Gaziantep Oğuzeli Airport

Gaziantep Oğuzeli International Airport (IATA: GZT, ICAO: LTAJ) (Turkish: Gaziantep Oğuzeli Uluslararası Havalimanı) is a public airport in Gaziantep, Turkey. Inaugurated in 1976, it is 20 km from the city. Gaziantep Airport was extended with construction started in 1998, and achieved the international airport status in 2006. The passenger terminal covers an area of 5.799 m² and has a parking lot for 400 cars.

Gaziantep Oğuzeli Airport Gaziantep Oğuzeli Havalimanı
IATA: GZT ICAO: LTAJ
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	General Directorate of State Airports (DHMİ)
Serves	Gaziantep, Turkey
Opened	1976
Coordinates	36°56′52″N 37°28′44″E
Website	www.dhmi.gov.tr
Map
GZT Location of airport in Turkey Show map of Turkey GZT GZT (Europe) Show map of Europe
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 10R/28L 9,842 3,000 Concrete 10L/28R 9,842 3,000 Concrete

Following the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake, Gaziantep became a major hub for humanitarian aid.^[1][2]

Old terminal

Airlines and destinations

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

Airlines	Destinations
AJet[3]	Ankara,[4] Erbil,[5] Ercan, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen[4] Seasonal: Berlin[6]
Corendon Airlines	Seasonal: Hannover[7]
Iraqi Airways	Baghdad[8]
Pegasus Airlines	Cologne/Bonn,[9] Düsseldorf,[10] Erbil,[11] Ercan, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, Izmir
SunExpress[12]	Antalya, Berlin, Düsseldorf,[13] Frankfurt, Izmir, Munich,[14] Stuttgart, Zurich Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse, Hannover, London–Stansted[15]
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul[16]

Traffic Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at GZT airport. See Wikidata query.

Gaziantep–Oğuzeli Airport passenger traffic statistics^[17]

Year (months)	Domestic	% change	International	% change	Total	% change
2024	2,577,231	13%	380,810	11%	2,958,041	13%
2023	2,282,944	13%	344,249	12%	2,627,193	13%
2022	2,019,436	19%	306,372	86%	2,325,808	25%
2021	1,694,871	33%	164,653	38%	1,859,524	34%
2020	1,271,409	41%	119,375	68%	1,390,784	45%
2019	2,152,284	8%	372,092	26%	2,524,376	4%
2018	2,340,849	2%	296,178	17%	2,637,027	0%
2017	2,376,737	13%	252,832	10%	2,629,569	13%
2016	2,099,976	2%	230,514	18%	2,330,490	0%
2015	2,136,123	13%	195,104	1%	2,331,227	12%
2014	1,889,937	14%	192,884	16%	2,082,821	14%
2013	1,662,457	31%	166,342	5%	1,828,799	27%
2012	1,268,715	8%	174,254	21%	1,442,969	10%
2011	1,170,025	24%	144,483	52%	1,314,508	26%
2010	944,661	33%	95,311	23%	1,039,972	25%
2009	708,673	9%	124,329	18%	833,002	10%
2008	649,344	1%	105,624	15%	754,968	3%
2007	642,232	-	92,195	-	734,427	-

References

1. "Gaziantep Airport, Key Hub for Aid, Overwhelmed With Relief Supplies". Wall Street Journal. February 11, 2023.
2. "Quake aid flows into Gaziantep airport as urgency shifts to humanitarian relief". France 24. 14 February 2023.
3. "Flight network". anadolujet.com.
4. Liu, Jim (13 March 2024). "AJet NS24 New Flight Number Designations – 12MAR24". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
5. Liu, Jim. "Anadolu Jet adds Erbil service from late-March 2019". Routesonline. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
6. "AJet NS24 Germany Network Expansion".
7. "Flights". corendonairlines.com.
8. "Iraqi Airways adds Gaziantep scheduled service from late-Dec 2017". routesonline. 3 January 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
9. "Pegasus Airlines flies from Cologne/Bonn to Gaziantep". 24 June 2024.
10. "Pegasus adds Gaziantep – Dusseldorf route from late-June 2018".
11. "Pegasus Airlines expands Middle East network in 2Q19".
12. Liu, Jim (3 September 2020). "SunExpress 01-19SEP20 International operations as of 30AUG20". routesonline.com.
13. Liu, Jim (27 February 2024). "SunExpress NS24 International Frequency Changes – 25FEB24". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
14. "SunExpress NS24 Network Expansion – 24SEP23".
15. "SunExpress NS24 Network Expansion – 24SEP23".
16. "Turkish Airlines Adds Boeing 777 Gaziantep Service in Aug/Sep 2024".
17. "Statistics".

• https://www.dhmi.gov.tr/sayfalar/istatistik.aspx