Iğdır Airport

Iğdır Airport (IATA: IGD, ICAO: LTCT) (Turkish: Iğdır Şehit Bülent Aydın Havalimanı) is a public airport in Iğdır, located in Iğdır Province, Turkey. Opened to civil air traffic in July 2012, the airport is 16 km (9.9 mi) away from Iğdır city centre.^[5] The airport is a member of the Airports Council International Europe (ACI Europe) and also participates in the Airport Carbon Accreditation Programme.^[6][7] As of 7 August 2025, the airport’s status was confirmed as an international airport permanently.^[8][9]

Iğdır Şehit Bülent Aydın Airport Iğdır Şehit Bülent Aydın Havalimanı
IATA: IGD ICAO: LTCT
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	General Directorate of State Airports Authority
Serves	Iğdır
Location	Iğdır, Turkey
Opened	13 July 2012; 13 years ago (2012-07-13)[1][2]
Elevation AMSL	3,100 ft / 945 m
Coordinates	39°58′36″N 43°52′36″E[3]
Website	Iğdır Airport
Map
IGD Location of airport in Turkey Show map of Turkey IGD IGD (Caucasus Mountains) Show map of Caucasus Mountains IGD IGD (Europe) Show map of Europe
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 12/30 3,000 9,842 Concrete
Statistics (2024)
Total passengers 383,239 International passengers 633 Aircraft Operations 4,109 Cargo tonnage 3,978
Source: (Turkish AIP at Eurocontrol) Turkish Airports Authority[4]

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Iğdır Airport:

Airlines	Destinations
AJet	Ankara,[10] Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen[10]
Pegasus Airlines	Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen[11]
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul[12][13]

Traffic Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at IGD airport. See Wikidata query.

Iğdır–Şehit Bülent Aydın Airport Statistics^[14]

Year (months)	Domestic	% change	International	% change	Total	% change
2024	382,606	9%	633	73%	383,239	8%
2023	352,121	69%	2,385	45%	354,506	66%
2022	208,827	9%	4,309	-	213,136	11%
2021	191,870	43%	-	100%	191,870	43%
2020	134,176	48%	296	73%	134,472	49%
2019	260,174	10%	1,081	-	261,255	10%
2018	289,251	17%	-	-	289,251	17%
2017	248,005	15%	-	-	248,005	15%
2016	216,252	2%	-	-	216,252	2%
2015	212,104	7%	-	-	212,104	7%
2014	198,270	9%	-	-	198,270	9%
2013	216,715	292%	-	-	216,715	292%
2012	55,225	-	-	-	55,225	-

^1 : 2012 statistics correspond to the last 6 months of 2012 since the opening of the airport.

Trivia

The airport was depicted in a Turkish Airlines advertisement in 2014, where a group of kids trying to ask the Turkish Airlines aircraft to land at their town (and their own made airport), and little to their knowledge that a real airport was constructed.^[15]

The airport was depicted also in Turkish Airlines commercial series of "Delightful Stories" (2014), where András Földvári, then head of marketing in Turkish Airlines' Hungary Office, flew from Budapest to Iğdır to explore Noah's Ark.^[16][17]

External links

• http://airlineroute.net/2012/07/19/tk7-igd-jul12/
• http://www.airporthaber.com/havacilik-haberleri/igdir-havalimani-cuma-gunu-aciliyor.html
• http://www.airporthaber.com/havacilik-haberleri/basbakandan-kuleden-ucaga-anons.html
• http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/eastern-province-of-igdir-welcomes-airport.aspx?pageID=238&nID=25463&NewsCatID=345
• http://www.turkishairlines.com/tr-tr/kurumsal/haberler/13092/yeni-ucuslarimiz-igdir