Samsun-Çarşamba Airport

Samsun Çarşamba Airport Samsun Çarşamba Havalimanı
IATA: SZF ICAO: LTFH
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	General Directorate of State Airports Authority
Serves	Samsun, Turkey
Coordinates	41°15′56″N 36°32′55″E / 41.26556°N 36.54861°E / 41.26556; 36.54861
Website	http://www.carsamba.dhmi.gov.tr/
Map
SZF Location of airport in Turkey
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 13/31 9,842 3,000 Concrete

Control Tower

Samsun Çarşamba Airport (IATA: SZF, ICAO: LTFH) (Turkish: Samsun Çarşamba Havalimanı) is a public airport in Samsun, Turkey. Opened in 1998, it is 23 km from Samsun.

The passenger terminal of the airport covers an area of 4,725 m² and has a parking lot for 246 cars.

Airlines and destinations

Traffic Statistics

Samsun-Çarşamba Airport Passenger Traffic Statistics

Year (months)	Domestic	% change	International	% change	Total	% change
2011 *	1,060,473	19.0%	89,685	36.0%	1,150,158	20.0%
2010	891,355	14.0%	65,899	24.0%	957,254	10.0%
2009	779,794	47.7%	87,068	13.8%	866,862	43.4%
2008	527,886	9.0%	76,501	9.0%	604,387	9.0%
2007	485,772		70,024		555,796

(*)Source: DHMI.gov.tr^[1]

Air traffic control

Air traffic controllers at the tower also control the nearby coastguard helicopters.

Future expansion

Construction of a taxiway would remove landing delays due to previously landed aircraft taxiing back down the runway. However to do this land adjacent to the airport would need to be purchased.

References

External links

• Accident history for SZF at Aviation Safety Network
• Airport information for LTFH at Great Circle Mapper.
• Current weather for LTFH at NOAA/NWS
• Airport information for LTFH at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.