028: construction at Casablanca, Marrakech, Agadir and Tangier, alongside normal operations. Expect hoardings, changed walking routes and temporary drop-off arrangements. ONDA’s aeronautical information circular AIC 04/25 sets out operational constraints at airports during the 2025–2029 works; it is written for airlines and pilots, but it confirms that the works run alongside live operations.
2. 2028 to 2029: completion and commissioning of the regional extensions.
3. 2029: Casablanca’s new terminal targets completion, followed by trials before passenger opening. The high-speed station depends on the rail line’s own 2029 target.

Any of these can move. An opening is real when ONDA announces the date and airlines move their operations.

What it means for visitors and residents

Booking now: book the terminals and transfers that exist, allow normal connection times at Casablanca, and recheck ground transport close to departure, because rail works around the airport are ongoing.

Accessibility: assistance for passengers with reduced mobility is arranged through your airline before travel. Construction can lengthen walking routes and move set-down points; ask for assistance at booking if long walks are a problem.

In 2030: if the Casablanca terminal and the high-speed station open on time, arrivals at Mohammed V will have a direct rail link to Rabat, the Grand Stade Hassan II and Marrakech. If they slip, the existing terminals and road transfers carry the load. Either way, demand in June and July 2030 will be exceptional, and flights to host cities should be booked once FIFA publishes the schedule.