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Iğdır Airport

Iğdır Şehit Bülent Aydın Airport
Iğdır Şehit Bülent Aydın Havalimanı
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorGeneral Directorate of State Airports Authority
ServesIğdır
LocationTurkey Iğdır, Turkey
Opened13 July 2012 (2012-07-13)[1][2]
Elevation AMSL3,100 ft / 945 m
Coordinates39°58′36″N 43°52′36″E / 39.97667°N 43.87667°E / 39.97667; 43.87667[3]
WebsiteIğdır Airport
Map
IGD is located in Turkey
IGD
IGD
Location of airport in Turkey
IGD is located in Caucasus Mountains
IGD
IGD
IGD (Caucasus Mountains)
IGD is located in Europe
IGD
IGD
IGD (Europe)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
12/30 3,000 9,842 Concrete
Statistics (2024)
Total passengers383,239
International passengers633
Aircraft Operations4,109
Cargo tonnage3,978
Source: (Turkish AIP at Eurocontrol) Turkish Airports Authority[4]

Iğdır Airport (IATA: IGD, ICAO: LTCT) (Turkish: Iğdır Şehit Bülent Aydın Havalimanı) is a public airport in Iğdır, located in Iğdır Province, Turkey. Opened to civil air traffic in July 2012, the airport is 16 km (9.9 mi) away from Iğdır city centre.[5] The airport is a member of the Airports Council International Europe (ACI Europe) and also participates in the Airport Carbon Accreditation Programme.[6][7] As of 7 August 2025, the airport’s status was confirmed as an international airport permanently.[8][9]

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Iğdır Airport:

AirlinesDestinations
AJet Ankara,[10] Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen[10]
Pegasus Airlines Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen[11]
Turkish Airlines Istanbul[12][13]

Traffic Statistics

PassengersYear050,000100,000150,000200,000250,000300,0002010201220142016201820202022PassengersAnnual passenger traffic
Iğdır–Şehit Bülent Aydın Airport Statistics[14]
Year (months) Domestic % change International % change Total % change
2025 388,429 Increase 2% - Decrease 100% 388,429 Increase 1%
2024 382,541 Increase 9% 633 Decrease 73% 383,174 Increase 8%
2023 352,121 Increase 69% 2,385 Decrease 45% 354,506 Increase 66%
2022 208,827 Increase 9% 4,309 - 213,136 Increase 11%
2021 191,870 Increase 43% - Decrease 100% 191,870 Increase 43%
2020 134,176 Decrease 48% 296 Decrease 73% 134,472 Decrease 49%
2019 260,174 Decrease 10% 1,081 - 261,255 Decrease 10%
2018 289,251 Increase 17% - - 289,251 Increase 17%
2017 248,005 Increase 15% - - 248,005 Increase 15%
2016 216,252 Increase 2% - - 216,252 Increase 2%
2015 212,104 Increase 7% - - 212,104 Increase 7%
2014 198,270 Decrease 9% - - 198,270 Decrease 9%
2013 216,715 Increase 292% - - 216,715 Increase 292%
2012 55,225 Steady - Steady 55,225 Steady

^1 : 2012 statistics correspond to the last 6 months of 2012 since the opening of the airport.

Trivia

The airport was depicted in a Turkish Airlines advertisement in 2014, where a group of kids trying to ask the Turkish Airlines aircraft to land at their town (and their own made airport), and little to their knowledge that a real airport was constructed.[15]

The airport was depicted also in Turkish Airlines commercial series of "Delightful Stories" (2014), where András Földvári, then head of marketing in Turkish Airlines' Hungary Office, flew from Budapest to Iğdır to explore Noah's Ark.[16][17]

  • "News | Routes". airlineroute.net. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
  • "IĞDIR HAVALİMANI CUMA GÜNÜ AÇILIYOR". www.airporthaber.com. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
  • "BAŞBAKAN'DAN KULEDEN UÇAĞA ANONS". www.airporthaber.com. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
  • "Eastern province of Iğdır welcomes airport - Latest News". www.hurriyetdailynews.com. Retrieved 2026-01-07.


References

  1. ^ "Iğdır Havalimanı".
  2. ^ "Iğdır Havalimanının Açılışı Yapıldı".
  3. ^ fallingrain.com
  4. ^ "İstatistikler".
  5. ^ [1] (in Turkish)
  6. ^ "ACI Europe members list" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2025-05-02.
  7. ^ "Accredited Airports".
  8. ^ "Iğdır Şehit Bülent Aydın Havalimanı, uluslararası giriş-çıkışlara açık hudut kapısı oldu". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 2025-11-08.
  9. ^ Polat, Recep. "Iğdır Şehit Bülent Aydın Havalimanı Artık Uluslararası Giriş-Çıkışlara Açık!". Yeşil Iğdır Gazetesi (in Turkish). Retrieved 2025-11-08.
  10. ^ a b Liu, Jim (13 March 2024). "AJet NS24 New Flight Number Designations – 12MAR24". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  11. ^ "Pegasus Hava Yolları 7 Mayıs'ta İstanbul Sabiha Gökçen-Iğdır seferlerine başlayacak". 2 March 2021.
  12. ^ Liu, Jim (13 July 2022). "Turkish Airlines / AnadoluJet Aug 2022 Domestic Network Update - 10JUL22". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  13. ^ "Istanbul New Airport Transition Delayed Until April 5, 2019 (At The Earliest)". 9 April 2019.
  14. ^ "Statistics".
  15. ^ Turkish Airlines Ad on Igdir Airport
  16. ^ "Andras Foldvari - A Wanderer Devoted to Exploring New Worlds | #DelightfulStories - Turkish Airlines", YouTube
  17. ^ "Iğdır: The 500th Airport"
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