Samsun-Çarşamba Airport

Samsun Çarşamba Airport

Samsun Çarşamba Havalimanı
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorGeneral Directorate of State Airports Authority
ServesSamsun, Turkey
Opened1998; 26 years ago (1998)
Operating base forPegasus Airlines
Elevation AMSL5 m / 17[1] ft
Coordinates41°15′56″N 36°32′55″E / 41.26556°N 36.54861°E / 41.26556; 36.54861
Websitewww.dhmi.gov.tr/Sayfalar/Havalimani/Carsamba/AnaSayfa.aspx
Map
SZF/LTFH is located in Turkey
SZF/LTFH
SZF/LTFH
Location of airport in Turkey
SZF/LTFH is located in Europe
SZF/LTFH
SZF/LTFH
SZF/LTFH (Europe)
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
13/31 3,000 9,842 Concrete
Statistics (2021)
Total passengers1,142,000
Aircraft operations1,594
Cargo (kilograms)1,727,280
Source: Samsun Governor[2][3]
Control Tower

Samsun Çarşamba Airport (IATA: SZF, ICAO: LTFH) is a public airport in Samsun, Turkey. Opened in 1998, it is 23 km (14 mi) from Samsun. The airport consists of one terminal. Passengers board aircraft from ladder trucks on the tarmac.

The passenger terminal of the airport covers an area of 4,725 m2 and has a parking lot for 246 cars. The airport terminal has a restaurant, a bar and multiple car rental agencies within it. There are two small seating galleries.

Airlines and destinations

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The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Samsun-Çarşamba Airport:

AirlinesDestinations
AJet[4] Ankara, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen
Seasonal: Berlin,[5] Munich,[5] Stuttgart[5]
Corendon Airlines Seasonal: Düsseldorf,[6] Hannover
Eurowings Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf[7]
Fly Baghdad Seasonal: Baghdad[8]
Iraqi Airways Baghdad
Pegasus Airlines Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, Izmir
Seasonal: Düsseldorf[9]
SunExpress[10] Adana/Mersin,[11] Antalya, Düsseldorf, Izmir
Seasonal: Berlin, Cologne/Bonn,[12] Frankfurt, Hannover, Munich,[13] Stuttgart, Vienna[14]
Turkish Airlines Istanbul
Seasonal: Berlin, Vienna
UR Airlines Baghdad[15]

Traffic Statistics

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Annual passenger traffic at SZF airport. See Wikidata query.
Samsun–Çarşamba Airport Passenger Traffic Statistics[16]
Year (months) Domestic % change International % change Total % change
2023 1,221,728 Increase 19% 178,401 Decrease 1% 1,400,129 Increase 16%
2022 1,024,011 Increase 5% 180,359 Increase 20% 1,204,370 Increase 7%
2021 975,569 Increase 23% 150,509 Increase 97% 1,126,078 Increase 30%
2020 791,736 Decrease 41% 76,405 Decrease 46% 868,141 Decrease 42%
2019 1,347,965 Decrease 19% 141,368 Increase 38% 1,489,333 Decrease 21%
2018 1,627,368 Increase 43% 108,154 Increase 165% 1,735,522 Increase 48%
2017 1,134,756 Decrease 33% 40,769 Decrease 47% 1,175,525 Decrease 34%
2016 1,706,248 Increase 4% 77,591 Increase 5% 1,783,839 Increase 4%
2015 1,639,226 Increase 13% 74,021 Decrease 3% 1,713,247 Increase 13%
2014 1,445,872 Increase 15% 76,186 Increase 4% 1,522,058 Increase 14%
2013 1,258,740 Increase 9% 73,408 Increase 15% 1,332,148 Increase 8%
2012 1,151,368 Increase 8% 86,323 Decrease 5% 1,237,691 Increase 7%
2011 1,064,301 Increase 19% 90,857 Increase 38% 1,155,158 Increase 21%
2010 891,492 Increase 14% 65,899 Decrease 24% 957,391 Increase 10%
2009 779,794 Increase 48% 87,068 Increase 14% 866,862 Increase 43%
2008 527,886 Increase 9% 76,501 Increase 9% 604,387 Increase 9%
2007 485,772 - 70,024 - 555,796 -

Air traffic control

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

Public Transportation

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The airport is serviced by taxis, dolmus, charter bus and the H2 bus line run by the Samsun Metropolitan Municipality. Interest has been announced regarding extending the Samsun Tram to the airport or developing a bus line to connect the tram to the airport.

Future expansion

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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

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  1. ^ "LTFH: Samsun Carsamba Airport". SkyVector Aeronautical Charts. SkyVector. 27 February 2020.
  2. ^ "'Samsun-Çarşamba Uluslararası Havalimanı'ndan Ağustos Ayında 142 bin 449 Yolcu Hizmet Aldı'" ['142 thousand 449 passengers received service from Samsun-Wednesday International Airport in August']. samsun.gov.tr (in Turkish).
  3. ^ "Samsun havalimanı'nda 2021'de yolcu sayısı yüzde 32 arttı samsun-çarşamba uluslararası havalimanı 2021 yılında 1 milyon 142 bin yolcuya hizmet verdi - Samsun Haberleri". 10 January 2022.
  4. ^ "AJet NS24 New Flight Number Designations – 12MAR24". Aeroroutes.
  5. ^ a b c "AJet NS24 Germany Network Expansion".
  6. ^ "Corendon announces Düsseldorf + Basel bases; 15 routes added at DUS". anna.aero. 2020-09-07.
  7. ^ "Eurowings fliegt ab Deutschland, Österreich und Tschechien neue Ziele an". 22 March 2023.
  8. ^ "Fly Baghdad – Low Price, More Flights".
  9. ^ Pegasus adds Samsun – Dusseldorf service from June 2018 Routesonline. 2 April 2018.
  10. ^ Liu, Jim (3 September 2020). "SunExpress 01-19SEP20 International operations as of 30AUG20". routesonline.com.
  11. ^ https://www.airporthaber2.com/havacilik-haberleri/sunexpressten-kis-sezonunda-ic-hatlarda-11-yeni-rota.html
  12. ^ "SunExpress NS24 Network Expansion – 24SEP23".
  13. ^ "SunExpress NS24 Network Expansion – 24SEP23".
  14. ^ Casey, David. "SunExpress Schedules New Summer Routes". Routes. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  15. ^ Liu, Jim. "UR Airlines files S20 network". Routesonline. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  16. ^ "Statistics".
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