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Iğdır Airport

Coordinates: 39°58′36″N 43°52′36″E / 39.97667°N 43.87667°E / 39.97667; 43.87667
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Iğdır Airport

Iğdır Şehit Bülent Aydın Havalimanı
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorGeneral Directorate of State Airports Authority
ServesIğdır
LocationTurkey Iğdır, Turkey
Opened13 July 2012; 12 years ago (2012-07-13)[1][2]
Elevation AMSL3,100 ft / 945 m
Coordinates39°58′36″N 43°52′36″E / 39.97667°N 43.87667°E / 39.97667; 43.87667[3]
WebsiteIğdır Airport
Map
IGD is located in Turkey
IGD
IGD
Location of airport in Turkey
IGD is located in Caucasus Mountains
IGD
IGD
IGD (Caucasus Mountains)
IGD is located in Europe
IGD
IGD
IGD (Europe)
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
12/30 3,000 9,842 Concrete
Statistics (2023)
Total passengers354,506
International passengers2,385
Aircraft Operations3,171
Cargo tonnage3,576

Iğdır Airport (IATA: IGD, ICAO: LTCT) (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 16 km (9.9 mi) 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

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

AirlinesDestinations
AJet Ankara,[8] Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen[9]
Pegasus Airlines Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen[10]
Turkish Airlines Istanbul[11]

Traffic Statistics

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Annual passenger traffic at IGD airport. See Wikidata query.
Iğdır–Şehit Bülent Aydın Airport Statistics[12]
Year (months) Domestic % change International % change Total % change
2023 352,121 Increase 69% 2,385 Decrease 45% 354,506 Increase 66%
2022 208,827 Increase 9% 4,309 - 213,136 Increase 11%
2021 191,870 Increase 43% - Decrease 100% 191,870 Increase 43%
2020 134,176 Decrease 48% 296 Decrease 73% 134,472 Decrease 49%
2019 260,174 Decrease 10% 1,081 - 261,255 Decrease 10%
2018 289,251 Increase 17% - - 289,251 Increase 17%
2017 248,005 Increase 15% - - 248,005 Increase 15%
2016 216,252 Increase 2% - - 216,252 Increase 2%
2015 212,104 Increase 7% - - 212,104 Increase 7%
2014 198,270 Decrease 9% - - 198,270 Decrease 9%
2013 216,715 Increase 292% - - 216,715 Increase 292%
2012 55,225 - - - 55,225 -

Trivia

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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.[13]

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.[14][15]

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References

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  1. ^ "Iğdır Havalimanı".
  2. ^ "Iğdır Havalimanının Açılışı Yapıldı".
  3. ^ fallingrain.com
  4. ^ "İstatistikler".
  5. ^ [1] (in Turkish)
  6. ^ https://www.aci-europe.org/downloads/members/2023%2028%2006%20ACI%20EUROPE%20LIST%20OF%20MEMBERS.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  7. ^ "Accredited Airports".
  8. ^ "AJet NS24 New Flight Number Designations – 12MAR24". Aeroroutes.
  9. ^ "AJet NS24 New Flight Number Designations – 12MAR24". Aeroroutes.
  10. ^ "Pegasus Hava Yolları 7 Mayıs'ta İstanbul Sabiha Gökçen-Iğdır seferlerine başlayacak". 2 March 2021.
  11. ^ "Istanbul New Airport Transition Delayed Until April 5, 2019 (At The Earliest)". 9 April 2019.
  12. ^ "Statistics".
  13. ^ Turkish Airlines Ad on Igdir Airport
  14. ^ "Andras Foldvari - A Wanderer Devoted to Exploring New Worlds | #DelightfulStories - Turkish Airlines", YouTube
  15. ^ "Iğdır: The 500th Airport"
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