Adana Şakirpaşa Airport

Adana Şakirpaşa Airport

*Adana Şakirpaşa Havalimanı*
Adana Şakirpaşa Airport; Adana Şakirpaşa Havalimanı
	IATA: ADA; ICAO: LTAF;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Republic of Turkey
Operator	General Directorate of State Airports (DHMİ)
Serves	Adana, Mersin, Osmaniye
Location	Adana, Turkey
Opened	1937
Closed	10 August 2024
Focus city for	Pegasus Airlines
Elevation AMSL	65 ft / 20 m
Coordinates	36°58′55″N 035°16′49″E / 36.98194°N 35.28028°E
Website	www.dhmi.gov.tr/Sayfalar/Havalimani/Adana/AnaSayfa.aspx
Map
	ADA/LTAF Location of airport in Turkey ADA/LTAF ADA/LTAF (Europe) ADA/LTAF ADA/LTAF (Asia)
Runways
Statistics (2019)
Passengers
Passengers	5,054,183 -10.0%
Cargo (tons)	2,436 -2.0%
Aircraft movements	40,680 -1.0%
	Sources: DHMİ and DAFIF

Adana Şakirpaşa Airport (IATA: ADA, ICAO: LTAF) is an unscheduled airport located in Adana, Turkey. The airport used to be a commercial airport which had served the Cilicia region and in a lesser extent to the provinces surrounding Cilicia, due to its frequent domestic flight schedule and several flights to international destinations. With 4.7 million passengers in 2023,^[5] it was the largest airport of the region. Opened in 1937, Şakirpaşa Airport is the oldest airport in Turkey that was in public service the longest.^{[citation needed]}

The new Çukurova International Airport opened on 10 August 2024 and replaced Şakirpaşa Airport. All commercial airline flights has since been moved to the new airport^[6] while Şakirpaşa Airport is now used primarily for training flights.

History

Adana Airport was constructed on farmland at the Şakirpaşa area, 2.3 km west of the historical city centre. It was opened to service as a civil-military airport in 1937, and became a full civil airport in 1956.^{[citation needed]} Passenger traffic at Adana Airport has doubled since 2011, hitting a record in 2018 with 5,630,674 passengers.^[7] Due to an economical downturn in Turkey, the total number of passengers dropped for the first time in 10 years in 2019 with a 10 percent decrease.^{[citation needed]}

Airlines and destinations

The last commercial airline passenger flight departed shortly after midnight on 11 August 2024.^[8] As of 12 August 2024, there are no commercial airline passenger flights at Adana Airport.

There were 295 weekly departures to 21 routes from the Adana Airport during the high season, connecting the region to destinations in Turkey, Germany, Northern Cyprus, Lebanon, the Netherlands, Belgium and the United Kingdom. Ercan was the shortest route (40 min.) and London was the longest route (4 hours 50 minutes). Routes to both airports in Istanbul were among the busiest in Turkey, with 144 departures weekly, equating to almost half of the total flights.^{[citation needed]}

Statistics

Passenger figures

Annual passenger traffic at ADA airport. See Wikidata query.

**Adana Şakirpaşa Airport passenger traffic statistics**
Year	Domestic	% change	International	% change	Total	% change
2019	4,309,453	-13%	744,730	6%	5,054,183	-10%
2018	4,929,255	-0.6%	701,419	8.0%	5,630,674	0.4%
2017	4,960,627	2.0%	649,549	-9.0%	5,610,176	0.4%
2016	4,884,395	7.0%	710,235	-2.0%	5,594,630	5.0%
2015	4,643,199	14.0%	726,061	15.0%	5,369,260	15.0%
2014	4,057,291	8.0%	630,203	12.0%	4,687,494	9.0%
2013	3,754,227	20.0%	561,551	-11.0%	4,315,778	15.0%
2012	3,136,143	18.0%	628,014	7.0%	3,764,157	16.0%
2011	2,651,873	9.7%	589,094	39.1%	3,240,967	14.1%
2010	2,417,630	17%	423,540	2%	2,841,170	14.0%

Route statistics

**Direct routes from Adana Airport (high season)^[9]**
City	Airport	Weekly departures (July 2024)	Airlines
Istanbul (Pendik)	Sabiha Gökçen Airport	74	Pegasus Airlines, AJet
Istanbul (Arnavutköy)	Istanbul Airport	70	Turkish Airlines
North Nicosia	Ercan Airport	42	AJet, Pegasus Airlines
Ankara	Ankara Esenboğa Airport	21	AJet
Antalya	Antalya Airport	20	Pegasus Airlines, SunExpress, Turkish Airlines
İzmir	Adnan Menderes Airport	20	Pegasus Airlines, SunExpress
Düsseldorf	Düsseldorf Airport	8	Pegasus Airlines, Corendon Airlines
Bodrum	Milas–Bodrum Airport	7	Pegasus Airlines
Beirut	Rafic Hariri International Airport	4	AJet, Pegasus Airlines
Berlin	Berlin Brandenburg Airport	4	SunExpress, Turkish Airlines, Eurowings
Stuttgart	Stuttgart Airport	4	SunExpress
Trabzon	Trabzon Airport	4	Pegasus Airlines
Cologne/Bonn	Cologne Bonn Airport	3	Corendon Airlines
Doha	Hamad International Airport	3	Qatar Airways
Frankfurt	Frankfurt Airport	3	SunExpress
Moscow	Sheremetyevo International Airport	3	Aeroflot
Van	Ferit Melen Airport	3	Pegasus Airlines
Hamburg	Hamburg Airport	2	Eurowings
Amsterdam	Amsterdam Airport Schiphol	1	SunExpress
Brussels	Brussels Airport	1	SunExpress
Hannover	Hannover Airport	1	SunExpress
London	London Stansted Airport	1	SunExpress
Munich	Munich Airport	1	SunExpress
Nuremberg	Nuremberg Airport	1	Corendon Airlines

