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Adana Şakirpaşa Airport

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Adana Airport (IATA: ADA, ICAO: LTAF) — commonly known as Adana Şakirpaşa Airport — is a general aviation airport located in Adana. It served as the main commercial airport of Cilicia region from 1937 to 2024.[5] Çukurova International Airport, which opened on 10 August 2024, replaced Şakirpaşa Airport as the regional airport. All commercial airline flights have been moved to the new airport, while Şakirpaşa Airport is now used primarily for pilot training.

Adana Şakirpaşa Airport

Adana Şakirpaşa Havalimanı
Summary
Airport typeGeneral Aviation
OperatorGeneral Directorate of State Airports (DHMİ)
ServesCilicia
LocationAdana
Opened1937 (1937)
Passenger services ceased10 August 2024 (2024-08-10)
Elevation AMSL65 ft / 20 m
Coordinates36°58′55″N 035°16′49″E / 36.98194°N 35.28028°E / 36.98194; 35.28028
Websitewww.dhmi.gov.tr/Sayfalar/Havalimani/Adana/AnaSayfa.aspx
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ADA/LTAF is located in Turkey
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Location of airport in Turkey
ADA/LTAF is located in Europe
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ADA/LTAF (Europe)
ADA/LTAF is located in Asia
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
05/23 2,750 9,022 Asphalt
Statistics (2024)
Passengers3,120,925 Decrease 21%
Cargo (tons)2,801 Decrease 40%
Aircraft movements30,829 Decrease 22%[1]
Sources: DHMİ[2] and DAFIF[3][4]

History

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Adana Airport was constructed on farmland at the Şakirpaşa area, 2.3 km (1.4 mi) west of the historical city centre. It was opened to service as a civil-military airport in 1937, and became a full civil airport in 1956.[citation needed] Passenger traffic at Adana Airport has doubled since 2011, hitting a record in 2018 with 5,630,674 passengers.[6]

Airlines and destinations

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The last commercial airline passenger flight departed shortly after midnight on 11 August 2024.[7] As of 12 August 2024, there are no commercial airline passenger flights at Adana Airport.

There were 295 weekly departures to 24 routes from the Adana Airport during the high season, connecting the region to destinations in Turkey, Germany, Northern Cyprus, Lebanon, the Netherlands, Belgium, Russia, and the United Kingdom. Ercan was the shortest route (40 min.) and London was the longest route (4 hours 50 minutes). Routes to both airports in Istanbul were among the busiest in Turkey, with 144 departures weekly, equating to almost half of the total flights.[citation needed]

Statistics

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Passenger figures

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Annual passenger traffic at ADA airport. See Wikidata query.
Adana–Şakirpaşa Airport passenger traffic statistics[8]
Year Domestic % change International % change Total % change
2024 2,508,755   21% 612,170   18% 3,120,925   21%
2023 3,845,362   19% 883,446   37% 4,728,808   22%
2022 3,228,701   8.0% 645,892   53% 3,874,593   14%
2021 2,976,130   30% 423,361   89% 3,399,491   36%
2020 2,283,292   47% 224,052   70% 2,547,344   50%
2019 4,306,031   13% 751,757   7% 5,057,788   10%
2018 4,929,255   1% 701,419   8% 5,630,674   0%
2017 4,960,627   2% 649,549   9% 5,610,176   0%
2016 4,872,365   6% 713,337   2% 5,585,702   5%
2015 4,582,185   13% 727,521   15% 5,309,706   14%
2014 4,057,291   8% 630,203   12% 4,687,494   9%
2013 3,754,227   20% 561,551   11% 4,315,778   15%
2012 3,136,143   18% 628,014   7% 3,764,157   16%
2011 2,651,873   10% 589,094   39% 3,240,967   14%
2010 2,417,630   17% 423,540   2% 2,841,170   14%
2009 2,065,779   15% 416,623   16% 2,482,402   8%
2008 1,793,675   3% 496,752   11% 2,290,427   1%
2007 1,745,450 - 557,085 - 2,302,535 -

