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. The airport consists of one terminal. Passengers board aircraft from ladder trucks on the tarmac.

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
Websitedhmi.gov.tr
Map
SZF is located in Turkey
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Location of airport in Turkey
SZF is located in Europe
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SZF (Europe)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
13/31 9,842 3,000 Concrete
Statistics (2021)
Total passengers1,142,000
Aircraft operations1,594
Cargo (Kg.)1,727,280
Source: Samsun Governor[2][3]
Control Tower

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

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

AirlinesDestinations
AnadoluJet Ankara, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen
Corendon Airlines Seasonal: Düsseldorf,[4] Hannover
Eurowings Seasonal: Düsseldorf[5]
Fly Baghdad Seasonal: Baghdad[6]
Iraqi Airways Baghdad
Pegasus Airlines Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, Izmir
Seasonal: Düsseldorf[7]
SunExpress[8] Antalya, Düsseldorf, Izmir
Seasonal: Berlin, Frankfurt, Hannover, Cologne-Bonn (begins 26 June 2024)[9], Munich (begins 23 May 2024)[10], Stuttgart, Vienna[11]
Turkish Airlines Istanbul
Seasonal: Berlin, Cologne/Bonn,[12] Hamburg,[12] Hannover,[12] Munich,[13] Stuttgart, Vienna
UR Airlines Baghdad[14]

Traffic Statistics
Annual passenger traffic at SZF airport. See Wikidata query.
Samsun-Çarşamba Airport Passenger Traffic Statistics
Year (months) Domestic  % change International  % change Total  % change
2011 * 1,060,473 Increase 19.0% 89,685 Increase 36.0% 1,150,158 Increase 20.0%
2010 891,355 Increase 14.0% 65,899 Decrease 24.0% 957,254 Increase 10.0%
2009 779,794 Increase 47.7% 87,068 Increase 13.8% 866,862 Increase 43.4%
2008 527,886 Increase 9.0% 76,501 Increase 9.0% 604,387 Increase 9.0%
2007 485,772 70,024 555,796

(*)Source: DHMI.gov.tr[15]

Air traffic control

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

Public Transportation

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

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
  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. "Corendon announces Düsseldorf + Basel bases; 15 routes added at DUS". anna.aero. 2020-09-07.
  5. "Eurowings fliegt ab Deutschland, Österreich und Tschechien neue Ziele an". 22 March 2023.
  6. "Fly Baghdad – Low Price, More Flights".
  7. Pegasus adds Samsun – Dusseldorf service from June 2018 Routesonline. 2 April 2018.
  8. Liu, Jim (3 September 2020). "SunExpress 01-19SEP20 International operations as of 30AUG20". routesonline.com.
  9. https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230925-xqns24
  10. https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230925-xqns24
  11. Casey, David. "SunExpress Schedules New Summer Routes". Routes. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  12. Liu, Jim (1 June 2020). "Turkish Airlines S20 European network addition as of 29MAY20". Routesonline.
  13. Liu, Jim (30 July 2020). "Turkish Airlines August 2020 Europe / Russia operations as of 0500GMT 30JUL20". Routesonline.
  14. Liu, Jim. "UR Airlines files S20 network". Routesonline. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  15. Statistics


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