Gaziantep Oğuzeli Airport

Gaziantep Airport

Gaziantep Havalimanı
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorGeneral Directorate of State Airports (DHMİ)
ServesGaziantep, Turkey
Opened1976
Coordinates36°56′52″N 37°28′44″E / 36.94778°N 37.47889°E / 36.94778; 37.47889
Websitewww.dhmi.gov.tr
Map
GZT is located in Turkey
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Location of airport in Turkey
GZT is located in Europe
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GZT (Europe)
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
10R/28L 9,842 3,000 Concrete
10L/28R 9,842 3,000 Concrete

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.

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

Old terminal

Airlines and destinations

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

AirlinesDestinations
AJet[3] Ankara,[4] Erbil,[5] Ercan, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen[6]
Seasonal: Berlin[7]
Corendon Airlines Seasonal: Hannover[8]
Iraqi Airways Baghdad[9]
Pegasus Airlines Cologne/Bonn,[10] Düsseldorf,[11] Erbil,[12] Ercan, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, Izmir
SunExpress[13]Antalya, Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Izmir, Munich,[14] Stuttgart, Zurich
Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse, Hannover, London–Stansted[15]
Turkish Airlines Istanbul[16]

Statistics

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Annual passenger traffic at GZT airport. See Wikidata query.
Gaziantep Oğuzeli International Airport passenger traffic statistics[17]
Year (months) Domestic % change International % change Total % change
2023 2,282,944 Increase 13.0% 344,249 Increase 12.0% 2,627,193 Increase 13.0%
2022 2,019,436 Increase 19.0% 306,372 Increase 86.0% 2,325,808 Increase 25.0%
2021 1,694,871 Increase 33.0% 164,653 Increase 38.0% 1,859,524 Increase 34.0%
2020 1,271,409 Decrease 41.0% 119,375 Decrease 68.0% 1,390,784 Decrease 45.0%
2019 2,152,284 Decrease 8.0% 372,092 Increase 26.% 2,524,376 Decrease 4.%
2018 2,340,849 Decrease 2.0% 296,178 Increase 17.0% 2,637,027 Increase 0.3%
2017 2,376,737 Increase 13.0% 252,832 Increase 10.0% 2,629,569 Increase 13.0%
2016 2,099,976 Decrease 2.0% 230,514 Increase 18.0% 2,330,490 Decrease 0.0%
2015 2,136,123 Increase 13.0% 195,104 Increase 1.0% 2,331,227 Increase 12.0%
2014 1,889,937 Increase 14.0% 192,884 Increase 16.0% 2,082,821 Increase 14.0%
2013 1,662,457 Increase 31.0% 166,342 Decrease 5.0% 1,828,799 Increase 27.0%
2012 1,268,715 Increase 8.0% 174,254 Increase 21.% 1,442,969 Increase 10.0%
2011 1,170,025 Increase 24.0% 144,483 Increase 52.0% 1,314,508 Increase 26.0%
2010 944,661 Increase 33.0% 95,311 Decrease 23.0% 1,039,972 Increase 25.0%
2009 708,673 Increase 9.1% 124,329 Increase 17.7% 833,002 Increase 10.3%
2008 649,344 Increase 1.0% 105,624 Increase 15.0% 754,968 Increase 3.0%
2007 642,232 - 92,195 - 734,427 -

References

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  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. ^ "AJet NS24 New Flight Number Designations – 12MAR24". Aeroroutes.
  5. ^ Liu, Jim. "Anadolu Jet adds Erbil service from late-March 2019". Routesonline. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  6. ^ "AJet NS24 New Flight Number Designations – 12MAR24". Aeroroutes.
  7. ^ "AJet NS24 Germany Network Expansion".
  8. ^ "Flights". corendonairlines.com.
  9. ^ "Iraqi Airways adds Gaziantep scheduled service from late-Dec 2017". routesonline. 3 January 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  10. ^ "Pegasus Airlines flies from Cologne/Bonn to Gaziantep". 24 June 2024.
  11. ^ "Pegasus adds Gaziantep – Dusseldorf route from late-June 2018".
  12. ^ "Pegasus Airlines expands Middle East network in 2Q19".
  13. ^ Liu, Jim (3 September 2020). "SunExpress 01-19SEP20 International operations as of 30AUG20". routesonline.com.
  14. ^ "SunExpress NS24 Network Expansion – 24SEP23".
  15. ^ "SunExpress NS24 Network Expansion – 24SEP23".
  16. ^ "Turkish Airlines Adds Boeing 777 Gaziantep Service in Aug/Sep 2024".
  17. ^ "Statistics".