Ground transportation

Buses and coaches

Adana Metropolitan Municipality local buses #135 and #159, run from the airport to the neighbourhoods of Seyhan, Çukurova and Sarıçam. Bus #159 is a 35-minute interval service that connects airport to the old town, metro (Vilayet station), Central railway station, and routes further north, ending in Kurttepe, close to the lake.^[10] Bus #135 is an hourly service to Balcalı (Çukurova University).^[11] Several local buses and minibuses that run east–west on the D400 state road, stop at the Airport intersection, 800 metres north of the airport terminals. Coach transport to the provinces surrounding Cilicia, run from the Central Coach Terminal, 3.9 km west of the airport entrance. Coach companies' shuttle services from the city centre to the Central Coach Terminal have stops at the Airport Intersection on the D400 state road.^{[citation needed]}

Rail

Şakirpaşa railway station is 1.9 kilometres' walking distance to the airport terminals, and it is located one block north of the D400 state road. There are frequent train services to Mersin Central, Tarsus and Adana Central stations,^[12] and fewer daily services to eastern stations of Adana; Yüreğir, İncirlik and Ceyhan. Also from the station, there are once daily trips to Osmaniye, İskenderun, İslahiye, Karaman and Niğde.^{[citation needed]}

Accidents and incidents

References

^ "Devlet Hava Meydanları İşletmesi Genel Müdürlüğü". DHMI. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 June 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
^ (in Turkish) Adana Hava Limanı Archived 2007-12-04 at the Wayback Machine at DHMİ (State Airports Authority)
^ "Airport information for LTAF". 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 LTAF at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
^ (in Turkish) 2019 Passengers Statistics of Airports in Turkey Archived 2015-06-28 at the Wayback Machine at DHMİ (State Airports Authority)
^ https://www.tgrthaber.com/aktuel/10-agustosta-adana-sakirpasa-havalimani-kapatiliyor-ucuslar-yeni-havalimanina-aktarilacak-2964974
^ "Devlet Hava Meydanları İşletmesi Genel Müdürlüğü". Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-06-28. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
^ https://www.tgrthaber.com/aktuel/10-agustosta-adana-sakirpasa-havalimani-kapatiliyor-ucuslar-yeni-havalimanina-aktarilacak-2964974
^ "Statistics". Archived from the original on 2015-06-28. Retrieved 2010-12-12.
^ http://www.adana.bel.tr/otobus-saatleri/entry/2563/ Local Bus #159
^ http://www.adana.bel.tr/otobus-saatleri/entry/2552/ Local Bus #135
^ http://www.tcdd.gov.tr/upload/Files/ContentFiles/2010/bolgesel/mersinadanamersin.htm Adana-Mersin Railway Line

External links

[DHMI_Adana_Stats_-_Total_Flights-1] "Devlet Hava Meydanları İşletmesi Genel Müdürlüğü". DHMI. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 June 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2020.

[DHMİ-2] (in Turkish) Adana Hava Limanı Archived 2007-12-04 at the Wayback Machine at DHMİ (State Airports Authority)

[WAD-3] "Airport information for LTAF". 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.

[GCM-4] Airport information for LTAF at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).

[DHMİ_2019-5] (in Turkish) 2019 Passengers Statistics of Airports in Turkey Archived 2015-06-28 at the Wayback Machine at DHMİ (State Airports Authority)

[6] ttps://www.tgrthaber.com/aktuel/10-agustosta-adana-sakirpasa-havalimani-kapatiliyor-ucuslar-yeni-havalimanina-aktarilacak-2964974

[7] "Devlet Hava Meydanları İşletmesi Genel Müdürlüğü". Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-06-28. Retrieved 2020-02-02.

[8] ttps://www.tgrthaber.com/aktuel/10-agustosta-adana-sakirpasa-havalimani-kapatiliyor-ucuslar-yeni-havalimanina-aktarilacak-2964974

[9] "Statistics". Archived from the original on 2015-06-28. Retrieved 2010-12-12.

[10] ttp://www.adana.bel.tr/otobus-saatleri/entry/2563/ Local Bus #159

[11] ttp://www.adana.bel.tr/otobus-saatleri/entry/2552/ Local Bus #135

[12] ttp://www.tcdd.gov.tr/upload/Files/ContentFiles/2010/bolgesel/mersinadanamersin.htm Adana-Mersin Railway Line

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