Van Ferit Melen Airport Explained

Van Ferit Melen Airport
Iata:VAN
Icao:LTCI
Pushpin Map:Turkey#Asia
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Turkey
Pushpin Label:VAN
Pushpin Label Position:right
Type:Public
Operator:General Directorate of State Airports Authority
City-Served:Van
Location:Van, Turkey
Opened:1943
Elevation-F:5,480
Elevation-M:1,670
Coordinates:38.4683°N 43.3322°W
Website:www.dhmi.gov.tr
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:03/21
R1-Length-F:9,022
R1-Length-M:2,750
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Footnotes:Sources: DAFIF[1]

Van Ferit Melen Airport is an airport in Van, a city in the eastern region of Turkey. It is named after the Turkish politician and former prime minister Ferit Melen (1906–1988).

Airlines and destinations

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

Traffic Statistics

Van Ferit Melen Airport Passenger Traffic Statistics
Year (months)Domestic% changeInternational% changeTotal% change
2014/9902,060 8.0%2,413 31.0% 904,473 8.0%
20131,120,522 12.0%4,218 99.0% 1,124,740 12.0%
2012999,908 22.0%1,959 39.0% 1,001,867 22.0%
20111,090,277 22.0%2,319 39.0% 1,092,596 22.0%
2010890,382 20.0%1,674 60.0% 892,056 20.0%
2009744,447 28.1%1,046 75.0%745,493 27.4%
2008581,142 6.0%4,177 34.4%585,319 6.5%
2007546,4133,108549,521

(*)Source: DHMI.gov.tr[2]

Incidents and accidents

Notes and References

  1. Web site: usurped. Airport information for LTCI. https://web.archive.org/web/20190305143444/http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=LTCI. 2019-03-05. World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
  2. http://www.dhmi.gov.tr/istatistik.aspx Statistics
  3. Web site: ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-4Y0 TC-JES Van Airport (VAN). Ranter. Harro. aviation-safety.net. 2019-08-21.