Gaziantep Oğuzeli Airport

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Gaziantep Oğuzeli International Airport (IATA: GZT, ICAO: LTAJ) (Turkish: Gaziantep Oğuzeli Uluslararası Havalimanı) is a public airport in Gaziantep, Turkey. Inaugurated in 1976, it is 20 km from the city. Gaziantep Airport was extended with construction started in 1998, and achieved the international airport status in 2006. The passenger terminal covers an area of 5.799 m2 and has a parking lot for 400 cars.

Gaziantep Airport

Gaziantep Havalimanı
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorGeneral Directorate of State Airports (DHMİ)
ServesGaziantep, Turkey
Opened1976
Coordinates36°56′52″N 37°28′44″E / 36.94778°N 37.47889°E / 36.94778; 37.47889
Websitewww.dhmi.gov.tr
Map
GZT is located in Turkey
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Location of airport in Turkey
GZT is located in Europe
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GZT (Europe)
Runways
DirectionLengthSurface
ftm
10R/28L9,8423,000Concrete
10L/28R9,8423,000Concrete

Following the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake, Gaziantep became a major hub for humanitarian aid.[1][2]

Old terminal

Airlines and destinations edit

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

AirlinesDestinations
AJet[3] Ankara, Bursa[citation needed], Erbil,[4] Ercan, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen
Seasonal: Berlin (begins 22 June 2024)[5]
Corendon Airlines Seasonal: Hannover[6]
Iraqi Airways Baghdad[7]
Pegasus Airlines Düsseldorf,[8] Erbil,[9] Ercan, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, Izmir
SunExpress[10]Antalya, Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Izmir, Munich,[11] Stuttgart, Zurich
Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse, Hannover, London–Stansted[12]
Turkish Airlines Istanbul

Statistics edit

Annual passenger traffic at GZT airport.See Wikidata query.
Gaziantep Oğuzeli International Airport passenger traffic statistics[13]
Year (months)Domestic% changeInternational% changeTotal% change
20172,376,737 13.2%252,832 9.7%2,629,569 12.9%
20162,099,976230,5142,330,490
20111,181,015 25.0%128,583 35.0%1,309,598 26.0%
2010945,359 33.0%96,950 22.0%1,042,309 25.0%
2009708,673 9.1%124,329 17.7%833,002 10.3%
2008649,344 1.0%105,624 15.0%754,968 3.0%
2007642,232-92,195-734,427-

References edit

  1. ^ "Gaziantep Airport, Key Hub for Aid, Overwhelmed With Relief Supplies". Wall Street Journal. February 11, 2023.
  2. ^ "Quake aid flows into Gaziantep airport as urgency shifts to humanitarian relief". France 24. 14 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Flight network". anadolujet.com.
  4. ^ Liu, Jim. "Anadolu Jet adds Erbil service from late-March 2019". Routesonline. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  5. ^ https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240402-vfns24de
  6. ^ "Flights". corendonairlines.com.
  7. ^ "Iraqi Airways adds Gaziantep scheduled service from late-Dec 2017". routesonline. 3 January 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  8. ^ "Pegasus adds Gaziantep – Dusseldorf route from late-June 2018".
  9. ^ "Pegasus Airlines expands Middle East network in 2Q19".
  10. ^ Liu, Jim (3 September 2020). "SunExpress 01-19SEP20 International operations as of 30AUG20". routesonline.com.
  11. ^ "SunExpress NS24 Network Expansion – 24SEP23".
  12. ^ "SunExpress NS24 Network Expansion – 24SEP23".
  13. ^ "Statistics".