Gazipaşa–Alanya Airport
Gazipaşa Airport Gazipaşa Havalimanı | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | General Directorate of State Airports (DHMİ) | ||||||||||
| Operator | TAV Airports | ||||||||||
| Serves | Gazipaşa, Antalya Province, Turkey | ||||||||||
| Location | Gazipaşa | ||||||||||
| Opened | 2010 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 92 ft / 28 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°17′56″N 32°18′00″E / 36.29889°N 32.30000°E | ||||||||||
| Website | gzpairport.com | ||||||||||
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GZP Location of airport in Turkey GZP GZP (Mediterranean) GZP GZP (Europe) | |||||||||||
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Gazipaşa Airport (IATA: GZP, ICAO: LTFG) is an airport which serves the Gazipaşa, Anamur, Alanya, Kargıcak, Kestel, Payallar, Avsallar, Okurcalar, Kızılağaç and Side areas of the Antalya Province in Turkey. The airport opened for domestic flights in July 2010 with daily flights from Istanbul with Borajet.[2] International flights began in the 2011 holiday season, with flights from Amsterdam. The new airport is only 30 minutes by road from Alanya compared to a travel time of two hours between Alanya and Antalya Airport, which was previously the nearest airport, 120 km away.
Construction
The airport was finished in 1999, but it was not opened for operation. Talks were held in 2006, with reports commissioned by the national government, local government, and tourist organizations to commence operation. Finally, the decision was made clear in 2007 after multiple bids had been submitted to award operation to Tepe Akfen Ventures Airports Holding (TAV), which paid $50,000 a year, and a 65% share in profit for the right to operate the airport for 25 years.[2][3] TAV then updated and expanded the airport, including lengthening the runway to 2,350m in order to handle international operations, among other things.
Facilities
The airport has an annual passenger capacity of 1,500,000 passengers, a terminal area of 6,700 square meters and a parking lot with a capacity of 105 vehicles.
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Gazipaşa Airport:
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Air Serbia | Seasonal charter: Belgrade,[4] Niš[5] |
| AJet | Ankara[6] |
| Avion Express | Seasonal charter: Vilnius[7] |
| Corendon Airlines | Seasonal: Berlin,[8] Bucharest-Otopeni,[9] Cluj-Napoca,[9] Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Leipzig/Halle,[10] Munich, Nuremberg, Warsaw-Chopin |
| Corendon Dutch Airlines | Seasonal: Amsterdam,[11][12] Groningen[13] |
| Finnair | Helsinki[14] |
| FlyArystan | Seasonal charter: Astana[15] |
| Norwegian Air Shuttle | Seasonal: Oslo[16] |
| Pegasus Airlines | Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen[17] |
| Pobeda | Moscow-Vnukovo |
| Scandinavian Airlines | Seasonal: Copenhagen,[18] Oslo,[18] Stockholm–Arlanda[18] |
| Sunclass Airlines | Seasonal charter: Copenhagen, Helsinki,[19][20] Oslo,[21] Stockholm–Arlanda[22] |
| Taban Air | Seasonal charter: Tehran–Imam Khomeini |
| TUI fly Netherlands | Seasonal: Amsterdam (begins 10 July 2025)[23] |
| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul[24] |
Traffic statistics
| Year (months) | Domestic | % change | International | % change | Total | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 481,635 | 2% | 569,973 | 57% | 1,051,608 | 6% |
| 2023 | 473.046 | 12% | 362.663 | 39% | 835.709 | 22% |
| 2022 | 421.266 | 14% | 261.388 | 24% | 682.654 | 18% |
| 2021 | 369.495 | 74% | 210.140 | 259% | 579.635 | 114% |
| 2020 | 212.311 | 57% | 58.557 | 90% | 270.868 | 75% |
| 2019 | 493.485 | 14% | 591.416 | 6% | 1.084.901 | 10% |
| 2018 | 575.218 | 20% | 626.677 | 83% | 1.201.895 | 46% |
| 2017 | 478.837 | 16% | 342.341 | 11% | 821.178 | 14% |
| 2016 | 411.471 | 2% | 307.247 | 40% | 718.718 | 21% |
| 2015 | 403.792 | 26% | 510.225 | 26% | 914.017 | 26% |
| 2014 | 319.578 | 189% | 405.264 | 78% | 724.842 | 114% |
| 2013 | 110.590 | 2.769% | 227.932 | 200% | 338.522 | 325% |
| 2012 | 3.854 | 8% | 75.886 | 664% | 79.740 | 464% |
| 2011 | 4.192 | 11% | 9.938 | - | 14.130 | 202% |
| 2010 | 4.684 | - | - | - | 4.684 | - |
^1 : 2010 statistics correspond to the last 6 months of 2010 since the opening of the airport.
Accidents and incidents
- On 9 May 2024, a Boeing 737-800 passenger aircraft belonging to Corendon Airlines saw one of its tires burst during landing, resulting emergency landing on one of the airport's runways after its front landing gear failed, resulting in the evacuation of all 190 passengers and crew on board and the temporary closure of the runway.[25]
References
- ^ a b Statistics
- ^ a b TAV opens Turkey's Alanya Gazipasa Airport, Air Transport World, August 2010.
- ^ "Gazipasa Airport, Antalya".
- ^ "Air Serbia to grow charter traffic by 15%". exyuaviation.com. 1 June 2023.
- ^ "Air Serbia to grow charter traffic by 15%". exyuaviation.com. 1 June 2023.
- ^ Liu, Jim (13 March 2024). "AJet NS24 New Flight Number Designations – 12MAR24". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ^ "Novaturas Flights en". novatours.eu/.
- ^ "Corendon Airlines Adds Gazipasa – Germany Routes in Oct 2024".
- ^ a b "Corendon Airlines: Rute din București și Cluj Napoca spre Gazipasa și Antalya în 2024". 11 March 2024.
- ^ "Corendon Airlines Adds Gazipasa – Germany Routes in Oct 2024".
- ^ "Corendon Gazipaşa'ya uçuş sözünü tuttu".
- ^ "Corendon start vluchten van Schiphol naar Gazipasa". 11 January 2023.
- ^ "Kos en Gazipasa nieuw in zomerdienstregeling Groningen Airport Eelde". 1 December 2023.
- ^ "Finnair August 2022 European Network Adjustment - 24JUL22". Aeroroutes.
- ^ "FlyArystan Launches Charter Flights from Astana to Gazipaşa". TDKNews International News Agency. 10 May 2025. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
- ^ "Norwegian NS23 Oslo Routes Addition -17NOV22". aeroroutes.com. 17 November 2022.
- ^ "November 2023". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 25 (5). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 463–470. ISSN 1466-8718.
- ^ a b c Liu, Jim (22 January 2024). "SAS NS24 European Network Changes – 21JAN24". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
- ^ Liu, Jim (15 January 2025). "Sunclass Airlines Adds Helsinki – Gazipasa in NS25". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
- ^ "Pelkät lennot Gazipasaan".
- ^ Liu, Jim (26 April 2022). "Sunclass Airlines Adds Seasonal Oslo – Gazipasa Service in NS22". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
- ^ Liu, Jim (14 March 2023). "Sunclass Airlines NS23 Network Additions". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
- ^ Liu, Jim (5 December 2024). "TUIfly Netherlands Adds Amsterdam – Gazipasa in 3Q25". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ Liu, Jim (13 July 2022). "Turkish Airlines / AnadoluJet Aug 2022 Domestic Network Update - 10JUL22". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
- ^ "Boeing 737: Plane skids off runway in Senegal, tyre bursts in Turkey". Al Jazeera. 9 May 2024.