Gaziantep Oğuzeli Airport

Gaziantep Oğuzeli International Airport (IATA: GZT, ICAO: LTAJ) (Turkish: Gaziantep Oğuzeli Uluslararası Havalimanı) is a public airport in Gaziantep, Turkey. Inaugurated in 1976, it is 20 km from the city. Gaziantep Airport was extended with construction started in 1998, and achieved the international airport status in 2006. The passenger terminal covers an area of 5.799 m2 and has a parking lot for 400 cars.

Gaziantep Airport

Gaziantep Havalimanı
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorGeneral Directorate of State Airports (DHMİ)
ServesGaziantep, Turkey
Opened1976
Coordinates36°56′52″N 37°28′44″E
Websitewww.dhmi.gov.tr
Map
GZT
Location of airport in Turkey
GZT
GZT (Europe)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
10R/28L 9,842 3,000 Concrete
10L/28R 9,842 3,000 Concrete

Following the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake, Gaziantep became a major hub for humanitarian aid.[1][2]

Airlines and destinations

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

AirlinesDestinations
AJet[3] Ankara, Erbil,[4] Ercan, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen
Seasonal: Berlin[5]
Corendon Airlines Seasonal: Hannover[6]
Iraqi Airways Baghdad[7]
Pegasus Airlines Cologne/Bonn,[8] Düsseldorf,[9] Erbil,[10] Ercan, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, Izmir
SunExpress[11]Antalya, Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Izmir, Munich,[12] Stuttgart, Zurich
Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse, Hannover, London–Stansted[13]
Turkish Airlines Istanbul

Statistics
Annual passenger traffic at GZT airport. See Wikidata query.
Gaziantep Oğuzeli International Airport passenger traffic statistics[14]
Year (months) Domestic  % change International  % change Total  % change
2017 2,376,737 13.2% 252,832 9.7% 2,629,569 12.9%
2016 2,099,976 230,514 2,330,490
2011 1,181,015 25.0% 128,583 35.0% 1,309,598 26.0%
2010 945,359 33.0% 96,950 22.0% 1,042,309 25.0%
2009 708,673 9.1% 124,329 17.7% 833,002 10.3%
2008 649,344 1.0% 105,624 15.0% 754,968 3.0%
2007 642,232 - 92,195 - 734,427 -

References
  1. "Gaziantep Airport, Key Hub for Aid, Overwhelmed With Relief Supplies". Wall Street Journal. February 11, 2023.
  2. "Quake aid flows into Gaziantep airport as urgency shifts to humanitarian relief". France 24. 14 February 2023.
  3. "Flight network". anadolujet.com.
  4. Liu, Jim. "Anadolu Jet adds Erbil service from late-March 2019". Routesonline. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  5. https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240402-vfns24de
  6. "Flights". corendonairlines.com.
  7. "Iraqi Airways adds Gaziantep scheduled service from late-Dec 2017". routesonline. 3 January 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  8. https://aviation.direct/en/Pegasus-Airlines-flies-from-Cologne-Bonn-to-Gaziantep
  9. "Pegasus adds Gaziantep – Dusseldorf route from late-June 2018".
  10. "Pegasus Airlines expands Middle East network in 2Q19".
  11. Liu, Jim (3 September 2020). "SunExpress 01-19SEP20 International operations as of 30AUG20". routesonline.com.
  12. "SunExpress NS24 Network Expansion – 24SEP23".
  13. "SunExpress NS24 Network Expansion – 24SEP23".
  14. "Statistics".


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