Gazipaşa Airport is an airport which serves the Gazipaşa, Anamur, Alanya, Kargıcak, Kestel, Payallar, Avsallar, Okurcalar, Kızılağaç and Side areas of the Antalya Province in Turkey. The airport opened for domestic flights in July 2010 with daily flights from Istanbul with Borajet.TAV opens Turkey's Alanya Gazipasa Airport, Air Transport World, August 2010. International flights began in the 2011 holiday season, with flights from Amsterdam. The new airport is only 30 minutes by road from Alanya compared to a travel time of two hours between Alanya and Antalya Airport, which was previously the nearest airport, 120 km away.
Construction The airport was finished in 1999, but it was not opened for operation. Talks were held in 2006, with reports commissioned by the national government, local government, and tourist organizations to commence operation. Finally, the decision was made clear in 2007 after multiple bids had been submitted to award operation to Tepe Akfen Ventures Airports Holding (TAV), which paid $50,000 a year, and a 65% share in profit for the right to operate the airport for 25 years. TAV then updated and expanded the airport, including lengthening the runway to 2,350m in order to handle international operations, among other things.
Facilities The airport has an annual passenger capacity of 1,500,000 passengers, a terminal area of 6,700 square meters and a parking lot with a capacity of 105 vehicles.
Airlines and destinations The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Gazipaşa Airport:
Traffic statistics
+ Alanya–Gazipaşa Airport passenger traffic statistics Year (months) Domestic % change International % change Total % change 2025 430,8178% 561,5660% 992,3833% 2024 467,1251% 560,52955% 1,027,65423% 2023 473,04612% 362,66339% 835,70922% 2022 421,26614% 261,38824% 682,65418% 2021 369,49574% 210,140259% 579,635114% 2020 212,31157% 58,55790% 270,86875% 2019 493,48514% 591,4166% 1,084,90110% 2018 575,21820% 626,67783% 1,201,89546% 2017 478,83716% 342,34111% 821,17814% 2016 411,4712% 307,24740% 718,71821% 2015 403,79226% 510,22526% 914,01726% 2014 319,578 189% 405,26478% 724,842114% 2013 110,5902.769% 227,932200% 338,522325% 2012 3,8548% 75,886664% 79,740464% 2011 4,19211% 9,938 - 14,130202% 2010 4,684 - 4,684
Accidents and incidents On 9 May 2024, a Boeing 737-800 passenger aircraft belonging to Corendon Airlines saw one of its tires burst during landing, resulting emergency landing on one of the airport's runways after its front landing gear failed, resulting in the evacuation of all 190 passengers and crew on board and the temporary closure of the runway.
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