Passenger processing times at Morocco’s airport border checkpoints fell sharply during the first half of 2026, declining by as much as 70% at some airports, the National Airports Office said.
Average passport-control time at departure points nationwide fell 24% from a year earlier to 3.6 minutes, while average processing on arrival dropped 22% to 9.6 minutes.
Casablanca Mohammed V Airport recorded the strongest improvement. Average arrival processing time fell to 5.4 minutes from about 12 minutes in the first half of 2025, a decline of 54%.
Departure processing at the country’s busiest airport dropped 70% to 2.25 minutes from around 7.5 minutes.
At Marrakech Menara Airport, average processing stood at 6.86 minutes on arrival, down 16%, and 5.09 minutes on departure, down 22.5%.
Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport cut arrival times by 52% to 11.93 minutes, while Fez Airport recorded one of the fastest departure times in the national network at 1.53 minutes.
Agadir Airport maintained an average arrival processing time below 10 minutes.
ONDA attributed the improvements to cooperation with the General Directorate of National Security and the Interior Ministry as passenger traffic continued to grow.
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