Trabzon Airport

Trabzon Havalimanı
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorGeneral Directorate of State Airports Authority
LocationTrabzon, Turkey
Opened1957
Elevation AMSL104 ft / 32 m
Coordinates40°59′42″N 39°47′23″E / 40.99500°N 39.78972°E / 40.99500; 39.78972
Websitewww.dhmi.gov.tr
Map
TZX is located in Turkey
TZX
TZX
Location of airport in Turkey
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
11/29 2,640 8,661 Paved
Source: DAFIF[1][2]

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:

AirlinesDestinations
Air Arabia Sharjah[5]
AnadoluJet Ankara, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, Van[6]
Azerbaijan Airlines Baku[7][8]
Corendon Airlines Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf[9]
flyadeal Seasonal: Jeddah,[10] Riyadh[10]
flydubai Seasonal: Dubai–International[11]
Flynas Seasonal: Dammam, Gassim,[12] Jeddah, Riyadh[13]
Gulf Air Seasonal charter: Bahrain
Iraqi Airways Seasonal: Baghdad[14]
Jazeera Airways Seasonal: Kuwait City[15]
Kuwait Airways Seasonal: Kuwait City[16]
Oman Air Muscat
Pegasus Airlines Adana, Antalya, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, Izmir
Seasonal: Bahrain, Dammam,[17] Jeddah,[17] Kuwait City, Riyadh,[17] Tel Aviv[17]
Qatar Airways Doha[18]
SalamAir Seasonal: Muscat[19]
Southwind Airlines Seasonal Charter: Bahrain[20]
SunExpress[21] Antalya, Düsseldorf, Izmir
Seasonal: Frankfurt, Stuttgart
Turkish Airlines Bahrain, Istanbul, Yanbu
Seasonal: Berlin, Munich[22]

Traffic statistics

Annual passenger traffic at TZX airport. See Wikidata query.
Trabzon Airport passenger traffic statistics[4]
Year (months) Domestic  % change International  % change Total  % change
2012 2,355,236 Increase 8.0% 74,637 Decrease 17.0% 2,429,873 Increase 7.0%
2011 2,190,503 Increase 15.0% 89,514 Increase 32.0% 2,280,017 Increase 15.0%
2010 1,895,600 Increase 24.0% 67,568 Increase 4.0% 1,963,168 Increase 23.0%
2009 1,531,780 Increase 10.9% 65,125 Decrease 26.7% 1,596,905 Increase 8.7%
2008 1,380,926 Decrease 1.2% 88,787 Increase 3.7% 1,469,713 Decrease 0.9%
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.[23]

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.[24]

References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ Airport information for TZX at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  3. ↑ "Trabzon Airport". Archived from the original on 2018-03-16. Retrieved 2014-08-25.
  4. 1 2 "Devlet Hava Meydanları İşletmesi Genel Müdürlüğü". www.dhmi.gov.tr. Archived from the original on 2010-01-26.
  5. ↑ Staff Report. "Air Arabia adds Trabzon to Turkey flight network". Khaleej Times.
  6. ↑ "AnadoluJet'in Van-Trabzon seferleri başlıyor". 20 November 2021.
  7. ↑ "AZAL to Launch Flights from Baku to Trabzon on the Black Sea Coast". Azerbaijan Airlines. 7 March 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  8. ↑ "Buta Airways August – October 2023 Network – 30JUL23". AeroRoutes. 1 August 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  9. ↑ "Corendon announces Düsseldorf + Basel bases; 15 routes added at DUS". anna.aero. 2020-09-07.
  10. 1 2 "FLYADEAL NS23 NETWORK ADDITIONS – 15MAY23". aeroroutes.com. 16 May 2023.
  11. ↑ "Flydubai to start flights to two more destinations in Turkey". 18 April 2021.
  12. ↑ 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
  13. ↑ https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/275993/flynas-adds-trabzon-service-from-june-2018/ Flynas begin service to Trabzon in 2018
  14. ↑ "Iraqi Airways files Hurghada / Trabzon schedules from July 2019". routesonline.com. 16 July 2019.
  15. ↑ Liu, Jim. "Jazeera Airways adds Trabzon service from August 2020". Routesonline. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  16. ↑ "Kuwait Airways adds new destinations in S18". Routesonline.
  17. 1 2 3 4 "PEGASUS NS23 NETWORK ADDITIONS – 16APR23". aeroroutes.com. 18 April 2023.
  18. ↑ "Qatar Airways confirms major network expansion and resumption of flights to 11 cities". 7 March 2023.
  19. ↑ "Salam Air outlines further network expansion in S19". Routesonline.
  20. ↑ "Southwind Airlines Adds Bahrain Service From late-June 2023". AeroRoutes. No. 19 June 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  21. ↑ Liu, Jim (3 September 2020). "SunExpress 01-19SEP20 International operations as of 30AUG20". routesonline.com.
  22. ↑ "Turkish Airlines NS22 European Network Expansion Update - 08APR22".
  23. ↑ "Turkish passenger plane skidded off runway after 'sudden engine surge'".
  24. ↑ 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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