Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport VOR – DME – NDB. PAPI lighting available for runway 10/28 for approaches from either direction. Tangier-Ibn Battouta is one of the six airports in Morocco where ONDA offers its special VIP service Salon Convives de Marque. Tangier-Ibn Battouta is served by a dedicated taxi stand. Grand Taxis are available 24 hours a day at the curb in front of the terminal. The price of these taxis is fixed by the Moroccan Government. There are no bus routes that serve the airport directly. Small local taxis may drop off passengers but are forbidden from picking up at the terminal. Tangier
Tangier Tinga, Titga, &c. The old Berber name was "Tingi" (), which Ruiz connects to Berber "tingis", meaning "marsh". The Greeks later claimed that "Tingís" () had been named for a daughter of the titan Atlas, who was supposed to support the vault of heaven nearby. Latin Tingis then developed into Portuguese ', Spanish ', and French "", which entered English as "Tangier" and "Tangiers". The Arabic name of the town is "Tanjah" (), and the modern Berber name is "Tanja" (). Tangier was formally known as ("The Julian Colony of Tingis") following its elevation to colony status during the Roman