Sivas Nuri Demirağ Airport Sivas Nuri Demirağ Havalimanı
IATA: VAS ICAO: LTAR
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	General Directorate of State Airports Authority
Location	Sivas, Turkey
Opened	1957
Elevation AMSL	5,222 ft / 1,591 m
Coordinates	39°48′06.7″N 036°53′36.1″E / 39.801861°N 36.893361°E / 39.801861; 36.893361
Website	www.dhmi.gov.tr
Map
VAS Location of the airport in Turkey
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 01/19 12,500 3,810 Asphalt
Statistics (2014)
Passengers 429.062 ( 27%) Cargo 3.970 ( 20%)

Sivas Nuri Demirag Airport (IATA: VAS, ICAO: LTAR) is an airport located 22 kilometres (14 mi) northwest of Sivas, Turkey.

Overview

The airport was opened to air traffic in 1957 to be used for military purposes; in 1990, DHMİ (State Airports Authority)^[1] built a 2,217-square-metre (23,860 sq ft) terminal building to begin to serve the civilian air traffic.

Sivas Nuri Demirag Airport closed air traffic with decision of cabinet on 31 January 2002, and opened air traffic with decision of cabinet on 17 October 2003. The airport was closed again to air traffic on 15 April 2006 due to the repair of the runway and expansion work, and 01/19 width of the runway has been removed from 30 meters to 45 meters. After special lighting and asphalt work completed, runway 19/01 is the-second longest runway in Turkey with 3,811 by 45 metres (12,503 ft × 148 ft).^[2] The new apron, five aircraft capacity and 120 by 240 metres (390 ft × 790 ft) in size and runway taxiway connection was put into service on 22 December 2006. The new terminal building opened for use on 18 December 2010 with an annual capacity of 3 million passengers. The original terminal building meets the standards of today's airport was built as an architecture with a modern facility.

History

Runway

Sivas Nuri Demirag Airport old terminal

1957 – It was built to be used by NATO.

1990 – The first terminal building was made by DHMI.

2002 – Airport was closed to air transport because it did not profit by the government of the time was.

2003 – Airways due to intensive use across the country, was opened to the air transport again.

2006 – Starting work on the Runway extension 30 meters wide runway extended to 45 meters, and lighting systems were established at the same time.

2007 – On June 23, 2007, by an international expedition made the first flight with Stuttgart.^[3]

2010 – The annual capacity of 3,000,000 passengers in the new terminal building was completed and opened. The re-opened airport name has been changed to Sivas Nuri Demirag Airport.

2011 – May 22, 2011 Sunday, charter and scheduled 52 flight was performed due to the Fenerbahçe football match.

2012 – Customs services should be transferred except for continuous duty applications starting international flights passengers and cargo services has been given.

2013 – Airport has been barrier free.

Airlines and destinations

These are the airlines and destinations of Sivas Airport:

Traffic statistics

Passenger

Annual passenger traffic at VAS airport. See Wikidata query.

The following data comes from the DHMİ (State Airports Authority) statistics:^[5]

Year	Domestic	% Difference	International	% Difference	Total	% Difference
2014	421.939	%27,0	7.123	%2,0	429.062	%27,0
2013	331.771	%28,0	6,959	%2,0	338.730	%21,0
2012	237.120	%10,0	6.890	%6,0	244.010	%10,0
2011	225.246	%110,0	6.934	%70,0	232.180	%108,0
2010	107.400	%12,0	4.073	%141,0	111.473	%10,0
2009	122.158	%6,4	1.979	%79,2	124.137	%0,2
2008	114.855	%17	9.502	%141	124.357	%22
2007	98.010	-	3.949	-	101.959	-

Cargo ^[5]

Year	Domestic	% Difference	International	% Difference	Total	% Difference
2014	3.816	%22,0	154	%3,0	3.970	%20,0
2013	3.136	%39,0	158	%6,0	3.295	%37,0
2012	2.257	%8,0	148	%8,0	2.406	%7,0
2011	2.087	%88,0	161	%117,0	2.248	%90,34
2010	1.107	%11,0	74	%57,0	1.181	%9,0
2009	1.244	%13,7	47	%82,4	1.291	%5,1
2008	1.094	-	267	-	1.361	-

Commercial Aircraft^[5]

Year	Domestic	% Difference	International	% Difference	Total	% Difference
2014	3.129	%23,0	61	%65,0	3.190	%23,0
2013	2.550	%30,0	30	%14,0	2.587	%29,0
2012	1.959	%3,0	43	%23,0	2.002	%3,0
2011	2.011	%122,2	56	%43,6	2.067	%119,0
2010	905	%12,0	39	%63,0	944	%10,0
2009	1.026	%8,0	24	%76,0	1.050	%13,6
2008	1.115	%29,7	100	%177,8	1.215	%35,6
2007	860	-	36	-	896	-

All Aircraft^[5]

Year	Domestic	% Difference	International	% Difference	Total	% Difference
2014	3.500	%21,0	75	%6,0	3.575	%21,0
2013	2.550	%20,0	80	%1,0	2.965	%19,0
2012	2.410	%5,0	81	%1,0	2.491	%5,0
2011	2.300	%86,4	82	%74,5	2.382	%85,9
2010	1.234	%3,0	47	%47,0	1.281	%4,0
2009	1.200	%3,5	32	%70,4	1.232	%8,9
2008	1.244	%28,4	108	%176,9	1.352	%34,1
2007	969	-	39	-	1.008	-

References

External links

Media related to Sivas Airport at Wikimedia Commons