Trabzon Airport (IATA: TZX, ICAO: LTCG) is an airport near the city of Trabzon in the eastern Black Sea region of Turkey. The airport opened in 1957. In 2009, it served 1,596,905 passengers, of which most (95%) were on domestic routes. In 2009, Trabzon Airport ranked 9th for total passenger traffic, and 7th for domestic traffic among airports in Turkey.

Airlines and destinations

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

Airlines	Destinations
Air Arabia	Sharjah Seasonal: Abu Dhabi
AJet	Ankara, Bursa, Diyarbakır, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen Seasonal: Munich
Azerbaijan Airlines	Baku
flyadeal	Seasonal: Jeddah, Riyadh
flydubai	Seasonal: Dubai–International
Flynas	Seasonal: Dammam, Jeddah, Riyadh
Jazeera Airways	Seasonal: Kuwait City
Kuwait Airways	Seasonal: Kuwait City
Oman Air	Seasonal: Muscat
Pegasus Airlines	Adana, Antalya, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, Izmir Seasonal: Amman–Queen Alia, Bahrain, Dammam, Doha, Dubai–International, Düsseldorf, Gaziantep, Kuwait City, Muscat
Qatar Airways	Seasonal: Doha
SalamAir	Seasonal: Muscat
Southwind Airlines	Seasonal charter: Bahrain
SunExpress	Antalya, Düsseldorf, Izmir, Muscat (begins 30 October 2024) Seasonal: Adana, Bahrain, Dubai–International, Frankfurt, Kuwait City, Stuttgart
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul Seasonal: Munich, Stuttgart

Traffic statistics

Trabzon Airport passenger traffic statistics

Year (months)	Domestic	% change	International	% change	Total	% change
2012	2,355,236	8.0%	74,637	17.0%	2,429,873	7.0%
2011	2,190,503	15.0%	89,514	32.0%	2,280,017	15.0%
2010	1,895,600	24.0%	67,568	4.0%	1,963,168	23.0%
2009	1,531,780	10.9%	65,125	26.7%	1,596,905	8.7%
2008	1,380,926	1.2%	88,787	3.7%	1,469,713	0.9%
2007	1,397,175		85,585		1,482,760

Accidents and incidents

On 13 January 2018, a Boeing 737-800 (TC-CPF) on Pegasus Airlines Flight 8622 veered off the left-hand side of the far end of runway 11 whilst landing. None of the 168 persons on board (162 passengers and 6 crew) were reported to have serious injuries. The cause of the incident has not yet been determined.

On May 26, 2003 a Yakovlev Yak-42 operated as Ukrainian-Mediterranean Airlines Flight 4230 Chartered by the Spanish Government, the aircraft was completing a charter flight from Bishkek to Zaragoza with an intermediate stop in Trabzon, carrying 62 Spanish peacekeepers and 13 crew members. The 62 passengers were respectively 41 members of the Land Forces and 21 members of the Air Force who were returning to Spain following a peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan. While descending to Trabzon Airport by night, the crew encountered poor visibility due to foggy conditions. Unable to establish a visual contact with the approach lights and the runway 29, the crew initiated a go-around procedure. Few minutes later, while completing a second approach, the crew failed to realize he was not following the correct pattern for an approach to runway 29 when the aircraft impacted a mountain at an altitude of 4,600 feet. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all 75 occupants were killed. The wreckage was found 3,5 km east of the village of Maçka, about 23 km southwest of the airport.

On 20 May 1989, Alexander Zuyev, a Soviet pilot of the VVS Frontal Aviation Regiment based at Mikha Tskhakaya, Georgian SSR (present day Senaki, Georgia), defected from the Soviet Union by flying his Mig 29 plane to Trabzon. Turkey returned the plane to the Soviet Union, citing its desire to maintain a good relationship with the Soviet Union. However, the pilot was not extradited and was eventually provided asylum by the United States of America.