Trabzon Airport
Trabzon Airport Trabzon Havalimanı | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | General Directorate of State Airports Authority | ||||||||||
| Location | Trabzon, Turkey | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 104 ft / 32 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°59′42″N 39°47′23″E / 40.99500°N 39.78972°E | ||||||||||
| Website | trabzon.dhmi.gov.tr | ||||||||||
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  TZX Location of airport in Turkey | |||||||||||
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Trabzon Airport (IATA: TZX, ICAO: LTCG) is an airport near the city of Trabzon in the eastern Black Sea region of Turkey. The airport opened in 1957.[3] In 2009, it served 1,596,905 passengers, of which most (95%) were on domestic routes. In 2009, Trabzon Airport ranked 9th for total passenger traffic, and 7th for domestic traffic among airports in Turkey.[4]
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Trabzon Airport:
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Air Arabia | Sharjah[5] |
| AnadoluJet | Ankara, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, Kocaeli[citation needed], Van[6] |
| Corendon Airlines | Seasonal: Düsseldorf[7] |
| flydubai | Seasonal: Dubai–International[8] |
| Flynas | Seasonal: Gassim,[9] Riyadh[10] |
| Iraqi Airways | Seasonal charter: Baghdad[11] |
| Jazeera Airways | Seasonal: Kuwait City[12] |
| Kuwait Airways | Seasonal: Kuwait City[13] |
| Oman Air | Muscat |
| Pegasus Airlines | Adana, Antalya, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, Izmir Seasonal: Bahrain, Kuwait |
| Qatar Airways | Seasonal: Doha[14][15] |
| SalamAir | Seasonal: Muscat[16] |
| SunExpress[17] | Antalya, Düsseldorf, Izmir Seasonal: Frankfurt, Stuttgart |
| Turkish Airlines | Bahrain, Istanbul, Yanbu Seasonal: Berlin, Munich[18] |
Traffic statistics
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| Year (months) | Domestic | % change | International | % change | Total | % change |
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| 2012 | 2,355,236 |  8.0%
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74,637 |  17.0%
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2,429,873 | 7.0%
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| 2011 | 2,190,503 | 15.0%
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89,514 | 32.0%
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2,280,017 | 15.0%
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| 2010 | 1,895,600 | 24.0%
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67,568 | 4.0%
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1,963,168 | 23.0%
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| 2009 | 1,531,780 | 10.9%
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65,125 | 26.7%
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1,596,905 | 8.7%
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| 2008 | 1,380,926 | 1.2%
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88,787 | 3.7%
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1,469,713 | 0.9%
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| 2007 | 1,397,175 | 85,585 | 1,482,760 |
Accidents and incidents
On 13 January 2018, a Boeing 737-800 (TC-CPF) on Pegasus Airlines Flight 8622 veered off the left-hand side of the far end of runway 11 whilst landing. None of the 168 persons on board (162 passengers and 6 crew) were reported to have serious injuries. The cause of the incident has not yet been determined.[19]
On May 26, 2003 a Yakovlev Yak-42 operated as Ukrainian-Mediterranean Airlines Flight 4230 Chartered by the Spanish Government, the aircraft was completing a charter flight from Bishkek to Zaragoza with an intermediate stop in Trabzon, carrying 62 Spanish peacekeepers and 13 crew members. The 62 passengers were respectively 41 members of the Land Forces and 21 members of the Air Force who were returning to Spain following a peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan. While descending to Trabzon Airport by night, the crew encountered poor visibility due to foggy conditions. Unable to establish a visual contact with the approach lights and the runway 29, the crew initiated a go-around procedure. Few minutes later, while completing a second approach, the crew failed to realize he was not following the correct pattern for an approach to runway 29 when the aircraft impacted a mountain at an altitude of 4,600 feet. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all 75 occupants were killed. The wreckage was found 3,5 km east of the village of Maçka, about 23 km southwest of the airport.
On 20 May 1989, Alexander Zuyev, a Soviet pilot of the VVS Frontal Aviation Regiment based at Mikha Tskhakaya, Georgian SSR (present day Senaki, Georgia), defected from the Soviet Union by flying his Mig 29 plane to Trabzon. Turkey returned the plane to the Soviet Union, citing its desire to maintain a good relationship with the Soviet Union. However, the pilot was not extradited and was eventually provided asylum by the United States of America.[20]
References
- ^ "Airport information for LTCG". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF. - ^ Airport information for TZX at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- ^ "Trabzon Airport". Archived from the original on 2018-03-16. Retrieved 2014-08-25.
- ^ a b "Devlet Hava Meydanları İşletmesi Genel Müdürlüğü". www.dhmi.gov.tr. Archived from the original on 2010-01-26.
- ^ Staff Report. "Air Arabia adds Trabzon to Turkey flight network". Khaleej Times.
- ^ "AnadoluJet'in Van-Trabzon seferleri başlıyor".
- ^ "Corendon announces Düsseldorf + Basel bases; 15 routes added at DUS". anna.aero. 2020-09-07.
- ^ "Flydubai to start flights to two more destinations in Turkey".
- ^ https://centreforaviation.com/news/flynas-to-launch-qassim-trabzon-service--boost-capacity-through-julaug-2022-1148244/ flynas to launch Qassim-Trabzon service & boost capacity through Jul/Aug-2022
- ^ https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/275993/flynas-adds-trabzon-service-from-june-2018/ Flynas begin service to Trabzon in 2018
- ^ "Iraqi Airways files Hurghada / Trabzon schedules from July 2019". routesonline.com. 16 July 2019.
- ^ Liu, Jim. "Jazeera Airways adds Trabzon service from August 2020". Routesonline. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- ^ "Kuwait Airways adds new destinations in S18". Routesonline.
- ^ "Qatar Airways Announces Eight New Destinations at the Kuwait Aviation Show 2020". Qatar Airways. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ Liu, Jim. "Qatar Airways NS20 service update as of 0700GMT 21MAR20". Routesonline. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "Salam Air outlines further network expansion in S19". Routesonline.
- ^ Liu, Jim (3 September 2020). "SunExpress 01-19SEP20 International operations as of 30AUG20". routesonline.com.
- ^ "Turkish Airlines NS22 European Network Expansion Update - 08APR22".
- ^ "Turkish passenger plane skidded off runway after 'sudden engine surge'".
- ^ Zuyev, Alexander (1992). Fulcrum: A Top Gun Pilot's Escape from the Soviet Empire. Time Warner Publishing. pp. 348–350. ISBN 978-0446516488.
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