| Adana Şakirpaşa Airport | |
| Nativename: | Turkish: Adana Şakirpaşa Havalimanı |
| Iata: | ADA |
| Icao: | LTAF |
| Pushpin Map: | Turkey#Europe#Asia |
| Pushpin Label: | ADA/LTAF |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in Turkey |
| Type: | Public |
| Owner: | Republic of Turkey |
| Operator: | General Directorate of State Airports (DHMİ) |
| City-Served: | Adana, Mersin, Osmaniye |
| Location: | Adana, Turkey |
| Focus City: | Pegasus Airlines |
| Elevation-F: | 65 |
| Elevation-M: | 20 |
| Coordinates: | 36.9819°N 35.2803°W |
| R1-Number: | 05/23 |
| R1-Length-M: | 2,750 |
| R1-Length-F: | 9,022 |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
| Metric-Rwy: | yes |
| Stat-Year: | 2019 |
| Stat1-Header: | Passengers |
| Stat1-Data: | 5,054,183 -10.0% |
| Stat2-Header: | Cargo (tons) |
| Stat2-Data: | 2,436 -2.0% |
| Stat3-Header: | Aircraft movements |
| Stat3-Data: | 40,680 -1.0%[1] |
| Footnotes: | Sources: DHMİ[2] and DAFIF[3] |
Adana Şakirpaşa Airport is an unscheduled airport located in Adana, Turkey. The airport used to be a commercial airport which had served the Cilicia region and in a lesser extent to the provinces surrounding Cilicia, due to its frequent domestic flight schedule and several flights to international destinations. With 4.7 million passengers in 2023,[4] it was the largest airport of the region. Opened in 1937, Şakirpaşa Airport is the oldest airport in Turkey that was in public service the longest.
The new Çukurova International Airport opened on 10 August 2024 and replaced Şakirpaşa Airport. All commercial airline flights has since been moved to the new airport[5] while Şakirpaşa Airport is now used primarily for training flights.
Adana Airport was constructed on farmland at the Şakirpaşa area, 2.3 km 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. Passenger traffic at Adana Airport has doubled since 2011, hitting a record in 2018 with 5,630,674 passengers.[6] Due to an economical downturn in Turkey, the total number of passengers dropped for the first time in 10 years in 2019 with a 10 percent decrease.
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 21 routes from the Adana Airport during the high season, connecting the region to destinations in Turkey, Germany, Northern Cyprus, Lebanon, the Netherlands, Belgium 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.
| Year | Domestic | % change | International | % change | Total | % change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 4,309,453 | -13% | 744,730 | 6% | 5,054,183 | -10% | |
| 2018 | 4,929,255 | -0.6% | 701,419 | 8.0% | 5,630,674 | 0.4% | |
| 2017 | 4,960,627 | 2.0% | 649,549 | -9.0% | 5,610,176 | 0.4% | |
| 2016 | 4,884,395 | 7.0% | 710,235 | -2.0% | 5,594,630 | 5.0% | |
| 2015 | 4,643,199 | 14.0% | 726,061 | 15.0% | 5,369,260 | 15.0% | |
| 2014 | 4,057,291 | 8.0% | 630,203 | 12.0% | 4,687,494 | 9.0% | |
| 2013 | 3,754,227 | 20.0% | 561,551 | -11.0% | 4,315,778 | 15.0% | |
| 2012 | 3,136,143 | 18.0% | 628,014 | 7.0% | 3,764,157 | 16.0% | |
| 2011 | 2,651,873 | 9.7% | 589,094 | 39.1% | 3,240,967 | 14.1% | |
| 2010 | 2,417,630 | 17% | 423,540 | 2% | 2,841,170 | 14.0% |
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.[9] Bus #135 is an hourly service to Balcalı (Çukurova University).[10] 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.
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,[11] 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.