Erzurum Airport (IATA: ERZ, ICAO: LTCE) is a military and public airport serving the city of Erzurum in eastern Turkey. Inaugurated in 1966, it is located 11 km from the city. The airport's public passenger terminal covers an area of 5,750 m2 and has an open-air parking lot for 200 cars.[1]
Erzurum Airport Erzurum Havalimanı | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | DHMİ (State Airports Administrations) / Turkish Air Force Command | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Erzurum, Turkey | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1966 | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°57′19″N 41°10′09″E / 39.95528°N 41.16917°E | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www.dhmi.gov.tr | ||||||||||||||
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  ERZ Location of airport in Turkey | |||||||||||||||
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Airlines and destinations edit
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Erzurum Airport:
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| AJet | Ankara, Bursa, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen |
| Pegasus Airlines | Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen |
| SunExpress | İzmir Seasonal: Antalya[2] |
| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul |
Traffic Statistics edit
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Annual passenger traffic at ERZ airport.
See Wikidata query.
| Year (months) | Domestic | % change | International | % change | Total | % change |
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| 2011 | 809,818 |  8.0%
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16,358 | 8.0%
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826,176 | 8.0%
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| 2010 | 750,007 | 28.0%
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15,080 |  1.0%
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765,087 | 28.0%
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| 2009 | 583,789 | 16.3%
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15,228 | 40.4%
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599,017 | 13.5%
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| 2008 | 502,054 | 11.6%
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25,544 | 9.0%
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527,598 | 11.0%
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| 2007 | 567,769 | 23,336 | 591,105 |
(*)Source: DHMI.gov.tr[3]
Incidents edit
- On 15 September 2012, an Armenian cargo aircraft landed here while en route to Aleppo, Syria, so that Turkish authorities could check for arms. Coming less than a week after a jetliner of Syrian Arab Airlines was forced to land in Ankara due to suspicion of carrying arms, this stop was planned and agreed on beforehand.[4]
- On 21 October 2015, an airliner did an emergency landing while en route from Vienna to Abu Dhabi to offload a Slovakian economy class passenger who was handcuffed and arrested for using the closer business class lavatory after getting airsickness. The passenger was accommodated in a hotel overnight by the Turkish authorities and given a ticket to get back to her home country via Istanbul. The Slovakian ambassador to Turkey sent a letter of thanks to the airport authorities for taking care of their citizen.[5]
References edit
- ^ State Airports Administration Archived 2007-12-23 at the Wayback Machine (in Turkish)
- ^ https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240424-xqnw24tr
- ^ "Statistics". Archived from the original on 2015-06-28. Retrieved 2010-12-12.
- ^ "Turkey allows cargo to depart after Armenian plane searched". CNN. 15 October 2012.
- ^ "Uçakta kelepçelenen Slovak kadına Türk misafirperverliği".
External links edit
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