Gazipaşa–Alanya Airport
Gazipasa–Alanya 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.
Gazipasa–Alanya Airport Gazipaşa-Alanya 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 | ||||||||||
| Website | gzpairport.com | ||||||||||
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GZP Location of airport in Turkey GZP GZP (Mediterranean) GZP GZP (Europe) | |||||||||||
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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-Alanya Airport:
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Air Serbia[4] | Seasonal charter: Belgrade, Niš |
| AJet | Ankara |
| Avion Express | Seasonal charter: Vilnius[5] |
| Corendon Airlines | Seasonal: Berlin (begins 5 October 2024),[6] Bucharest-Otopeni,[7] Cluj-Napoca,[7] Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Leipzig/Halle (begins 6 October 2024),[6] Munich,[6] Nuremberg,[6] Warsaw-Chopin[6] |
| Corendon Dutch Airlines | Seasonal: Amsterdam,[8][9] Groningen[10] |
| Finnair | Helsinki |
| Freebird Airlines | Seasonal charter: Tehran–Imam Khomeini[11] |
| Norwegian Air Shuttle | Seasonal: Oslo[12] |
| Pegasus Airlines | Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen |
| Scandinavian Airlines | Copenhagen, Oslo Seasonal: Stockholm–Arlanda |
| Sunclass Airlines | Seasonal charter: Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm–Arlanda |
| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul |
Traffic statistics
| Year (months) | Domestic | % change | International | % change | Total | % change |
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| 2020 | 212.311 | 57% | 58.557 | 90% | 270.868[13] | 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 | 300% | 338.522 | 424% |
| 2012 | 3.854 | 8% | 75.886 | 664% | 79.740 | 464% |
| 2011 | 4.192 | 11% | 9.938 | - | 14.130 | 202% |
| 2010 | 4.684 | - | - | - | 4.684 | - |
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.[14]
References
- Statistics
- TAV opens Turkey's Alanya Gazipasa Airport, Air Transport World, August 2010.
- "Gazipasa-Alanya Airport, Antalya".
- "Air Serbia to grow charter traffic by 15%". exyuaviation.com. 1 June 2023.
- "Novaturas Flights en". novatours.eu/.
- https://www.corendonairlines.com/de/flugplan
- https://boardingpass.ro/corendon-airlines-rute-din-bucuresti-si-cluj-napoca-spre-gazipasa-si-antalya-in-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.
- "Gazipaşa-Alanya welcomes Tehran passengers of Freebird Airlines".
- "Norwegian NS23 Oslo Routes Addition -17NOV22". aeroroutes.com. 17 November 2022.
- "İstatistikler".
- "Boeing 737: Plane skids off runway in Senegal, tyre bursts in Turkey". Al Jazeera. 9 May 2024.