 Various SAC aircraft, primarily B-47 Stratojets and KC-97 Stratofreighters used the airport until the United States Air Force withdrew from Morocco in 1957.On 20 January 2012 the new Terminal 1 building was inaugurated, and the old terminal building (always called Terminal 2) closed.The terminal is 16,000 m² large and has a maximum capacity of 3.5 million passengers/year, more than twice the capacity of the old terminal.