Adana Sakirpasa Airport
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Adana Airport or Adana Şakirpaşa Airport is an airport located in the city of Adana
Adana
Adana is a city in southern Turkey and a major agricultural and commercial center. The city is situated on the Seyhan River, 30 kilometres inland from the Mediterranean, in south-central Anatolia...

 in the Adana Province
Adana Province
Adana Province is a province of Turkey located in south-central Anatolia. With a population of 2,085,225, it is the fifth most populous province in Turkey. The administrative seat of the province is the city of Adana, home to 78% of the residents of the province...

 of Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

. Adana Airport was opened to service as a civil-military airport in 1937. It started to be used as a civil airport in 1956. It is 3.5 km away from the city center.

Airlines and destinations

Traffic Statistics

Adana Şakirpaşa Airport Passenger Traffic Statistics
Year (months) Domestic % change International % change Total % change
2010 * 2,417,680 17.0% 423,540 2.0% 2,841,220 14.0%
2009 2,065,779 15.2% 416,623 16.1% 2,482,402 8.4%
2008 1,793,675 3.0% 496,752 11.0% 2,290,427 1.0%
2007 1,745,450 557,085 2,302,535


(*)Source: DHMI.gov.tr

Aviation accidents and incidents at or near the airport

  • 1961 Turkish Airlines Ankara crash
    1961 Turkish Airlines Ankara crash
    The 1961 Turkish Airlines Ankara crash occurred on September 23, 1961 at 18:02 local time when a Turkish Airlines Fokker F27 Friendship 100 airliner, registration TC-TAY, on a scheduled international flight from Nicosia Airport in Cyprus via Adana Airport , Turkey to Esenboğa Airport in...

  • 1962 Turkish Airlines Taurus Mountains crash
    1962 Turkish Airlines Taurus Mountains crash
    The 1962 Turkish Airlines Taurus Mountains crash occurred on 8 March 1962 at 17:43 local time when a Turkish Airlines Fairchild F-27 airliner, registration TC-KOP, on a scheduled domestic flight from Esenboğa Airport in Ankara to Adana Airport , flew into the Bolkar Mountains on approach to...

  • Turkish Airlines Flight 5904
    Turkish Airlines Flight 5904
    Turkish Airlines Flight 5904 was a Boeing 737-4Q8 operated by the Turkish Airlines, registered TC-JEP and named Trakya, on a repositioning flight that crashed on 7 April 1999 in Ceyhan, Adana Province in southern Turkey...


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