Erzurum Airport

Erzurum Airport (IATA: ERZ, ICAO: LTCE) is a military and public airport serving the city of Erzurum in eastern Turkey. Inaugurated in 1966, it is located 11 km from the city. The airport's public passenger terminal covers an area of 5,750 m² and has an open-air parking lot for 200 cars.^[1]

Erzurum Airport Erzurum Havalimanı
IATA: ERZ ICAO: LTCE
Summary
Airport type	Public / Military
Operator	DHMİ (State Airports Administrations) / Turkish Air Force Command
Serves	Erzurum, Turkey
Opened	1966
Coordinates	39°57′19″N 41°10′09″E
Website	www.dhmi.gov.tr
Map
ERZ Location of airport in Turkey
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 08R/26L 12,500 3,810 Concrete 08L/26R 12,500 3,810 Concrete

Airlines and destinations

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

Airlines	Destinations
AJet	Ankara, Bursa,[2] Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen
Pegasus Airlines	Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen
SunExpress	Düsseldorf (begins 4 June 2025),[3] İzmir Seasonal: Antalya (begins 19 January 2025)[4]
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul

Traffic Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at ERZ airport. See Wikidata query.

Erzurum Airport Passenger Traffic Statistics^[5]

Year (months)	Domestic	% change	International	% change	Total	% change
2023	1,036,890	21%	10,504	19%	1,047,394	21%
2022	856,407	10%	8,808	192%	865,215	11%
2021	777,691	39%	3,019	20%	780,710	39%
2020	560,532	43%	2,516	62%	563,048	43%
2019	984,037	26%	6,650	33%	990,687	26%
2018	1,324,804	1%	9,992	2%	1,334,796	1%
2017	1,339,461	12%	10,172	50%	1,349,633	12%
2016	1,193,182	12%	6,771	44%	1,199,953	11%
2015	1,069,090	11%	12.019	16%	1,081,109	11%
2014	962,023	13%	14,313	39%	976,336	11%
2013	852,616	10%	23,505	42%	876,121	11%
2012	772,700	2%	16,520	4%	789,220	2%
2011	788,128	5%	17,209	14%	805,337	5%
2010	749,999	28%	15,083	1%	765,082	28%
2009	583,789	16%	15,228	40%	599,017	14%
2008	502,054	12%	25,544	9%	527,598	11%
2007	567,769	-	23,336	-	591,105	-

Incidents

• On 15 September 2012, an Armenian cargo aircraft landed here while en route to Aleppo, Syria, so that Turkish authorities could check for arms. Coming less than a week after a jetliner of Syrian Arab Airlines was forced to land in Ankara due to suspicion of carrying arms, this stop was planned and agreed on beforehand.^[6]
• On 21 October 2015, an airliner did an emergency landing while en route from Vienna to Abu Dhabi to offload a Slovakian economy class passenger who was handcuffed and arrested for using the closer business class lavatory after getting airsickness. The passenger was accommodated in a hotel overnight by the Turkish authorities and given a ticket to get back to her home country via Istanbul. The Slovakian ambassador to Turkey sent a letter of thanks to the airport authorities for taking care of their citizen.^[7]

References

1. State Airports Administration Archived 2007-12-23 at the Wayback Machine (in Turkish)
2. "AJet NS24 New Flight Number Designations – 12MAR24". Aeroroutes.
3. "SunExpress NS25 Network Additions – 27OCT24". Aeroroutes. Aeroroutes. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
4. "SunExpress NW24 Domestic Network Additions – 21APR24".
5. "Statistics".
6. "Turkey allows cargo to depart after Armenian plane searched". CNN. 15 October 2012.
7. "Uçakta kelepçelenen Slovak kadına Türk misafirperverliği".

External links

Media related to Erzurum Airport at Wikimedia Commons

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