Diyarbakır Air Base
Overview
Diyarbakır Airport is home to the 8th Air Wing (Ana Jet Üs or AJÜ) of the 2nd Air Force Command (Hava Kuvvet Komutanligi) of the Turkish Air Force (Türk Hava Kuvvetleri). Other wings of this command are located in Merzifon (LTAP), Malatya Erhaç (LTAT) and İncirlik (LTAG).
The airport was closed for renovation from 1 June to 1 September 2012. All air traffic was diverted to Batman, Mardin and Elazığ.
In 2012, an Armenian-American named Zuart Sudjian claimed that she held the land deed to the property of the airport and owned the right of its inheritance. She filed a lawsuit through her lawyer Ali Elbeyoğlu for the return of the lands. After a rejection by a local court, the case was taken to the Court of Cassation where the verdict is being appealed.
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Diyarbakır Airport:
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| AJet | Ankara, Bursa, Erbil, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen |
| Corendon Airlines | Seasonal: Hannover |
| Fly Kıbrıs Airlines | Ercan |
| Pegasus Airlines | Ankara, Ercan, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, Izmir |
| SunExpress | Antalya, Düsseldorf, Hannover, Izmir Seasonal: Berlin, Frankfurt, Stuttgart |
| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul |
Traffic Statistics
 | Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
| Year (months) | Domestic | % change | International | % change | Total | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1,907,695 |  23%
|
133,052 | 9%
|
2,040,747 | 22%
|
| 2022 | 1,550,815 | 20%
|
121,562 | 116%
|
1,672,377 | 24%
|
| 2021 | 1,292,717 | 18%
|
56,407 | 141%
|
1,349,124 | 21%
|
| 2020 | 1,092,261 |  36%
|
23,381 | 69%
|
1,115,642 | 37%
|
| 2019 | 1,706,191 | 15%
|
76,045 | 43%
|
1,782,236 | 14%
|
| 2018 | 2,016,126 | 2%
|
53,180 | 28%
|
2,069,306 | 1%
|
| 2017 | 1,979,021 | 2%
|
74,181 | 125%
|
2,053,202 | 4%
|
| 2016 | 1,945,097 | 7%
|
32,920 | 118%
|
1,978,017 | 6%
|
| 2015 | 2,085,114 | 16%
|
15,087 | 7%
|
2,100,201 | 16%
|
| 2014 | 1,796,067 | 1%
|
16,141 | 2%
|
1,812,208 | 1%
|
| 2013 | 1,782,827 | 40%
|
15,826 | 4%
|
1,798.653 | 40%
|
| 2012 | 1,270,613 | 26%
|
15,211 | 20%
|
1,285,824 | 26%
|
| 2011 | 1,714,423 | 23%
|
18,951 | 31%
|
1,733,374 | 23%
|
| 2010 | 1,390,165 | 33%
|
14,425 | 25%
|
1,404,590 | 32%
|
| 2009 | 1,048,875 | 10%
|
11,506 | 34%
|
1,060,381 | 10%
|
| 2008 | 949,668 | 8%
|
17,420 | 21%
|
967,088 | 8%
|
| 2007 | 881,278 | - | 14,347 | - | 895,625 | - |
Incidents
On January 8, 2003, Turkish Airlines Flight 634 crashed on approaching Diyarbakır Airport. 75 of the 80 passengers and crew on board were killed.
On August 27, 2016, several rockets were fired at the airport.
References
- ^ (in Turkish) Diyarbakır Hava Meydanı Archived January 2, 2008, at the Wayback Machine at DHMİ (State Airports Authority)
- ^ "Airport information for LTCC". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF. - ^ Airport information for LTCC at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- ^ Turkish Air Force Archived December 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine - Scramble
- ^ Gültekin, Uygar (31 December 2014). "Landing Diyarbakır Airport on the Basmacıyans' land". Agos.
- ^ "AJet NS24 New Flight Number Designations – 12MAR24". Aeroroutes.
- ^ "AJet NS24 New Flight Number Designations – 12MAR24". Aeroroutes.
- ^ Liu, Jim. "Anadolu Jet adds Erbil service from late-March 2019". Routesonline. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
- ^ "AJet NS24 New Flight Number Designations – 12MAR24". Aeroroutes.
- ^ "Hanover". corendonairlines.com.
- ^ Liu, Jim (3 September 2020). "SunExpress 01-19SEP20 International operations as of 30AUG20". routesonline.com.
- ^ "SUNEXPRESS NS24 NETWORK ADDITIONS – 24SEP23". aeroroutes.com. 27 September 2023.
- ^ "Statistics".
- ^ "PKK kills soldier, attacks on Diyarbakır airport - Turkey News". Hürriyet Daily News. 28 August 2016. Retrieved 2020-07-08.
External links
- Accident history for DIY at Aviation Safety Network
- Airport information for LTCC at Great Circle Mapper.
- Current weather for LTCC at NOAA/NWS
