Diyarbakır Airport

Diyarbakır Airport

Diyarbakır Havalimanı
Summary
Airport typePublic/military
OwnerTurkish Air Force
OperatorDHMİ (State Airports Administration)
8th Air Wing, 2nd Air Force Command
LocationDiyarbakır, Turkey
Opened1952
Elevation AMSL686 m / 2,251 ft
Coordinates37°53′38″N 040°12′03″E / 37.89389°N 40.20083°E / 37.89389; 40.20083
Websitewww.dhmi.gov.tr
Map
DIY is located in Turkey
DIY
DIY
Location of airport in Turkey
DIY is located in Asia
DIY
DIY
DIY (Asia)
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
16/34 3,549 11,644 Concrete
Sources: DHMİ [1] and DAFIF[2][3]

Diyarbakır Airport (IATA: DIY, ICAO: LTCC) is a military airbase and public airport located in Diyarbakır, Turkey.

Overview

Diyarbakır Airport is home to the 8th Air Wing (Ana Jet Üs or AJÜ) of the 2nd Air Force Command (Hava Kuvvet Komutanligi) of the Turkish Air Force (Türk Hava Kuvvetleri). Other wings of this command are located in Merzifon (LTAP), Malatya Erhaç (LTAT) and İncirlik (LTAG).[4]

The airport was closed for renovation from 1 June to 1 September 2012. All air traffic was diverted to Batman, Mardin and Elazığ.

In 2012, an Armenian-American named Zuart Sudjian claimed that she held the land deed to the property of the airport and owned the right of its inheritance. She filed a lawsuit through her lawyer Ali Elbeyoğlu for the return of the lands. After a rejection by a local court, the case was taken to the Court of Cassation where the verdict is being appealed.[5]

Airlines and destinations

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

AirlinesDestinations
AJet Ankara,[6] Bursa,[6] Erbil,[7] Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen[6]
Corendon Airlines Seasonal: Hannover[8][9]
Fly Kıbrıs Airlines Ercan[citation needed]
Pegasus Airlines Ankara, Ercan, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, Izmir
SunExpress[10] Antalya, Düsseldorf, Hannover, Izmir
Seasonal: Berlin,[11] Frankfurt, Stuttgart
Turkish Airlines Istanbul

Traffic statistics

Annual passenger traffic at DIY airport. See Wikidata query.
Diyarbakır Airport passenger traffic statistics[12]
Year (months) Domestic % change International % change Total % change
2023 1,907,695 Increase 23% 133,052 Increase 9% 2,040,747 Increase 22%
2022 1,550,815 Increase 20% 121,562 Increase 116% 1,672,377 Increase 24%
2021 1,292,717 Increase 18% 56,407 Increase 141% 1,349,124 Increase 21%
2020 1,092,261 Decrease 36% 23,381 Decrease 69% 1,115,642 Decrease 37%
2019 1,706,191 Decrease 15% 76,045 Increase 43% 1,782,236 Decrease 14%
2018 2,016,126 Increase 2% 53,180 Decrease 28% 2,069,306 Increase 1%
2017 1,979,021 Increase 2% 74,181 Increase 125% 2,053,202 Increase 4%
2016 1,945,097 Decrease 7% 32,920 Increase 118% 1,978,017 Decrease 6%
2015 2,085,114 Increase 16% 15,087 Decrease 7% 2,100,201 Increase 16%
2014 1,796,067 Increase 1% 16,141 Increase 2% 1,812,208 Increase 1%
2013 1,782,827 Increase 40% 15,826 Increase 4% 1,798.653 Increase 40%
2012 1,270,613 Decrease 26% 15,211 Decrease 20% 1,285,824 Decrease 26%
2011 1,714,423 Increase 23% 18,951 Increase 31% 1,733,374 Increase 23%
2010 1,390,165 Increase 33% 14,425 Increase 25% 1,404,590 Increase 32%
2009 1,048,875 Increase 10% 11,506 Decrease 34% 1,060,381 Increase 10%
2008 949,668 Increase 8% 17,420 Increase 21% 967,088 Increase 8%
2007 881,278 - 14,347 - 895,625 -

Incidents

On January 8, 2003, Turkish Airlines Flight 634 crashed on approaching Diyarbakır Airport. 75 of the 80 passengers and crew on board were killed.

On August 27, 2016, several rockets were fired at the airport.[13]

References

  1. ^ (in Turkish) Diyarbakır Hava Meydanı Archived January 2, 2008, at the Wayback Machine at DHMİ (State Airports Authority)
  2. ^ "Airport information for LTCC". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05. Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
  3. ^ Airport information for LTCC at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  4. ^ Turkish Air Force Archived December 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine - Scramble
  5. ^ Gültekin, Uygar (31 December 2014). "Landing Diyarbakır Airport on the Basmacıyans' land". Agos.
  6. ^ a b c "AJet NS24 New Flight Number Designations – 12MAR24". Aeroroutes.
  7. ^ Liu, Jim. "Anadolu Jet adds Erbil service from late-March 2019". Routesonline. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  8. ^ "Hanover". corendonairlines.com.
  9. ^ Liu, Jim (29 December 2022). "Corendon Airlines NS23 Germany Network Additions – 28DEC22". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  10. ^ Liu, Jim (3 September 2020). "SunExpress 01-19SEP20 International operations as of 30AUG20". routesonline.com.
  11. ^ "SUNEXPRESS NS24 NETWORK ADDITIONS – 24SEP23". aeroroutes.com. 27 September 2023.
  12. ^ "Statistics".
  13. ^ "PKK kills soldier, attacks on Diyarbakır airport - Turkey News". Hürriyet Daily News. 28 August 2016. Retrieved 2020-07-08.