Erzurum Airport is a

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and public airport serving the city of

Erzurum Erzurum (; ) is a city in eastern Anatolia, Turkey. It is the largest city and capital of Erzurum Province and is 1,900 meters (6,233 feet) above sea level. Erzurum had a population of 367,250 in 2010. The city uses the double-headed eagle as ...

in eastern

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. Inaugurated in 1966, it is 11 km far from the city. The airport's public passenger terminal covers an area of 5,750 m² and has an open-air parking lot for 200 cars.

Airlines and destinations

Traffic Statistics

(*)Source: DHMI.gov.tr

Incidents

* On 15 September 2012, an Armenian cargo aircraft landed here while en route to Aleppo, Syria so that Turkish authorities could check for arms. Coming less than a week after a jetliner of

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was forced to land in

Ankara Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, maki ...

due to suspicion of carrying arms, this stop was planned and agreed on beforehand. * On 21 October 2015, an airliner did an emergency landing while en route from

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to Abu Dhabi to offload a

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n economy class passenger who was handcuffed and arrested for using the closer business class lavatory after getting

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. The passenger was accommodated in a hotel overnight by the Turkish authorities and given a ticket to get back to her home country via

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. The Slovakian ambassador to Turkey sent a letter of thanks to the airport authorities for taking care of their citizen.

References

External links

Erzurum AirportErzurum Travel Guide
Airports in Turkey Architecture in Turkey Buildings and structures in Erzurum Province Transport in Erzurum Province {{Erzurum-geo-stub