Reply to @mforte: yes, it's problematic, because GMAR is a Moroccan ICAO code, and this airport is not within Morocco's internationally recognized borders (though they occupy and administer the territory).
Reply to @Mohsen: Thanks for the info -- I've made it into a problem report. Because this airport is in a disputed territory, I'd like to confirm the ICAO code before changing it. Do you have a link to a source?
You can get the UN airstrip a few kilometers west, along the track to Farsia, Tifariti and Smara. (27.4182267,0 N and 9.1684492 W ). This one is daily checked by UN MINURSO Peace Keepers Officers, used weekly by UN flights landing back or to Tindouf from Laayoune...
One another is close the Moroccan Forces' Brigade Command Post at Farsia (27°14' 41.83'' N and 09° 28' 28.92'' W)...
The whole North-Western area along the Moroccan "Berm" is a military one, over 30 km....
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re: Not GMAR
🔗 Sat, 27 Aug 2022
— @jmdurieux at Al Mahbes Airstrip, Western Sahara Reply
Reply to @PapaOscar:
I will fly there next november
re: Not GMAR
🔗 Sat, 27 Aug 2022
— @jmdurieux at Al Mahbes Airstrip, Western Sahara Reply
Reply to @PapaOscar
I am supposed to fly at GMAR next november ifor the occasion of Rallye La Marche Verte organized by the royal aero club of Agadir:
Not GMAR
🔗 Sun, 14 Aug 2022
— @PapaOscar at Al Mahbes Airstrip, Western Sahara Reply
I removed the GMAR ICAO code from this strip, and created the real GMAR a couple of kilometers north.
re: Any verification on the ICAO ID?
🔗 Sat, 25 Dec 2021
— @david at Al Mahbes Airstrip, Western Sahara Reply
Reply to @mforte: yes, it's problematic, because GMAR is a Moroccan ICAO code, and this airport is not within Morocco's internationally recognized borders (though they occupy and administer the territory).
Any verification on the ICAO ID?
🔗 Fri, 20 Mar 2020
— @mforte at Al Mahbes Airstrip, Western Sahara Reply
I flagged this airport listed with ICAO ID GMAR as it is a duplicate to this original record. All changes should be made to this one.
re: (no subject)
🔗 Tue, 19 Nov 2019
— @david at Al Mahbes Airstrip, Western Sahara Reply
Reply to @Mohsen: Thanks for the info -- I've made it into a problem report. Because this airport is in a disputed territory, I'd like to confirm the ICAO code before changing it. Do you have a link to a source?
(no subject)
🔗 Sat, 09 Nov 2019
— @Mohsen at Al Mahbes Airstrip, Western Sahara Reply
ICAO Code for the airport is GMAR
Others airstrips nearby Mahbas...
🔗 Tue, 08 Aug 2017
— Anonymous Flyer at Al Mahbes Airstrip, Western Sahara Reply
You can get the UN airstrip a few kilometers west, along the track to Farsia, Tifariti and Smara. (27.4182267,0 N and 9.1684492 W ). This one is daily checked by UN MINURSO Peace Keepers Officers, used weekly by UN flights landing back or to Tindouf from Laayoune...
One another is close the Moroccan Forces' Brigade Command Post at Farsia (27°14' 41.83'' N and 09° 28' 28.92'' W)...
The whole North-Western area along the Moroccan "Berm" is a military one, over 30 km....
Take care, be safe !