Samsun-Çarşamba Airport

Samsun-Çarşamba Airport

Samsun-Çarşamba Havalimanı
Samsun-Çarşamba Airport; Samsun-Çarşamba Havalimanı
	IATA: SZF; ICAO: LTFH;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	DHMİ (State Airports Administration)
Serves	Samsun, Turkey
Coordinates	41°15′56″N 36°32′55″E / 41.26556°N 36.54861°E
Website	http://www.carsamba.dhmi.gov.tr/
Map
	SZF Location of airport in Turkey
Runways

Samsun-Çarşamba Airport (IATA: SZF, ICAO: LTFH) (Turkish: Samsun-Çarşamba Havalimanı) is a public airport in Samsun, Turkey. Opened in 1998, it is 23 km from Samsun.

The passenger terminal of the airport covers an area of 4,725 m² and has a parking lot for 246 cars.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Eurowings	Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn
Onur Air	Istanbul-Atatürk
Pegasus Airlines	Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen, Izmir
SunExpress	Antalya, Izmir
TUIfly	Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul-Atatürk Seasonal: Berlin-Tegel, Düsseldorf, Vienna
Turkish Airlines operated by AnadoluJet	Ankara, Bursa, İstanbul-Sabiha Gökçen

Traffic Statistics

**Samsun-Çarşamba Airport Passenger Traffic Statistics**
Year (months)	Domestic	% change	International	% change	Total	% change
2011 *	1,060,473	19.0%	89,685	36.0%	1,150,158	20.0%
2010	891,355	14.0%	65,899	24.0%	957,254	10.0%
2009	779,794	47.7%	87,068	13.8%	866,862	43.4%
2008	527,886	9.0%	76,501	9.0%	604,387	9.0%
2007	485,772		70,024		555,796

(*)Source: DHMI.gov.tr^[1]

Air traffic control

Air traffic controllers at the tower also control the nearby coastguard helicopters.

Future expansion

Construction of a taxiway would remove landing delays due to previously landed aircraft taxiing back down the runway. However to do this land adjacent to the airport would need to be purchased.