Gazipaşa Airport (IATA: GZP, ICAO: LTFG) is an airport which serves the Gazipaşa, Anamur, Alanya, Kargıcak, Kestel, Payallar, Avsallar, Okurcalar, Kızılağaç and Side areas of the Antalya Province in Turkey. The airport opened for domestic flights in July 2010 with daily flights from Istanbul with Borajet.[2] International flights began in the 2011 holiday season, with flights from Amsterdam. The new airport is only 30 minutes by road from Alanya compared to a travel time of two hours between Alanya and Antalya Airport, which was previously the nearest airport, 120 km away.
Gazipaşa Airport Gazipaşa Havalimanı | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | General Directorate of State Airports (DHMİ) | ||||||||||
| Operator | TAV Airports | ||||||||||
| Serves | Gazipaşa, Antalya Province, Turkey | ||||||||||
| Location | Gazipaşa | ||||||||||
| Opened | 2010 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 92 ft / 28 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°17′56″N 32°18′00″E / 36.29889°N 32.30000°E | ||||||||||
| Website | gzpairport.com | ||||||||||
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Construction
editThe airport was finished in 1999, but it was not opened for operation. Talks were held in 2006, with reports commissioned by the national government, local government, and tourist organizations to commence operation. Finally, the decision was made clear in 2007 after multiple bids had been submitted to award operation to Tepe Akfen Ventures Airports Holding (TAV), which paid $50,000 a year, and a 65% share in profit for the right to operate the airport for 25 years.[2][3] TAV then updated and expanded the airport, including lengthening the runway to 2,350m in order to handle international operations, among other things.
Facilities
editThe airport has an annual passenger capacity of 1,500,000 passengers, a terminal area of 6,700 square meters and a parking lot with a capacity of 105 vehicles.[citation needed]
Airlines and destinations
editThe following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Gazipaşa Airport:
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Air Serbia[4] | Seasonal charter: Belgrade, Niš |
| AJet | Ankara[5] |
| Avion Express | Seasonal charter: Vilnius[6] |
| Corendon Airlines | Seasonal: Berlin,[7][8] Bucharest-Otopeni,[9] Cluj-Napoca,[9] Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Leipzig/Halle,[7][10] Munich,[7] Nuremberg,[7] Warsaw-Chopin[7] |
| Corendon Dutch Airlines | Seasonal: Amsterdam,[11][12] Groningen[13] |
| Finnair | Helsinki[14] |
| Freebird Airlines | Seasonal charter: Tehran–Imam Khomeini[15] |
| Norwegian Air Shuttle | Seasonal: Oslo[16] |
| Pegasus Airlines | Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen |
| Pobeda | Moscow-Vnukovo |
| Scandinavian Airlines | Seasonal:Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm–Arlanda |
| Sunclass Airlines | Seasonal charter: Copenhagen, Helsinki (Begins 15 April 2025),[17] Oslo, Stockholm–Arlanda |
| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul |
Traffic statistics
editGraphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
| Year (months) | Domestic | % change | International | % change | Total | % change |
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| 2023 | 473.046 | 362.663 | 835.709 | |||
| 2022 | 421.266 | 261.388 | 682.654 | |||
| 2021 | 369.495 | 210.140 | 579.635 | |||
| 2020 | 212.311 | 58.557 | 270.868 | |||
| 2019 | 493.485 | 591.416 | 1.084.901 | |||
| 2018 | 575.218 | 626.677 | 1.201.895 | |||
| 2017 | 478.837 | 342.341 | 821.178 | |||
| 2016 | 411.471 | 307.247 | 718.718 | |||
| 2015 | 403.792 | 510.225 | 914.017 | |||
| 2014 | 319.578 | 405.264 | 724.842 | |||
| 2013 | 110.590 | 227.932 | 338.522 | |||
| 2012 | 3.854 | 75.886 | 79.740 | |||
| 2011 | 4.192 | 9.938 | - | 14.130 | ||
| 2010 | 4.684 | - | - | - | 4.684 | - |
Accidents and incidents
edit- On 9 May 2024, a Boeing 737-800 passenger aircraft belonging to Corendon Airlines saw one of its tires burst during landing, resulting emergency landing on one of the airport's runways after its front landing gear failed, resulting in the evacuation of all 190 passengers and crew on board and the temporary closure of the runway.[18]
References
edit- ^ a b Statistics
- ^ a b TAV opens Turkey's Alanya Gazipasa Airport, Air Transport World, August 2010.
- ^ "Gazipasa Airport, Antalya".
- ^ "Air Serbia to grow charter traffic by 15%". exyuaviation.com. 1 June 2023.
- ^ "AJet NS24 New Flight Number Designations – 12MAR24". Aeroroutes.
- ^ "Novaturas Flights en". novatours.eu/.
- ^ a b c d e "Flugplan".
- ^ "Corendon Airlines Adds Gazipasa – Germany Routes in Oct 2024".
- ^ a b "Corendon Airlines: Rute din București și Cluj Napoca spre Gazipasa și Antalya în 2024". 11 March 2024.
- ^ "Corendon Airlines Adds Gazipasa – Germany Routes in Oct 2024".
- ^ "Corendon Gazipaşa'ya uçuş sözünü tuttu".
- ^ "Corendon start vluchten van Schiphol naar Gazipasa". 11 January 2023.
- ^ "Kos en Gazipasa nieuw in zomerdienstregeling Groningen Airport Eelde". 1 December 2023.
- ^ "Finnair August 2022 European Network Adjustment - 24JUL22". Aeroroutes.
- ^ "Gazipaşa welcomes Tehran passengers of Freebird Airlines".
- ^ "Norwegian NS23 Oslo Routes Addition -17NOV22". aeroroutes.com. 17 November 2022.
- ^ "Pelkät lennot Gazipasaan".
- ^ "Boeing 737: Plane skids off runway in Senegal, tyre bursts in Turkey". Al Jazeera. 9 May 2024.