Malatya Erhaç Airport
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Malatya Erhaç Airport Malatya Erhaç Havaalanı |
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IATA: MLX – ICAO: LTAT | |||
Summary | |||
Airport type | Public /Military | ||
Operator | DHMİ (State Airports Administration) / Turkish Air Force Command | ||
Location | Malatya, Turkey | ||
Elevation AMSL | 2,828 ft / 862 m | ||
Runways | |||
Direction | Length | Surface | |
m | ft | ||
03/21 | 3,350 | 10,990 | Asphalt |
Sources: DHMİ [1] and DAFIF[2][3] |
Erhaç Airport or Malatya Erhaç Airport (Turkish: Malatya Erhaç Havaalanı) (IATA: MLX, ICAO: LTAT) is a military and small public airport in Malatya, Turkey. The airport, opened in 1941, is located 34 km from Malatya.
In 2006, Malatya Erhaç Airport served 3,878 aircraft and 406,425 passengers.[1] The passenger terminal's facilities open to public cover an area of 1.065 m² and have a parking lot for 97 cars.
Erhaç is the 7th 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), Diyarbakır (LTCC) and İncirlik (LTAG).[4]
[edit] Airlines and destinations
- Atlasjet (Istanbul-Atatürk)
- Blue Wings (Düsseldorf)
- Onur Air (Istanbul-Atatürk)
- Pegasus Airlines (Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen)
- Pegasus Airlines operated by Izair (Izmir)
- Turkish Airlines (Ankara, Istanbul-Ataturk)
- Turkish Airlines operated by SunExpress (İzmir)[5]
[edit] References
- ^ a b (Turkish) Malatya Hava Meydanı at DHMİ (State Airports Authority)
- ^ Airport information for LTAT at World Aero Data. Source: DAFIF.
- ^ Airport information for LTAT at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF.
- ^ Turkish Air Force at Scramble
- ^ *Malatya destinations
[edit] External links
- Aerial photo at WikiMapia
- Current weather for LTAT at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for MLX at Aviation Safety Network
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