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 / 38.46833°N 43.33222°E | ||||||||||
| Website | www.dhmi.gov.tr | ||||||||||
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Airlines and destinations
editThe following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Van Airport:
Traffic Statistics
editGraphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
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%
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3,062 | 65%
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1,549,671 | 18%
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| 2022 | 1,309,157 | 3%
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1,857 | - | 1,311,014 | 4%
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| 2021 | 1,265,467 | 30%
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- |  100%
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1,265,467 | 30%
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| 2020 | 974,550 | 31%
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1,761 | 76%
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976,311 | 31%
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| 2019 | 1,406,099 | 9%
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7,268 | 93%
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1,413,367 | 9%
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| 2018 | 1,544,074 | 7%
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3,764 | 3%
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1,547,838 | 7%
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| 2017 | 1,657,864 | 12%
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3,671 | 16%
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1,661,535 | 12%
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| 2016 | 1,477,518 | 7%
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4,355 | 13%
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1,481,873 | 7%
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| 2015 | 1,382,455 | 15%
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3,866 | 28%
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1,386,321 | 15%
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| 2014 | 1,204,114 | 7%
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3,031 | 28%
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1,207,145 | 7%
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| 2013 | 1,120,522 | 12%
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4,218 | 99%
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1,124,740 | 12%
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| 2012 | 999,223 | 5%
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2,121 | 20%
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1,001,344 | 5%
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| 2011 | 1,055,358 | 19%
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1,774 | 6%
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1,057,132 | 19%
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| 2010 | 890,376 | 20%
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1,674 | 60%
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892,050 | 20%
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| 2009 | 744,447 | 28%
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1,046 | 75%
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745,493 | 27%
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| 2008 | 581,142 | 6%
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4,177 | 34%
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585,319 | 7%
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| 2007 | 546,413 | - | 3,108 | - | 549,521 | - |
Incidents and accidents
edit- On 29 December 1994, Turkish Airlines Flight 278 crashed on approach to the airport, killing 57 of the 76 people on board.[10]
References
edit- ^ "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).
- ^ "AJet NS24 New Flight Number Designations – 12MAR24". Aeroroutes.
- ^ "AJet NS24 New Flight Number Designations – 12MAR24". Aeroroutes.
- ^ "AnadoluJet'in Van-Trabzon seferleri başlıyor". 20 November 2021.
- ^ "10 Ağustos'ta Adana Şakirpaşa Havalimanı kapatılıyor! Uçuşlar yeni havalimanına aktarılacak". 3 August 2024.
- ^ https://www.airporthaber2.com/havacilik-haberleri/sunexpressten-kis-sezonunda-ic-hatlarda-11-yeni-rota.html
- ^ "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.
External links
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