Trabzon Airport

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Trabzon Airport (IATA: TZX, ICAO: LTCG) is an airport near the city of Trabzon in the eastern Black Sea region of Turkey. The airport opened in 1957.^[3] In 2009, it served 1,596,905 passengers, of which most (95%) were on domestic routes. In 2009, Trabzon Airport ranked 9th for total passenger traffic, and 7th for domestic traffic among airports in Turkey.^[4]

Trabzon Airport Trabzon Havalimanı
IATA: TZX ICAO: LTCG
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	General Directorate of State Airports Authority
Serves	Trabzon, Turkey
Opened	1957; 68 years ago (1957)
Operating base for	Pegasus Airlines
Elevation AMSL	104 ft / 32 m
Coordinates	40°59′42″N 39°47′23″E
Website	www.dhmi.gov.tr/Sayfalar/Havalimani/Trabzon/AnaSayfa.aspx
Map
TZX/LTCG Location of airport in Turkey
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 11/29 2,640 8,661 Paved
Source: DAFIF[1][2]

Airlines and destinations

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

Airlines	Destinations
Air Arabia	Sharjah[5] Seasonal: Abu Dhabi[citation needed]
AJet	Ankara,[6] Bursa,[6] Diyarbakır,[7] Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen[6] Seasonal: Munich[8]
Azerbaijan Airlines	Baku[9][10]
Centrum Air	Tashkent
Flyadeal	Seasonal: Gassim,[11] Jeddah,[12] Riyadh[12]
Flydubai	Seasonal: Dubai–International[13]
Flynas	Seasonal: Dammam,[citation needed] Jeddah,[citation needed] Riyadh[14]
Gulf Air	Seasonal: Bahrain[15]
Jazeera Airways	Seasonal: Kuwait City[16]
Kuwait Airways	Seasonal: Kuwait City[17]
Oman Air	Seasonal: Muscat [citation needed]
Pegasus Airlines	Adana/Mersin,[18] Antalya,[19] Ercan,[20] Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen,[19] Izmir[19] Seasonal: Amman–Queen Alia,[citation needed] Bahrain,[citation needed] Dammam,[21] Doha,[citation needed] Düsseldorf,[19] Gaziantep,[19] Jeddah,[21] Kocaeli,[22] Kuwait City,[citation needed] Riyadh[21]
Qatar Airways	Seasonal: Doha[23]
SalamAir	Seasonal: Muscat[24]
Somon Air	Dushanbe[25]
Southwind Airlines	Seasonal charter: Bahrain[26]
SunExpress[27]	Antalya,[28] Düsseldorf, Izmir, Muscat[29] Seasonal: Adana/Mersin,[30][18] Bahrain,[citation needed] Dubai–International,[citation needed] Frankfurt,[citation needed] Kuwait City,[citation needed] Stuttgart[citation needed]
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul[31] Seasonal: Munich,[32] Stuttgart[citation needed]

Traffic statistics

Annual passenger traffic at TZX airport. See Wikidata query.

Trabzon Airport passenger traffic statistics^[33]

Year (months)	Domestic	% change	International	% change	Total	% change
2024	2,825,092	5%	759,012	10%	3,584,104	1%
2023	2,696,068	8%	839,834	20%	3,535,902	11%
2022	2,485,126	4%	700,103	185%	3,185,229	21%
2021	2,396,829	38%	245,498	303%	2,642,327	47%
2020	1,740,729	48%	60,871	85%	1,801,600	52%
2019	3,373,461	10%	397,417	45%	3,770,818	6%
2018	3,754,162	5%	274,401	34%	4,028,563	3%
2017	3,944,881	10%	204,048	62%	4,148,929	12%
2016	3,588,177	10%	125,817	11%	3,713,994	10%
2015	3,249,120	22%	113,679	4%	3,362,799	21%
2014	2,668,349	6%	109,187	19%	2,777,536	6%
2013	2,528,990	9%	91,897	25%	2,620,887	9%
2012	2,320,510	6%	73,640	18%	2,404,150	5%
2011	2,190,503	16%	89,514	32%	2,280,017	16%
2010	1,895,601	24%	67,568	4%	1,963,169	23%
2009	1,531,780	11%	65,125	27%	1,596,905	9%
2008	1,380,926	1%	88,787	4%	1,469,713	1%
2007	1,397,175	-	85,585	-	1,482,760	-

Accidents and incidents

On 13 January 2018, a Boeing 737-800 (TC-CPF) on Pegasus Airlines Flight 8622 veered off the left-hand side of the far end of runway 11 whilst landing. None of the 168 persons on board (162 passengers and 6 crew) were reported to have serious injuries. The cause of the incident has not yet been determined.^[34]

On May 26, 2003 a Yakovlev Yak-42 operated as Ukrainian-Mediterranean Airlines Flight 4230 Chartered by the Spanish Government, the aircraft was completing a charter flight from Bishkek to Zaragoza with an intermediate stop in Trabzon, carrying 62 Spanish peacekeepers and 13 crew members. The 62 passengers were respectively 41 members of the Land Forces and 21 members of the Air Force who were returning to Spain following a peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan. While descending to Trabzon Airport by night, the crew encountered poor visibility due to foggy conditions. Unable to establish a visual contact with the approach lights and the runway 29, the crew initiated a go-around procedure. Few minutes later, while completing a second approach, the crew failed to realize he was not following the correct pattern for an approach to runway 29 when the aircraft impacted a mountain at an altitude of 4,600 feet. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all 75 occupants were killed. The wreckage was found 3,5 km east of the village of Maçka, about 23 km southwest of the airport.

On 20 May 1989, Alexander Zuyev, a Soviet pilot of the VVS Frontal Aviation Regiment based at Mikha Tskhakaya, Georgian SSR (present day Senaki, Georgia), defected from the Soviet Union by flying his Mig 29 plane to Trabzon. Turkey returned the plane to the Soviet Union, citing its desire to maintain a good relationship with the Soviet Union. However, the pilot was not extradited and was eventually provided asylum by the United States of America.^[35]

In popular culture

A fictionalized version of the airfield is featured in the campaign of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War.