Samsun-Çarşamba Airport

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.

Samsun Çarşamba Airport

Samsun Çarşamba Havalimanı
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorGeneral Directorate of State Airports Authority
ServesSamsun, Turkey
Elevation AMSL17[1] ft / 5 m
Coordinates41°15′56″N 36°32′55″E
Websitehttps://www.dhmi.gov.tr/Sayfalar/Havalimani/Carsamba/AnaSayfa.aspx
Map
SZF
Location of airport in Turkey
SZF
SZF (Europe)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
13/31 9,842 3,000 Concrete
Control Tower

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

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
AnadoluJet Ankara, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen
Eurowings Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn
Fly Baghdad Seasonal: Baghdad[2]
Pegasus Airlines Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, Izmir
Seasonal: Düsseldorf[3]
SunExpress Antalya, Düsseldorf, Izmir
Seasonal: Frankfurt, Hannover, Stuttgart
Turkish Airlines Istanbul
Seasonal: Berlin–Tegel, Cologne/Bonn,[4] Hamburg,[4] Hannover,[4] Munich,[5] Stuttgart, Vienna
UR Airlines Baghdad[6]

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[7]

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.

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References
  1. "LTFH: Samsun Carsamba Airport". SkyVector Aeronautical Charts. SkyVector. 27 February 2020.
  2. http://www.flybaghdad.net/en/
  3. Pegasus adds Samsun – Dusseldorf service from June 2018 Routesonline. 2 April 2018.
  4. Liu, Jim (1 June 2020). "Turkish Airlines S20 European network addition as of 29MAY20". Routesonline.
  5. Liu, Jim (30 July 2020). "Turkish Airlines August 2020 Europe / Russia operations as of 0500GMT 30JUL20". Routesonline.
  6. Liu, Jim. "UR Airlines files S20 network". Routesonline. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  7. Statistics



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