Route statistics

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Direct routes from Adana Airport (high season)[9]
City Airport Weekly departures
(July 2024) 		Airlines
  Istanbul (Pendik) Sabiha Gökçen Airport 74 Pegasus Airlines, AJet
  Istanbul (Arnavutköy) Istanbul Airport 70 Turkish Airlines
  North Nicosia Ercan Airport 42 AJet, Pegasus Airlines
  Ankara Ankara Esenboğa Airport 21 AJet
  Antalya Antalya Airport 20 Pegasus Airlines, SunExpress, Turkish Airlines
  İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport 20 Pegasus Airlines, SunExpress
  Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Airport 8 Pegasus Airlines, Corendon Airlines
  Bodrum Milas–Bodrum Airport 7 Pegasus Airlines
  Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport 4 AJet, Pegasus Airlines
  Berlin Berlin Brandenburg Airport 4 SunExpress, Turkish Airlines, Eurowings
  Stuttgart Stuttgart Airport 4 SunExpress
  Trabzon Trabzon Airport 4 Pegasus Airlines
  Cologne/Bonn Cologne Bonn Airport 3 Corendon Airlines
  Doha Hamad International Airport 3 Qatar Airways
  Frankfurt Frankfurt Airport 3 SunExpress
  Moscow Sheremetyevo International Airport 3 Aeroflot
  Van Ferit Melen Airport 3 Pegasus Airlines
  Hamburg Hamburg Airport 2 Eurowings
  Amsterdam Amsterdam Airport Schiphol 1 SunExpress
  Brussels Brussels Airport 1 SunExpress
  Hannover Hannover Airport 1 SunExpress
  London London Stansted Airport 1 SunExpress
  Munich Munich Airport 1 SunExpress
  Nuremberg Nuremberg Airport 1 Corendon Airlines

Ground transportation

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Buses and coaches

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Adana Metropolitan Municipality local buses #135 and #159, run from the airport to the neighbourhoods of Seyhan, Çukurova and Sarıçam. Bus #159 is a 35-minute interval service that connects airport to the old town, metro (Vilayet station), Central railway station, and routes further north, ending in Kurttepe, close to the lake.[10] Bus #135 is an hourly service to Balcalı (Çukurova University).[11] Several local buses and minibuses that run east–west on the D400 state road, stop at the Airport intersection, 800 metres north of the airport terminals. Coach transport to the provinces surrounding Cilicia, run from the Central Coach Terminal, 3.9 km west of the airport entrance. Coach companies' shuttle services from the city centre to the Central Coach Terminal have stops at the Airport Intersection on the D400 state road.[citation needed]

Rail

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Şakirpaşa railway station is 1.9 kilometres' walking distance to the airport terminals, and it is located one block north of the D400 state road. There are frequent train services to Mersin Central, Tarsus and Adana Central stations,[12] and fewer daily services to eastern stations of Adana; Yüreğir, İncirlik and Ceyhan. Also from the station, there are once daily trips to Osmaniye, İskenderun, İslahiye, Karaman and Niğde.[citation needed]

Accidents and incidents

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References

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  1. ^ "Devlet Hava Meydanları İşletmesi Genel Müdürlüğü". DHMI. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 June 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  2. ^ (in Turkish) Adana Hava Limanı Archived 2007-12-04 at the Wayback Machine at DHMİ (State Airports Authority)
  3. ^ "Airport information for LTAF". 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.
  4. ^ Airport information for LTAF at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  5. ^ (in Turkish) 2019 Passengers Statistics of Airports in Turkey Archived 2015-06-28 at the Wayback Machine at DHMİ (State Airports Authority)
  6. ^ "Devlet Hava Meydanları İşletmesi Genel Müdürlüğü". Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-06-28. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
  7. ^ "10 Ağustos'ta Adana Şakirpaşa Havalimanı kapatılıyor! Uçuşlar yeni havalimanına aktarılacak". 3 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Statistics".
  9. ^ "Statistics". Archived from the original on 2015-06-28. Retrieved 2010-12-12.
  10. ^ http://www.adana.bel.tr/otobus-saatleri/entry/2563/ Local Bus #159
  11. ^ http://www.adana.bel.tr/otobus-saatleri/entry/2552/ Local Bus #135
  12. ^ http://www.tcdd.gov.tr/upload/Files/ContentFiles/2010/bolgesel/mersinadanamersin.htm Adana-Mersin Railway Line
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