Erzurum Airport Erzurum Havalimanı
IATA: ERZ ICAO: LTCE
Summary
Airport type	Public / Military
Operator	DHMİ (State Airports Administrations) / Turkish Air Force Command
Serves	Erzurum, Turkey
Opened	1966
Coordinates	39°57′19″N 41°10′09″E / 39.95528°N 41.16917°E / 39.95528; 41.16917
Website	www.dhmi.gov.tr
Map
ERZ Location of airport in Turkey
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 08R/26L 12,500 3,810 Concrete 08L/26R 12,500 3,810 Concrete

Erzurum Airport (IATA: ERZ, ICAO: LTCE) is a military and public airport serving the city of Erzurum in eastern Turkey. Inaugurated in 1966, it is located 11 km from the city. The airport's public passenger terminal covers an area of 5,750 m² and has an open-air parking lot for 200 cars.^[1]

Airlines and destinations

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

Traffic Statistics

Erzurum Airport Passenger Traffic Statistics

Year (months)	Domestic	% change	International	% change	Total	% change
2011	809,818	8.0%	16,358	8.0%	826,176	8.0%
2010	750,007	28.0%	15,080	1.0%	765,087	28.0%
2009	583,789	16.3%	15,228	40.4%	599,017	13.5%
2008	502,054	11.6%	25,544	9.0%	527,598	11.0%
2007	567,769		23,336		591,105

(*)Source: DHMI.gov.tr^[3]

Incidents

• On 15 September 2012, an Armenian cargo aircraft landed here while en route to Aleppo, Syria, so that Turkish authorities could check for arms. Coming less than a week after a jetliner of Syrian Arab Airlines was forced to land in Ankara due to suspicion of carrying arms, this stop was planned and agreed on beforehand.^[4]
• On 21 October 2015, an airliner did an emergency landing while en route from Vienna to Abu Dhabi to offload a Slovakian economy class passenger who was handcuffed and arrested for using the closer business class lavatory after getting airsickness. The passenger was accommodated in a hotel overnight by the Turkish authorities and given a ticket to get back to her home country via Istanbul. The Slovakian ambassador to Turkey sent a letter of thanks to the airport authorities for taking care of their citizen.^[5]