Van Ferit Melen Airport (IATA: VAN, ICAO: LTCI) is an airport in Van, a city in the eastern region of Turkey. It is named after the Turkish politician and former prime minister Ferit Melen (1906–1988).
Van Ferit Melen Airport Van Ferit Melen Havalimanı | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | General Directorate of State Airports Authority | ||||||||||
| Serves | Van | ||||||||||
| Location | Van, Turkey | ||||||||||
| Opened | 1943 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 5,480 ft / 1,670 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°28′06″N 43°19′56″E | ||||||||||
| Website | www.dhmi.gov.tr | ||||||||||
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  VAN Location of airport in Turkey  VAN VAN (Asia) | |||||||||||
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Airlines and destinations
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Van Airport:
Traffic Statistics
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Annual passenger traffic at VAN airport.
See Wikidata query.
| Year (months) | Domestic | % change | International | % change | Total | % change |
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| 2023 | 1,546,609 |  18% |
3,062 | 65% |
1,549,671 | 18% |
| 2022 | 1,309,157 | 3% |
1,857 | - | 1,311,014 | 4% |
| 2021 | 1,265,467 | 30% |
- |  100% |
1,265,467 | 30% |
| 2020 | 974,550 | 31% |
1,761 | 76% |
976,311 | 31% |
| 2019 | 1,406,099 | 9% |
7,268 | 93% |
1,413,367 | 9% |
| 2018 | 1,544,074 | 7% |
3,764 | 3% |
1,547,838 | 7% |
| 2017 | 1,657,864 | 12% |
3,671 | 16% |
1,661,535 | 12% |
| 2016 | 1,477,518 | 7% |
4,355 | 13% |
1,481,873 | 7% |
| 2015 | 1,382,455 | 15% |
3,866 | 28% |
1,386,321 | 15% |
| 2014 | 1,204,114 | 7% |
3,031 | 28% |
1,207,145 | 7% |
| 2013 | 1,120,522 | 12% |
4,218 | 99% |
1,124,740 | 12% |
| 2012 | 999,223 | 5% |
2,121 | 20% |
1,001,344 | 5% |
| 2011 | 1,055,358 | 19% |
1,774 | 6% |
1,057,132 | 19% |
| 2010 | 890,376 | 20% |
1,674 | 60% |
892,050 | 20% |
| 2009 | 744,447 | 28% |
1,046 | 75% |
745,493 | 27% |
| 2008 | 581,142 | 6% |
4,177 | 34% |
585,319 | 7% |
| 2007 | 546,413 | - | 3,108 | - | 549,521 | - |
Incidents and accidents
- On 29 December 1994, Turkish Airlines Flight 278 crashed on approach to the airport, killing 57 of the 76 people on board.[10]
References
External links
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