Trabzon Airport

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Trabzon Airport

Trabzon Havalimanı
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Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorGeneral Directorate of State Airports Authority
Location Trabzon, Turkey
Opened1957
Elevation  AMSL 104 ft / 32 m
Coordinates 40°59′42″N39°47′23″E / 40.99500°N 39.78972°E / 40.99500; 39.78972
Website www.dhmi.gov.tr
Map
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TZX
Location of airport in Turkey
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
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11/292,6408,661Paved
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]

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Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Trabzon Airport:

AirlinesDestinations
Air Arabia Sharjah [5]
Seasonal: Abu Dhabi
AJet Ankara, Bursa, Diyarbakır, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen
Seasonal: Munich (begins 7 June 2024) [6]
Azerbaijan Airlines Baku [7] [8]
flyadeal Seasonal: Jeddah, [9] Riyadh [9]
flydubai Seasonal: Dubai–International [10]
Flynas Seasonal: Dammam, Jeddah, Riyadh [11]
Jazeera Airways Seasonal: Kuwait City [12]
Kuwait Airways Seasonal: Kuwait City [13]
Oman Air Seasonal: Muscat
Pegasus Airlines Adana, Antalya, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, Izmir
Seasonal: Amman–Queen Alia, Bahrain, Dammam, [14] Doha, Dubai–International, Düsseldorf, Gaziantep, Kuwait City, Muscat
Qatar Airways Seasonal: Doha [15]
SalamAir Seasonal: Muscat [16]
Southwind Airlines Seasonal charter: Bahrain [17]
SunExpress [18] Antalya, Düsseldorf, Izmir
Seasonal: Adana, [19] Bahrain, Dubai–International, Frankfurt, Kuwait City, Stuttgart
Turkish Airlines Istanbul
Seasonal: Munich, [20] Stuttgart

Traffic statistics

Annual passenger traffic at TZX airport. See Wikidata query.
Trabzon Airport passenger traffic statistics [4]
Year (months)Domestic % changeInternational % changeTotal % change
20122,355,236Increase2.svg 8.0%74,637Decrease2.svg 17.0%2,429,873Increase2.svg 7.0%
20112,190,503Increase2.svg 15.0%89,514Increase2.svg 32.0%2,280,017Increase2.svg 15.0%
20101,895,600Increase2.svg 24.0%67,568Increase2.svg 4.0%1,963,168Increase2.svg 23.0%
20091,531,780Increase2.svg 10.9%65,125Decrease2.svg 26.7%1,596,905Increase2.svg 8.7%
20081,380,926Decrease2.svg 1.2%88,787Increase2.svg 3.7%1,469,713Decrease2.svg 0.9%
20071,397,17585,5851,482,760

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. [21]

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. [22]

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  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.
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  13. ↑ "Kuwait Airways adds new destinations in S18". Routesonline.
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