Agadir airport facilities & amenities

Agadir Al Massira covers the basics well without trying to be a shopping mall. It's a small terminal, so the rule is: the essentials are all here, but don't plan to spend hours browsing. Here's a clear run-through of what you'll find, arrivals and departures.

Food & drink

Expect a café or cafeteria rather than a food court — somewhere for a coffee, a soft drink and a snack, both in the landside public area and airside past security. The single most useful thing to know about AGA food is that it runs to the flight schedule and mostly closes overnight: a pre-dawn or very late charter can find the airside cafeteria shut, leaving the lounges as the only place to eat or drink. So if you're hungry before an evening flight home, eat in town or at your hotel first; the departures page has the timing, and the lounges page explains when paying for lounge food makes sense.

ATMs & money

There are ATMs in the landside arrivals hall — a couple of Moroccan banks — plus currency-exchange desks, and there are bank ATMs airside too. They're your first stop on landing, because the dirham is a closed currency you can't bring with you. Use a bank-branded machine over a standalone exchange booth for a better rate and lower commission, and withdraw enough for the ride and your first day. The money and exchange page covers ATMs versus booths, declining "pay in your home currency", and how much to take out.

SIM cards & Wi-Fi

The arrivals hall has SIM kiosks for Maroc Telecom, Orange and inwi, selling tourist SIMs against your passport for around 50 MAD with a data bundle. There's free airport Wi-Fi too, but it's often time-limited (around three hours) and patchy, especially right after a charter lands — so a local SIM or a pre-loaded eSIM is the reliable choice. The SIM and Wi-Fi guide walks through the operators and eSIM options.

Shops & duty-free

Airside you'll find a duty-free shop plus a few stalls selling sweets, flowers, argan and essential oils, and handicrafts — enough for a bottle, some confectionery or a last-minute gift, not a long browse. The argan oil is a worthwhile airport buy if you forgot to pick some up in town. There's also a children's play area in the departures hall, which is a small mercy if you're travelling with little ones and waiting out a delay. Landside is mostly the functional stuff: around 19 car-rental desks line the route out of arrivals, which you pass on the way to the doors — see the car rental page if you're collecting a vehicle.

Prayer room & toilets

There are two prayer rooms (musalla): one in the international boarding area airside, and one in international arrivals landside — so you're covered on arrival and before departure alike. The usual toilets and washing facilities sit in both the arrivals and departures areas, and there's a designated smoking area airside near the cafeteria (plus a smoking room in each lounge). Signage is bilingual Arabic and French with English too, and staff can point you the right way if you can't spot something.

Trolleys, post & medical

A few practical extras that travellers often need and rarely read about in advance:

• Baggage trolleys are free to grab in the public hall, in arrivals and out in the car park, so you're not lugging cases far.
• Luggage wrapping is available near check-in if you want bags shrink-wrapped before they go in the hold.
• A post office sits in the public hall and opens around 09:30 — useful for stamps or a last postcard.
• A first-aid / medical post is staffed 24 hours, which is reassuring on a long charter day.

No lockers or rest zones

Two gaps worth planning around. First, there are no luggage lockers or left-luggage office — you can't drop bags between flights or before a late check-in, so sort storage with your hotel or transfer driver instead. Second, although the airport is technically open 24 hours, there are no dedicated rest zones, just some benches; it's not a comfortable place to sleep through a long overnight wait. If you face a very early flight, an airport-side hotel or a late hotel checkout usually beats camping in the terminal.

Accessibility

The terminal is compact and essentially single-level, so the walks are short — which makes AGA easier to navigate than a big hub if you have reduced mobility. Wheelchair assistance and special-assistance services are arranged through your airline in advance, so request it when you book or at least 48 hours before you fly. Because distances inside are small, the trickiest part is usually the kerb-to-terminal transfer, which a pre-booked transfer or taxi can handle door to door.