Samsun Çarşamba Airport (IATA: SZF, ICAO: LTFH) (Turkish: Samsun Çarşamba Havalimanı) is a public airport in Samsun, Turkey. Opened in 1998, it is 23 km from Samsun. The airport consists of one terminal. Passengers board aircraft from ladder trucks on the tarmac.
Samsun Çarşamba Airport Samsun Çarşamba Havalimanı | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | General Directorate of State Airports Authority | ||||||||||
| Serves | Samsun, Turkey | ||||||||||
| Opened | 1998 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 17[1] ft / 5 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°15′56″N 36°32′55″E / 41.26556°N 36.54861°E | ||||||||||
| Website | dhmi.gov.tr | ||||||||||
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  SZF Location of airport in Turkey  SZF SZF (Europe) | |||||||||||
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The passenger terminal of the airport covers an area of 4,725 m2 and has a parking lot for 246 cars. The airport terminal has a restaurant, a bar and multiple car rental agencies within it. There are two small seating galleries.
Airlines and destinations edit
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Samsun-Çarşamba Airport:
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| AJet | Ankara, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen Seasonal: Berlin (begins 28 June 2024),[4] Munich (begins 2 June 2024),[4] Stuttgart (begins 4 June 2024)[4] |
| Corendon Airlines | Seasonal: Düsseldorf,[5] Hannover |
| Eurowings | Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf[6] |
| Fly Baghdad | Seasonal: Baghdad[7] |
| Iraqi Airways | Baghdad |
| Pegasus Airlines | Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, Izmir Seasonal: Düsseldorf[8] |
| SunExpress[9] | Antalya, Düsseldorf, Izmir Seasonal: Berlin, Cologne/Bonn (begins 26 June 2024),[10] Frankfurt, Hannover, Munich,[11] Stuttgart, Vienna[12] |
| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul Seasonal: Berlin (begins 20 July 2024), Vienna (begins 29 June 2024) |
| UR Airlines | Baghdad[13] |
Traffic Statistics edit
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
| Year (months) | Domestic | % change | International | % change | Total | % change |
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| 2011 * | 1,060,473 |  19.0% | 89,685 | 36.0% | 1,150,158 | 20.0% |
| 2010 | 891,355 | 14.0% | 65,899 |  24.0% | 957,254 | 10.0% |
| 2009 | 779,794 | 47.7% | 87,068 | 13.8% | 866,862 | 43.4% |
| 2008 | 527,886 | 9.0% | 76,501 | 9.0% | 604,387 | 9.0% |
| 2007 | 485,772 | 70,024 | 555,796 |
(*)Source: DHMI.gov.tr[14]
Air traffic control edit
Air traffic controllers at the tower also control the nearby coastguard helicopters.
Public Transportation edit
The airport is serviced by taxis, dolmus, charter bus and the H2 bus line run by the Samsun Metropolitan Municipality. Interest has been announced regarding extending the Samsun Tram to the airport or developing a bus line to connect the tram to the airport.
Future expansion edit
Construction of a taxiway would remove landing delays due to previously landed aircraft taxiing back down the runway. However to do this land adjacent to the airport would need to be purchased.
References edit
- ^ "LTFH: Samsun Carsamba Airport". SkyVector Aeronautical Charts. SkyVector. 27 February 2020.
- ^ "'Samsun-Çarşamba Uluslararası Havalimanı'ndan Ağustos Ayında 142 bin 449 Yolcu Hizmet Aldı'" ['142 thousand 449 passengers received service from Samsun-Wednesday International Airport in August']. samsun.gov.tr (in Turkish).
- ^ "Samsun havalimanı'nda 2021'de yolcu sayısı yüzde 32 arttı samsun-çarşamba uluslararası havalimanı 2021 yılında 1 milyon 142 bin yolcuya hizmet verdi - Samsun Haberleri". 10 January 2022.
- ^ a b c https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240402-vfns24de
- ^ "Corendon announces Düsseldorf + Basel bases; 15 routes added at DUS". anna.aero. 2020-09-07.
- ^ "Eurowings fliegt ab Deutschland, Österreich und Tschechien neue Ziele an". 22 March 2023.
- ^ "Fly Baghdad – Low Price, More Flights".
- ^ Pegasus adds Samsun – Dusseldorf service from June 2018 Routesonline. 2 April 2018.
- ^ Liu, Jim (3 September 2020). "SunExpress 01-19SEP20 International operations as of 30AUG20". routesonline.com.
- ^ "SunExpress NS24 Network Expansion – 24SEP23".
- ^ "SunExpress NS24 Network Expansion – 24SEP23".
- ^ Casey, David. "SunExpress Schedules New Summer Routes". Routes. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- ^ Liu, Jim. "UR Airlines files S20 network". Routesonline. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ Statistics
External links edit
- Accident history for SZF at Aviation Safety Network
- Airport information for LTFH at Great Circle Mapper.
- Current weather for LTFH at NOAA/NWS
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