 The main user is Royal Air Maroc but also low-cost carriers like Ryanair fly to Nador.Although most flights are operated using the smaller Boeing 737 or similar, in the summer months the demand for seats is so high that Royal Air Maroc operated weekly flights from Amsterdam Schiphol and Brussels using their Boeing 747 but in 2012 these flights were replaced by "normal" Boeing 737 flights.The runway and stand are designed to handle Jumbo's but the facilities like passport control get overwhelmed when a full B-747 arrives

In the year 2009 the airport handled over 307,000 passengers.