Erzurum Airport

Erzurum Airport
Erzurum Havalimanı
Summary
Airport type Public / Military
Operator DHMİ (State Airports Administrations) / Turkish Air Force Command
Serves Erzurum, Turkey
Coordinates 39°57′19″N 41°10′09″E / 39.95528°N 41.16917°E / 39.95528; 41.16917
Map
ERZ
Location of airport in Turkey
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 11 km far 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

AirlinesDestinations
AnadoluJet Ankara, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen
Pegasus Airlines Ankara, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen
SunExpress Antalya, Izmir
Turkish Airlines Istanbul–Atatürk

Traffic Statistics

Erzurum Airport Passenger Traffic Statistics
Year (months) Domestic % change International % change Total % change
2011 809,818 Increase 8.0% 16,358 Increase 8.0% 826,176 Increase 8.0%
2010 750,007 Increase 28.0% 15,080 Decrease 1.0% 765,087 Increase 28.0%
2009 583,789 Increase 16.3% 15,228 Decrease 40.4% 599,017 Increase 13.5%
2008 502,054 Decrease 11.6% 25,544 Increase 9.0% 527,598 Decrease 11.0%
2007 567,769 23,336 591,105

(*)Source: DHMI.gov.tr[2]

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.[3]
  • 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.[4]

References

  1. ↑ State Airports Administration (in Turkish)
  2. ↑ Statistics
  3. ↑ http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/15/world/europe/turkey-syria-plane/index.html?iref=obinsite
  4. ↑ http://www.radikal.com.tr/erzurum-haber/ucakta-kelepcelenen-slovak-kadina-turk-misafirperverligi-1459416/

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