Erzurum Airport

Erzurum Airport

Erzurum Havalimanı
Summary
Airport typePublic / Military
OperatorDHMİ (State Airports Administrations) / Turkish Air Force Command
ServesErzurum, Turkey
Opened1966
Coordinates39°57′19″N 41°10′09″E / 39.95528°N 41.16917°E / 39.95528; 41.16917
Websitewww.dhmi.gov.tr
Map
ERZ is located in Turkey
ERZ
ERZ
Location of airport in Turkey
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
08R/26L 12,500 3,810 Concrete
08L/26R 12,500 3,810 Concrete

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]

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Erzurum Airport:

AirlinesDestinations
AJet Ankara, Bursa,[2] Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen
Pegasus Airlines Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen
SunExpress Düsseldorf (begins 4 June 2025),[3] İzmir
Seasonal: Antalya (begins 19 January 2025)[4]
Turkish Airlines Istanbul

Traffic Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at ERZ airport. See Wikidata query.
Erzurum Airport Passenger Traffic Statistics[5]
Year (months) Domestic % change International % change Total % change
2023 1,036,890 Increase 21% 10,504 Increase 19% 1,047,394 Increase 21%
2022 856,407 Increase 10% 8,808 Increase 192% 865,215 Increase 11%
2021 777,691 Increase 39% 3,019 Increase 20% 780,710 Increase 39%
2020 560,532 Decrease 43% 2,516 Decrease 62% 563,048 Decrease 43%
2019 984,037 Decrease 26% 6,650 Decrease 33% 990,687 Decrease 26%
2018 1,324,804 Decrease 1% 9,992 Decrease 2% 1,334,796 Decrease 1%
2017 1,339,461 Increase 12% 10,172 Increase 50% 1,349,633 Increase 12%
2016 1,193,182 Increase 12% 6,771 Decrease 44% 1,199,953 Increase 11%
2015 1,069,090 Increase 11% 12.019 Decrease 16% 1,081,109 Increase 11%
2014 962,023 Increase 13% 14,313 Decrease 39% 976,336 Increase 11%
2013 852,616 Increase 10% 23,505 Increase 42% 876,121 Increase 11%
2012 772,700 Decrease 2% 16,520 Decrease 4% 789,220 Decrease 2%
2011 788,128 Increase 5% 17,209 Increase 14% 805,337 Increase 5%
2010 749,999 Increase 28% 15,083 Decrease 1% 765,082 Increase 28%
2009 583,789 Increase 16% 15,228 Decrease 40% 599,017 Increase 14%
2008 502,054 Decrease 12% 25,544 Increase 9% 527,598 Decrease 11%
2007 567,769 - 23,336 - 591,105 -

Incidents

  • 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.[6]
  • 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.[7]

References

  1. ^ State Airports Administration Archived 2007-12-23 at the Wayback Machine (in Turkish)
  2. ^ "AJet NS24 New Flight Number Designations – 12MAR24". Aeroroutes.
  3. ^ "SunExpress NS25 Network Additions – 27OCT24". Aeroroutes. Aeroroutes. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  4. ^ "SunExpress NW24 Domestic Network Additions – 21APR24".
  5. ^ "Statistics".
  6. ^ "Turkey allows cargo to depart after Armenian plane searched". CNN. 15 October 2012.
  7. ^ "Uçakta kelepçelenen Slovak kadına Türk misafirperverliği".

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