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]
Trabzon Airport Trabzon Havalimanı | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | General Directorate of State Airports Authority | ||||||||||
| Serves | Trabzon, Turkey | ||||||||||
| Opened | 1957 | ||||||||||
| Operating base for | Pegasus Airlines | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 104 ft / 32 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°59′42″N 39°47′23″E / 40.99500°N 39.78972°E | ||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||
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  TZX/LTCG Location of airport in Turkey | |||||||||||
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Airlines and destinations
editThe following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Trabzon Airport:
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Air Arabia | Sharjah[5] Seasonal: Abu Dhabi |
| AJet[6] | Ankara, Bursa, Diyarbakır, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen Seasonal: Munich[7] |
| Azerbaijan Airlines | Baku[8][9] |
| flyadeal | Seasonal: Jeddah,[10] Riyadh[10] |
| flydubai | Seasonal: Dubai–International[11] |
| flynas | Seasonal: Dammam, Jeddah, Riyadh[12] |
| Georgian Wings | Tbilisi[13] |
| Jazeera Airways | Seasonal: Kuwait City[14] |
| Kuwait Airways | Seasonal: Kuwait City[15] |
| Oman Air | Seasonal: Muscat |
| Pegasus Airlines | Adana/Mersin,[16] Antalya, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, Izmir Seasonal: Amman–Queen Alia, Bahrain, Dammam,[17] Doha, Dubai–International, Düsseldorf, Gaziantep, Kocaeli,[18] Kuwait City, Muscat |
| Qatar Airways | Seasonal: Doha[19] |
| SalamAir | Seasonal: Muscat[20] |
| Southwind Airlines | Seasonal charter: Bahrain[21] |
| SunExpress[22] | Antalya, Düsseldorf, Izmir, Muscat[23] Seasonal: Adana/Mersin,[24][16] Bahrain, Dubai–International, Frankfurt, Kuwait City, Stuttgart |
| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul Seasonal: Munich,[25] Stuttgart |
Traffic statistics
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| Year (months) | Domestic | % change | International | % change | Total | % change |
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| 2023 | 2,696,068 |  8%
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839,834 | 20%
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3,535,902 | 11%
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| 2022 | 2,485,126 | 4%
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700,103 | 185%
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3,185,229 | 21%
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| 2021 | 2,396,829 | 38%
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245,498 | 303%
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2,642,327 | 47%
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| 2020 | 1,740,729 |  48%
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60,871 | 85%
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1,801,600 | 52%
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| 2019 | 3,373,461 | 10%
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397,417 | 45%
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3,770,818 | 6%
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| 2018 | 3,754,162 | 5%
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274,401 | 34%
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4,028,563 | 3%
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| 2017 | 3,944,881 | 10%
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204,048 | 62%
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4,148,929 | 12%
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| 2016 | 3,588,177 | 10%
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125,817 | 11%
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3,713,994 | 10%
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| 2015 | 3,249,120 | 22%
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113,679 | 4%
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3,362,799 | 21%
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| 2014 | 2,668,349 | 6%
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109,187 | 19%
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2,777,536 | 6%
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| 2013 | 2,528,990 | 9%
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91,897 | 25%
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2,620,887 | 9%
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| 2012 | 2,320,510 | 6%
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73,640 | 18%
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2,404,150 | 5%
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| 2011 | 2,190,503 | 16%
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89,514 | 32%
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2,280,017 | 16%
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| 2010 | 1,895,601 | 24%
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67,568 | 4%
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1,963,169 | 23%
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| 2009 | 1,531,780 | 11%
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65,125 | 27%
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1,596,905 | 9%
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| 2008 | 1,380,926 | 1%
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88,787 | 4%
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1,469,713 | 1%
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| 2007 | 1,397,175 | - | 85,585 | - | 1,482,760 | - |
Accidents and incidents
editOn 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.[27]
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.[28]
References
edit- ^ "Airport information for LTCG". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05. Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
- ^ Airport information for TZX at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- ^ "Trabzon Airport". Archived from the original on 2018-03-16. Retrieved 2014-08-25.
- ^ "Devlet Hava Meydanları İşletmesi Genel Müdürlüğü". www.dhmi.gov.tr. Archived from the original on 2010-01-26.
- ^ Staff Report. "Air Arabia adds Trabzon to Turkey flight network". Khaleej Times.
- ^ "AJet NS24 New Flight Number Designations – 12MAR24". Aeroroutes.
- ^ "AJet NS24 Germany Network Expansion". AeroRoutes.
- ^ "AZAL to Launch Flights from Baku to Trabzon on the Black Sea Coast". Azerbaijan Airlines. 7 March 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ "Buta Airways August – October 2023 Network – 30JUL23". AeroRoutes. 1 August 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
- ^ a b "FLYADEAL NS23 NETWORK ADDITIONS – 15MAY23". aeroroutes.com. 16 May 2023.
- ^ "Flydubai to start flights to two more destinations in Turkey". 18 April 2021.
- ^ https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/275993/flynas-adds-trabzon-service-from-june-2018/ Flynas begin service to Trabzon in 2018
- ^ Liu, Jim (3 October 2024). "Georgian Wings Adds Tbilisi – Trabzon From mid-Oct 2024". AeroRoutes. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
- ^ Liu, Jim. "Jazeera Airways adds Trabzon service from August 2020". Routesonline. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- ^ "Kuwait Airways adds new destinations in S18". Routesonline.
- ^ a b "10 Ağustos'ta Adana Şakirpaşa Havalimanı kapatılıyor! Uçuşlar yeni havalimanına aktarılacak". TGRT Haber. August 3, 2024.
- ^ "PEGASUS NS23 NETWORK ADDITIONS – 16APR23". aeroroutes.com. 18 April 2023.
- ^ "Cengiz Topel'e 3 yıl sonra ilk tarifeli sefer yapıldı". www.airporthaber2.com. August 9, 2024.
- ^ "Qatar Airways confirms major network expansion and resumption of flights to 11 cities". 7 March 2023.
- ^ "Salam Air outlines further network expansion in S19". Routesonline.
- ^ "Southwind Airlines Adds Bahrain Service From late-June 2023". AeroRoutes. No. 19 June 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
- ^ Liu, Jim (3 September 2020). "SunExpress 01-19SEP20 International operations as of 30AUG20". routesonline.com.
- ^ "SUNEXPRESS ADDS TRABZON – MUSCAT IN NW24". 2024-06-26.
- ^ "SunExpress NW24 Domestic Network Additions – 21APR24". AeroRoutes.
- ^ "Turkish Airlines NS22 European Network Expansion Update - 08APR22".
- ^ "Statistics".
- ^ "Turkish passenger plane skidded off runway after 'sudden engine surge'".
- ^ Zuyev, Alexander (1992). Fulcrum: A Top Gun Pilot's Escape from the Soviet Empire. Time Warner Publishing. pp. 348–350. ISBN 978-0446516488.
