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Adana Şakirpaşa Airport

Adana Şakirpaşa Airport

Adana Şakirpaşa Havalimanı
Summary
Airport typeGeneral Aviation
OperatorGeneral Directorate of State Airports (DHMİ)
ServesCilicia
LocationAdana
Opened1937 (1937)
Passenger services ceased10 August 2024 (2024-08-10)
Elevation AMSL65 ft / 20 m
Coordinates36°58′55″N 035°16′49″E / 36.98194°N 35.28028°E / 36.98194; 35.28028
Websitewww.dhmi.gov.tr/Sayfalar/Havalimani/Adana/AnaSayfa.aspx
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ADA/LTAF is located in Turkey
ADA/LTAF
ADA/LTAF
Location of airport in Turkey
ADA/LTAF is located in Europe
ADA/LTAF
ADA/LTAF
ADA/LTAF (Europe)
ADA/LTAF is located in Asia
ADA/LTAF
ADA/LTAF
ADA/LTAF (Asia)
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
05/23 2,750 9,022 Asphalt
Statistics (2024)
Passengers3,120,925 Decrease 21%
Cargo (tons)2,801 Decrease 40%
Aircraft movements30,829 Decrease 22%[1]
Sources: DHMİ[2] and DAFIF[3][4]

Adana Airport (IATA: ADA, ICAO: LTAF) — commonly known as Adana Şakirpaşa Airport — is a general aviation airport located in Adana. It served as the main commercial airport of Cilicia region from 1937 to 2024.[5] Çukurova International Airport, which opened on 10 August 2024, replaced Şakirpaşa Airport as the regional airport. All commercial airline flights have been moved to the new airport, while Şakirpaşa Airport is now used primarily for pilot training.

History

Adana Airport was constructed on farmland at the Şakirpaşa area, 2.3 km (1.4 mi) west of the historical city centre. It was opened to service as a civil-military airport in 1937, and became a full civil airport in 1956.[citation needed] Passenger traffic at Adana Airport has doubled since 2011, hitting a record in 2018 with 5,630,674 passengers.[6]

Airlines and destinations

The last commercial airline passenger flight departed shortly after midnight on 11 August 2024.[7] As of 12 August 2024, there are no commercial airline passenger flights at Adana Airport.

There were 295 weekly departures to 24 routes from the Adana Airport during the high season, connecting the region to destinations in Turkey, Germany, Northern Cyprus, Lebanon, the Netherlands, Belgium, Russia, and the United Kingdom. Ercan was the shortest route (40 min.) and London was the longest route (4 hours 50 minutes). Routes to both airports in Istanbul were among the busiest in Turkey, with 144 departures weekly, equating to almost half of the total flights.[citation needed]

Statistics

Passenger figures

Annual passenger traffic at ADA airport. See Wikidata query.
Adana–Şakirpaşa Airport passenger traffic statistics[8]
Year Domestic % change International % change Total % change
2024 2,508,755 Decrease 21% 612,170 Decrease 18% 3,120,925 Decrease 21%
2023 3,845,362 Increase 19% 883,446 Increase 37% 4,728,808 Increase 22%
2022 3,228,701 Increase 8.0% 645,892 Increase 53% 3,874,593 Increase 14%
2021 2,976,130 Increase 30% 423,361 Increase 89% 3,399,491 Increase 36%
2020 2,283,292 Decrease 47% 224,052 Decrease 70% 2,547,344 Decrease 50%
2019 4,306,031 Decrease 13% 751,757 Increase 7% 5,057,788 Decrease 10%
2018 4,929,255 Decrease 1% 701,419 Increase 8% 5,630,674 Increase 0%
2017 4,960,627 Increase 2% 649,549 Decrease 9% 5,610,176 Increase 0%
2016 4,872,365 Increase 6% 713,337 Decrease 2% 5,585,702 Increase 5%
2015 4,582,185 Increase 13% 727,521 Increase 15% 5,309,706 Increase 14%
2014 4,057,291 Increase 8% 630,203 Increase 12% 4,687,494 Increase 9%
2013 3,754,227 Increase 20% 561,551 Decrease 11% 4,315,778 Increase 15%
2012 3,136,143 Increase 18% 628,014 Increase 7% 3,764,157 Increase 16%
2011 2,651,873 Increase 10% 589,094 Increase 39% 3,240,967 Increase 14%
2010 2,417,630 Increase 17% 423,540 Increase 2% 2,841,170 Increase 14%
2009 2,065,779 Increase 15% 416,623 Decrease 16% 2,482,402 Increase 8%
2008 1,793,675 Increase 3% 496,752 Decrease 11% 2,290,427 Decrease 1%
2007 1,745,450 - 557,085 - 2,302,535 -

