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 / 38.46833°N 43.33222°E | ||||||||||
| Website | www.dhmi.gov.tr | ||||||||||
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Aerial view of the airport
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).
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| AnadoluJet | Ankara, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, Trabzon[3] |
| Pegasus Airlines | Adana, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, Izmir |
| SunExpress | Antalya, Izmir |
| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul[4] |
Traffic Statistics
Annual passenger traffic at VAN airport.
See Wikidata query.
| Year (months) | Domestic | % change | International | % change | Total | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014/9 | 902,060 |  8.0% |
2,413 |  31.0% |
904,473 | 8.0% |
| 2013 | 1,120,522 | 12.0% |
4,218 | 99.0% |
1,124,740 | 12.0% |
| 2012 | 999,908 | 22.0% |
1,959 | 39.0% |
1,001,867 | 22.0% |
| 2011 | 1,090,277 | 22.0% |
2,319 | 39.0% |
1,092,596 | 22.0% |
| 2010 | 890,382 | 20.0% |
1,674 | 60.0% |
892,056 | 20.0% |
| 2009 | 744,447 | 28.1% |
1,046 | 75.0% |
745,493 | 27.4% |
| 2008 | 581,142 | 6.0% |
4,177 | 34.4% |
585,319 | 6.5% |
| 2007 | 546,413 | 3,108 | 549,521 |
(*)Source: DHMI.gov.tr[5]
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.[6]
References
- ↑ "Airport information for LTCI". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF. - ↑ Airport information for VAN at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- ↑ "AnadoluJet'in Van-Trabzon seferleri başlıyor". 20 November 2021.
- ↑ "Istanbul New Airport Transition Delayed Until April 5, 2019 (At The Earliest)". 9 April 2019.
- ↑ Statistics
- ↑ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-4Y0 TC-JES Van Airport (VAN)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
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