Trabzon Airport

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
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorGeneral Directorate of State Airports Authority
LocationTrabzon, Turkey
Elevation AMSL104 ft / 32 m
Coordinates40°59′42″N 39°47′23″E
Websitetrabzon.dhmi.gov.tr
Map
TZX
Location of airport in Turkey
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
11/29 2,640 8,661 Paved
Source: DAFIF[1][2]

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
Air Arabia Sharjah[5]
AnadoluJet Ankara, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, Kocaeli
Corendon Airlines Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn,[6] Düsseldorf (begins 17 May 2021),[7] Nuremberg[6]
Flynas Seasonal: Riyadh[8]
Iraqi Airways Seasonal charter: Baghdad[9]
Jazeera Airways Seasonal: Kuwait[10]
Kuwait Airways Seasonal: Kuwait[11]
Onur Air Istanbul
Pegasus Airlines Adana, Antalya, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, Izmir
Seasonal: Amman–Queen Alia,[12] Bahrain,[13] Jeddah,[12] Kuwait,[14] Riyadh,[14] Sharjah[14]
Qatar Airways Seasonal: Doha[15][16]
SalamAir Seasonal: Muscat[17]
SunExpress[18] Antalya, Düsseldorf, Izmir
Seasonal: Bahrain,[19] Frankfurt, Stuttgart
Turkish Airlines Istanbul, Riyadh[20]
Seasonal: Amsterdam,[21] Bahrain, Berlin, Dammam,[22] Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Kuwait,[23] Stuttgart, Vienna[24]

Traffic statistics
Trabzon Airport passenger traffic statistics[4]
Year (months) Domestic % change International % change Total % change
2012 2,355,236 8.0% 74,637 17.0% 2,429,873 7.0%
2011 2,190,503 15.0% 89,514 32.0% 2,280,017 15.0%
2010 1,895,600 24.0% 67,568 4.0% 1,963,168 23.0%
2009 1,531,780 10.9% 65,125 26.7% 1,596,905 8.7%
2008 1,380,926 1.2% 88,787 3.7% 1,469,713 0.9%
2007 1,397,175 85,585 1,482,760

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.[25]

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.[26]

References
  1. Airport information for LTCG at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
  2. Airport information for TZX at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  3. http://www.trabzon.dhmi.gov.tr/havaalanlari/page.aspx?hv=8&mnu=1383#.U_uGnPldWSo
  4. http://www.dhmi.gov.tr/istatistik.aspx
  5. Report, Staff. "Air Arabia adds Trabzon to Turkey flight network". Khaleej Times.
  6. Liu, Jim (27 January 2020). "Corendon Airlines S20 Network expansion". routesonline.com.
  7. "Corendon announces Düsseldorf + Basel bases; 15 routes added at DUS". anna.aero. 2020-09-07.
  8. https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/275993/flynas-adds-trabzon-service-from-june-2018/ Flynas begin service to Trabzon in 2018
  9. "Iraqi Airways files Hurghada / Trabzon schedules from July 2019". routesonline.com. 16 July 2019.
  10. Liu, Jim. "Jazeera Airways adds Trabzon service from August 2020". Routesonline. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  11. "Kuwait Airways adds new destinations in S18". Routesonline.
  12. "Pegasus Airlines expands Middle East network in 2Q19". Routesonline.
  13. Liu, Jim. "Pegasus adds Trabzon – Bahrain seasonal route in S19". Routesonline. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  14. Liu, Jim. "Pegasus adds Trabzon – Middle East links in S20". Routesonline. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  15. "Qatar Airways Announces Eight New Destinations at the Kuwait Aviation Show 2020". Qatar Airways. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  16. Liu, Jim. "Qatar Airways NS20 service update as of 0700GMT 21MAR20". Routesonline. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  17. "Salam Air outlines further network expansion in S19". Routesonline.
  18. Liu, Jim (3 September 2020). "SunExpress 01-19SEP20 International operations as of 30AUG20". routesonline.com.
  19. "SunExpress adds Bahrain service from Nov 2018". Routesonline.
  20. "Turkish Airlines Expands Riyadh Service in S16". airlineroute. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  21. Liu, Jim (1 June 2020). "Turkish Airlines S20 European network addition as of 29MAY20". Routesonline.
  22. "Turkish Airlines adds new seasonal Saudi Arabia routes in S17". routesonline. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  23. "Turkish Airlines Adds New Turkey - Kuwait Routes Jun - Oct 2015". Airlineroute.net. 12 May 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  24. "Turkish Airlines Adds New Dusseldorf / Vienna Routes in S16". airlineroute. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  25. https://news.sky.com/story/turkish-passenger-plane-skidded-off-runway-after-sudden-engine-surge-11209136
  26. Zuyev, Alexander (1992). Fulcrum: A Top Gun Pilot's Escape from the Soviet Empire. Time Warner Publishing. pp. 348–350. ISBN 978-0446516488.


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