Malatya Erhaç Airport

Malatya Erhaç Airport
Malatya Erhaç Havaalanı
IATA: MLX – ICAO: LTAT
MLX
Location of airport in Turkey
Summary
Airport type Public /Military
Operator DHMİ (State Airports Administration)
Turkish Air Force
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 (21 mi) 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 (11,460 sq ft) 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]

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Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Atlasjet Istanbul-Atatürk
Onur Air Istanbul-Atatürk
Pegasus Airlines Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen
SunExpress Antalya, Frankfurt, Izmir
Turkish Airlines Istanbul-Atatürk
Turkish Airlines operated by AnadoluJet Ankara
XL Airways Germany Frankfurt

Traffic Statistics

Malatya Erhaç Airport Passenger Traffic Statistics
Year (months) Domestic  % change International  % change Total  % change
2010 * 503,820 15.0% 16,683 30.0% 520,503 12.0%
2009 439,057 0.2% 23,827 6.9% 462,884 0.2%
2008 438,226 8.0% 25,591 77.0% 463,817 10.0%
2007 407,026 14,418 421,444

(*)Source: DHMI.gov.tr[5]

References

  1. ^ a b (Turkish) Malatya Hava Meydanı at DHMİ (State Airports Authority)
  2. ^ Airport information for LTAT at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
  3. ^ Airport information for LTAT at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
  4. ^ Turkish Air Force at Scramble
  5. ^ Statistics

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