Iğdır Airport Explained

Iğdır Airport
Nativename:Iğdır Şehit Bülent Aydın Havalimanı
Iata:IGD
Icao:LTCT
Pushpin Map:Turkey#Caucasus mountains#Europe
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Turkey
Pushpin Label:IGD
Pushpin Label Position:left
Type:Public
Operator:General Directorate of State Airports Authority
City-Served:Iğdır
Location: Iğdır, Turkey
Opened:[1] [2]
Elevation-F:3100
Elevation-M:945
Coordinates:[3]
Metric-Rwy:3000
R1-Number:12/30
R1-Length-F:9842
R1-Length-M:3000
R1-Surface:Concrete
Stat-Year:2023
Stat1-Header:Total passengers
Stat1-Data:354,506
Stat2-Header:International passengers
Stat2-Data:2,385
Stat3-Header:Aircraft Operations
Stat3-Data:3,171
Stat4-Header:Cargo tonnage
Stat4-Data:3,576
Footnotes:Source: (Turkish AIP at Eurocontrol) Turkish Airports Authority[4]

Iğdır Airport (Turkish: Iğdır Şehit Bülent Aydın Havalimanı) is a public airport in Iğdır, located in Iğdır Province, Turkey. Opened to civil air traffic in July 2012, the airport is 16km (10miles) away from Iğdır city centre.[5] The airport is a member of the Airports Council International Europe (ACI Europe) and also participates in the Airport Carbon Accreditation Programme.[6] [7]

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Iğdır Airport:

Statistics

Iğdır Airport ranked 32nd among Turkish airports at the end of 2023 in terms of total passenger traffic with almost 355 thousand passengers. Although there are no scheduled international flights as of June 2024, it handled some international passenger traffic in 2023 according to the Turkish Airports Authority.

Passenger numbers

Trivia

The airport was depicted in a Turkish Airlines advertisement in 2014, where a group of kids trying to ask the Turkish Airlines aircraft to land at their town (and their own made airport), and little to their knowledge that a real airport was constructed.[8]

The airport was depicted also in Turkish Airlines commercial series of "Delightful Stories" (2014), where András Földvári, then head of marketing in Turkish Airlines' Hungary Office, flew from Budapest to Iğdır to explore Noah's Ark.[9] [10]

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://turkiyeturizmansiklopedisi.com/igdir-havalimani#:~:text=Havaliman%C4%B1n%C4%B1n%2520%C3%A7e%C5%9Fitli%2520alt%2520ve%2520%C3%BCstyap%C4%B1,I%C4%9Fd%C4%B1r%2520Havaalan%C4%B1%2520olarak%2520hizmet%2520verdi.
  2. https://yesiligdir.com/haberler/igdir-havalimaninin-acilisi-yapildi/6669b4bebae0a3feff547f70
  3. http://www.fallingrain.com/apts/39602.html fallingrain.com
  4. https://www.dhmi.gov.tr/Sayfalar/Istatistikler.aspx
  5. http://www.dhmi.gov.tr/havaalanlari.aspx?hv=46
  6. https://www.aci-europe.org/downloads/members/2023%2028%2006%20ACI%20EUROPE%20LIST%20OF%20MEMBERS.pdf
  7. https://www.airportcarbonaccreditation.org/accredited-airports/
  8. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4qGfCc0qik Turkish Airlines Ad on Igdir Airport
  9. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov7T0ktWy_k/ "Andras Foldvari - A Wanderer Devoted to Exploring New Worlds | #DelightfulStories - Turkish Airlines", YouTube
  10. https://vimeo.com/110008000 "Iğdır: The 500th Airport"