Route statistics

Direct routes from Adana Airport (high season)[9]
City Airport Weekly departures
(July 2024) 		Airlines
Istanbul (Pendik) Sabiha Gökçen Airport 74 Pegasus Airlines, AJet
Istanbul (Arnavutköy) Istanbul Airport 70 Turkish Airlines
Northern Cyprus North Nicosia Ercan Airport 42 AJet, Pegasus Airlines
Ankara Ankara Esenboğa Airport 21 AJet
Antalya Antalya Airport 20 Pegasus Airlines, SunExpress, Turkish Airlines
İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport 20 Pegasus Airlines, SunExpress
Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Airport 8 Pegasus Airlines, Corendon Airlines
Bodrum Milas–Bodrum Airport 7 Pegasus Airlines
Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport 4 AJet, Pegasus Airlines
Berlin Berlin Brandenburg Airport 4 SunExpress, Turkish Airlines, Eurowings
Stuttgart Stuttgart Airport 4 SunExpress
Trabzon Trabzon Airport 4 Pegasus Airlines
Cologne/Bonn Cologne Bonn Airport 3 Corendon Airlines
Doha Hamad International Airport 3 Qatar Airways
Frankfurt Frankfurt Airport 3 SunExpress
Moscow Sheremetyevo International Airport 3 Aeroflot
Van Ferit Melen Airport 3 Pegasus Airlines
Hamburg Hamburg Airport 2 Eurowings
Amsterdam Amsterdam Airport Schiphol 1 SunExpress
Brussels Brussels Airport 1 SunExpress
Hannover Hannover Airport 1 SunExpress
London London Stansted Airport 1 SunExpress
Munich Munich Airport 1 SunExpress
Nuremberg Nuremberg Airport 1 Corendon Airlines

Ground transportation

Buses and coaches

Adana Metropolitan Municipality local buses #135 and #159, run from the airport to the neighbourhoods of Seyhan, Çukurova and Sarıçam. Bus #159 is a 35-minute interval service that connects airport to the old town, metro (Vilayet station), Central railway station, and routes further north, ending in Kurttepe, close to the lake.[10] Bus #135 is an hourly service to Balcalı (Çukurova University).[11] Several local buses and minibuses that run east–west on the D400 state road, stop at the Airport intersection, 800 metres north of the airport terminals. Coach transport to the provinces surrounding Cilicia, run from the Central Coach Terminal, 3.9 km west of the airport entrance. Coach companies' shuttle services from the city centre to the Central Coach Terminal have stops at the Airport Intersection on the D400 state road.[citation needed]

Rail

Şakirpaşa railway station is 1.9 kilometres' walking distance to the airport terminals, and it is located one block north of the D400 state road. There are frequent train services to Mersin Central, Tarsus and Adana Central stations,[12] and fewer daily services to eastern stations of Adana; Yüreğir, İncirlik and Ceyhan. Also from the station, there are once daily trips to Osmaniye, İskenderun, İslahiye, Karaman and Niğde.[citation needed]

Accidents and incidents

References

  1. ^ "Devlet Hava Meydanları İşletmesi Genel Müdürlüğü". DHMI. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 June 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  2. ^ (in Turkish) Adana Hava Limanı Archived 2007-12-04 at the Wayback Machine at DHMİ (State Airports Authority)
  3. ^ "Airport information for LTAF". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
  4. ^ Airport information for LTAF at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  5. ^ (in Turkish) 2019 Passengers Statistics of Airports in Turkey Archived 2015-06-28 at the Wayback Machine at DHMİ (State Airports Authority)
  6. ^ "Devlet Hava Meydanları İşletmesi Genel Müdürlüğü". Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-06-28. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
  7. ^ "10 Ağustos'ta Adana Şakirpaşa Havalimanı kapatılıyor! Uçuşlar yeni havalimanına aktarılacak". 3 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Statistics".
  9. ^ "Statistics". Archived from the original on 2015-06-28. Retrieved 2010-12-12.
  10. ^ http://www.adana.bel.tr/otobus-saatleri/entry/2563/ Local Bus #159
  11. ^ http://www.adana.bel.tr/otobus-saatleri/entry/2552/ Local Bus #135
  12. ^ http://www.tcdd.gov.tr/upload/Files/ContentFiles/2010/bolgesel/mersinadanamersin.htm Adana-Mersin Railway Line
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Eakirpa%C5%9Fa_Airport