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
Location of airport in Turkey
DIY
DIY (Asia)
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] Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen,[6] Trabzon[7]
Seasonal: Skopje[8]
Corendon Airlines Seasonal: Hannover[9][10]
Fly Kıbrıs Airlines Ercan
Pegasus Airlines Ankara, Ercan, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen,[11] Izmir, Köln (begins 31 October 2025)
SunExpress[12] Antalya,[13] Düsseldorf, Hannover, Izmir
Seasonal: Berlin,[14] Frankfurt, Stuttgart
Turkish Airlines Istanbul[15]

Traffic statistics

Annual passenger traffic at DIY airport. See Wikidata query.
Diyarbakır Airport passenger traffic statistics[16]
Year (months) Domestic % change International % change Total % change
2024 1,982,992 4% 169,420 27% 2,152,412 5%
2023 1,907,695 23% 133,052 9% 2,040,747 22%
2022 1,550,815 20% 121,562 116% 1,672,377 24%
2021 1,292,717 18% 56,407 141% 1,349,124 21%
2020 1,092,261 36% 23,381 69% 1,115,642 37%
2019 1,706,191 15% 76,045 43% 1,782,236 14%
2018 2,016,126 2% 53,180 28% 2,069,306 1%
2017 1,979,021 2% 74,181 125% 2,053,202 4%
2016 1,945,097 7% 32,920 118% 1,978,017 6%
2015 2,085,114 16% 15,087 7% 2,100,201 16%
2014 1,796,067 1% 16,141 2% 1,812,208 1%
2013 1,782,827 40% 15,826 4% 1,798.653 40%
2012 1,270,613 26% 15,211 20% 1,285,824 26%
2011 1,714,423 23% 18,951 31% 1,733,374 23%
2010 1,390,165 33% 14,425 25% 1,404,590 32%
2009 1,048,875 10% 11,506 34% 1,060,381 10%
2008 949,668 8% 17,420 21% 967,088 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.[17]

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 Liu, Jim (13 March 2024). "AJet NS24 New Flight Number Designations – 12MAR24". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  7. ^ Liu, Jim (15 June 2022). "AnadoluJet 737 MAX 8 June - Oct 2022 Network - 12JUN22". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  8. ^ "AJet launching three new Skopje routes".
  9. ^ "Hanover". corendonairlines.com.
  10. ^ Liu, Jim (29 December 2022). "Corendon Airlines NS23 Germany Network Additions – 28DEC22". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  11. ^ Liu, Jim (3 December 2024). "flynas Expands Pegasus Codeshare Partnership From mid-Nov 2024". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
  12. ^ Liu, Jim (3 September 2020). "SunExpress 01-19SEP20 International operations as of 30AUG20". routesonline.com.
  13. ^ Liu, Jim (15 April 2024). "SunExpress NS24 Leased Boeing 737 Operational Network". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  14. ^ "SUNEXPRESS NS24 NETWORK ADDITIONS – 24SEP23". aeroroutes.com. 27 September 2023.
  15. ^ Liu, Jim (13 July 2022). "Turkish Airlines / AnadoluJet Aug 2022 Domestic Network Update - 10JUL22". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  16. ^ "Statistics".
  17. ^ "PKK kills soldier, attacks on Diyarbakır airport - Turkey News". Hürriyet Daily News. 28 August 2016. Retrieved 2020-07-08.
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