Sivas Airport
Sivas Nuri Demirağ Airport Sivas Nuri Demirağ Havalimanı | |||||||||||
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| Summary | |||||||||||
| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | General Directorate of State Airports Authority | ||||||||||
| Serves | Sivas, Turkey | ||||||||||
| Location | Sivas, Turkey | ||||||||||
| Opened | 1957 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 5,222 ft / 1,591 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°48′06.7″N 036°53′36.1″E / 39.801861°N 36.893361°E | ||||||||||
| Website | www.dhmi.gov.tr | ||||||||||
| Map | |||||||||||
VAS Location of the airport in Turkey | |||||||||||
| Runways | |||||||||||
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| Statistics (2025[1]) | |||||||||||
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Sivas Nuri Demirağ Airportt (IATA: VAS, ICAO: LTAR) is an airport located 22 kilometres (14 mi) northwest of Sivas, Turkey.
Overview
The airport was opened to air traffic in 1957 to be used for military purposes; in 1990, DHMİ (State Airports Authority)[2] built a 2,217-square-metre (23,860 sq ft) terminal building to begin to serve the civilian air traffic.
Sivas Nuri Demirağ Airport closed air traffic with decision of cabinet on 31 January 2002, and opened air traffic with decision of cabinet on 17 October 2003. The airport was closed again to air traffic on 15 April 2006 due to the repair of the runway and expansion work, and 01/19 width of the runway has been removed from 30 meters to 45 meters. After special lighting and asphalt work completed, runway 19/01 is the-second longest runway in Turkey with 3,811 by 45 metres (12,503 ft × 148 ft).[3] The new apron, five aircraft capacity and 120 by 240 metres (390 ft × 790 ft) in size and runway taxiway connection was put into service on 22 December 2006. The new terminal building opened for use on 18 December 2010 with an annual capacity of 3 million passengers. The original terminal building meets the standards of today's airport was built as an architecture with a modern facility.
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Sivas Airport:
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| AJet[4] | Istanbul–Sabiha Gökcen[5] Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn (begins 8 July 2026)[6] |
| Pegasus Airlines | Istanbul–Sabiha Gökcen,[7] Izmir[8] |
| SunExpress | Izmir[9] |
| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul[10] |
Traffic statistics
| Year (months) | Domestic | % change | International | % change | Total | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 492,976 | 18% | 9,654 | 70% | 502,630 | 18% |
| 2024 | 418,935 | 1% | 5,665 | 20% | 424,600 | 1% |
| 2023 | 422,875 | 16% | 4,733 | 103% | 427,608 | 17% |
| 2022 | 364,711 | 10% | 2,326 | 40% | 367,037 | 11% |
| 2021 | 406,563 | 37% | 3,874 | 13% | 410,437 | 36% |
| 2020 | 296,451 | 39% | 4,430 | 1% | 300,881 | 39% |
| 2019 | 486,840 | 15% | 4,468 | 35% | 491,308 | 15% |
| 2018 | 574,523 | 2% | 6,844 | 0% | 581,367 | 2% |
| 2017 | 560,867 | 1% | 6,822 | 20% | 567,689 | 1% |
| 2016 | 556,474 | 6% | 5,685 | 9% | 562,159 | 6% |
| 2015 | 524,666 | 26% | 6,275 | 12% | 530,941 | 26% |
| 2014 | 415,451 | 25% | 7,105 | 2% | 422,556 | 25% |
| 2013 | 331,771 | 40% | 6,959 | 1% | 338,730 | 39% |
| 2012 | 237,120 | 7% | 6,890 | 9% | 244,010 | 7% |
| 2011 | 221,049 | 106% | 7,550 | 85% | 228,599 | 105% |
| 2010 | 107,386 | 12% | 4,071 | 106% | 111,457 | 10% |
| 2009 | 122,158 | 6% | 1,979 | 79% | 124,137 | 0% |
| 2008 | 114,855 | 17% | 9,502 | 141% | 124,357 | 22% |
| 2007 | 98,010 | 3,949 | 101,959 |
References
- ^ "Statistics". dhmi.gov.tr. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
- ^ Skyscanner. "Sivas Airport". Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ "Official Airport website". Archived from the original on 2014-12-14. Retrieved 2015-05-01.
- ^ "Flight network". anadolujet.com.
- ^ Liu, Jim (13 March 2024). "AJet NS24 New Flight Number Designations – 12MAR24". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ^ "AJet, Sivas'tan Köln'e direkt sefer başlatacak".
- ^ "November 2023". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 25 (5). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 463–470. ISSN 1466-8718.
- ^ "Pegasus NW24 Network Additions – 11SEP24". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
- ^ "SunExpress'ten kış sezonunda iç hatlarda 11 yeni rota". 29 August 2024.
- ^ "November 2023". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 25 (5). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 463–470. ISSN 1466-8718.
- ^ "Statistics".
External links
Media related to Sivas Airport at Wikimedia Commons