Trabzon Airport is an airport near the city of Trabzon in the eastern Black Sea region of Turkey. The airport opened in 1957.
Airlines and destinations The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Trabzon Airport:
Traffic statistics
+ Trabzon Airport passenger traffic statistics Year (months) Domestic % change International % change Total % change 2025 3,029,171 6% 845,469 4% 3,874,640 6% 2024 2,825,342 6% 810,237 4% 3,655,579 3% 2023 2,696,068 8% 839,834 20% 3,535,902 11% 2022 2,485,126 4% 700,103 185% 3,185,229 21% 2021 2,396,829 38% 245,498 303% 2,642,327 47% 2020 1,740,729 48% 60,871 85% 1,801,600 52% 2019 3,373,461 10% 397,417 45% 3,770,818 6% 2018 3,754,162 5% 274,401 34% 4,028,563 3% 2017 3,944,881 10% 204,048 62% 4,148,929 12% 2016 3,588,177 10% 125,817 11% 3,713,994 10% 2015 3,249,120 22% 113,679 4% 3,362,799 21% 2014 2,668,349 6% 109,187 19% 2,777,536 6% 2013 2,528,990 9% 91,897 25% 2,620,887 9% 2012 2,320,510 6% 73,640 18% 2,404,150 5% 2011 2,190,503 16% 89,514 32% 2,280,017 16% 2010 1,895,601 24% 67,568 4% 1,963,169 23% 2009 1,531,780 11% 65,125 27% 1,596,905 9% 2008 1,380,926 1% 88,787 4% 1,469,713 1% 2007 1,397,175 85,585 1,482,760
Accidents and incidents
On 13 January 2018, a Boeing 737-800 (TC-CPF) on Pegasus Airlines Flight 8622 veered off the left-hand side of the far end of runway 11 whilst landing. None of the 168 persons on board (162 passengers and 6 crew) were reported to have serious injuries. The cause of the incident has not yet been determined.
On May 26, 2003 a Yakovlev Yak-42 operated as Ukrainian-Mediterranean Airlines Flight 4230 Chartered by the Spanish Government, the aircraft was completing a charter flight from Bishkek to Zaragoza with an intermediate stop in Trabzon, carrying 62 Spanish peacekeepers and 13 crew members. The 62 passengers were respectively 41 members of the Land Forces and 21 members of the Air Force who were returning to Spain following a peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan. While descending to Trabzon Airport by night, the crew encountered poor visibility due to foggy conditions. Unable to establish a visual contact with the approach lights and the runway 29, the crew initiated a go-around procedure. Few minutes later, while completing a second approach, the crew failed to realize he was not following the correct pattern for an approach to runway 29 when the aircraft impacted a mountain at an altitude of 4,600 feet. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all 75 occupants were killed. The wreckage was found 3,5 km east of the village of Maçka, about 23 km southwest of the airport.
On 20 May 1989, Alexander Zuyev, a Soviet pilot of the VVS Frontal Aviation Regiment based at Mikha Tskhakaya, Georgian SSR (present day Senaki, Georgia), defected from the Soviet Union by flying his Mig 29 plane to Trabzon. Turkey returned the plane to the Soviet Union, citing its desire to maintain a good relationship with the Soviet Union. However, the pilot was not extradited and was eventually provided asylum by the United States of America.
In popular culture A fictionalized version of the airfield is featured in the campaign of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. References
External links
Accident history for TZX at Aviation Safety Network