Samsun-Çarşamba Airport

Samsun Çarşamba Airport

*Samsun Çarşamba Havalimanı*
Samsun Çarşamba Airport; Samsun Çarşamba Havalimanı
	IATA: SZF; ICAO: LTFH;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	General Directorate of State Airports Authority
Serves	Samsun, Turkey
Opened	1998
Elevation AMSL	17 ft / 5 m
Coordinates	41°15′56″N 36°32′55″E / 41.26556°N 36.54861°E / 41.26556; 36.54861
Website	dhmi.gov.tr
Map
	SZF Location of airport in Turkey SZF SZF (Europe)
Runways
Statistics (2021)
Total passengers
Total passengers	1,142,000
Aircraft operations	1,594
Cargo (Kg.)	1,727,280
	Source: Samsun Governor

Samsun Çarşamba Airport (IATA: SZF, ICAO: LTFH) (Turkish: Samsun Çarşamba Havalimanı) is a public airport in Samsun, Turkey. Opened in 1998, it is 23 km from Samsun. The airport consists of one terminal. Passengers board aircraft from ladder trucks on the tarmac.

The passenger terminal of the airport covers an area of 4,725 m² and has a parking lot for 246 cars. The airport terminal has a restaurant, a bar and multiple car rental agencies within it. There are two small seating galleries.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Samsun-Çarşamba Airport:

Airlines	Destinations
AJet	Ankara, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen Seasonal: Berlin (begins 28 June 2024),^[4] Munich (begins 2 June 2024),^[4] Stuttgart (begins 4 June 2024)^[4]
Corendon Airlines	Seasonal: Düsseldorf,^[5] Hannover
Eurowings	Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf^[6]
Fly Baghdad	Seasonal: Baghdad^[7]
Iraqi Airways	Baghdad
Pegasus Airlines	Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, Izmir Seasonal: Düsseldorf^[8]
SunExpress^[9]	Antalya, Düsseldorf, Izmir Seasonal: Berlin, Cologne/Bonn (begins 26 June 2024),^[10] Frankfurt, Hannover, Munich (begins 23 May 2024),^[11] Stuttgart, Vienna^[12]
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul
UR Airlines	Baghdad^[13]

Traffic Statistics

**Samsun-Çarşamba Airport Passenger Traffic Statistics**
Year (months)	Domestic	% change	International	% change	Total	% change
2011 *	1,060,473	19.0%	89,685	36.0%	1,150,158	20.0%
2010	891,355	14.0%	65,899	24.0%	957,254	10.0%
2009	779,794	47.7%	87,068	13.8%	866,862	43.4%
2008	527,886	9.0%	76,501	9.0%	604,387	9.0%
2007	485,772		70,024		555,796

(*)Source: DHMI.gov.tr^[14]

Air traffic control

Air traffic controllers at the tower also control the nearby coastguard helicopters.

Public Transportation

The airport is serviced by taxis, dolmus, charter bus and the H2 bus line run by the Samsun Metropolitan Municipality. Interest has been announced regarding extending the Samsun Tram to the airport or developing a bus line to connect the tram to the airport.

Future expansion

Construction of a taxiway would remove landing delays due to previously landed aircraft taxiing back down the runway. However to do this land adjacent to the airport would need to be purchased.

References

^ "LTFH: Samsun Carsamba Airport". SkyVector Aeronautical Charts. SkyVector. 27 February 2020.
^ "'Samsun-Çarşamba Uluslararası Havalimanı'ndan Ağustos Ayında 142 bin 449 Yolcu Hizmet Aldı'" ['142 thousand 449 passengers received service from Samsun-Wednesday International Airport in August']. samsun.gov.tr (in Turkish).
^ "Samsun havalimanı'nda 2021'de yolcu sayısı yüzde 32 arttı samsun-çarşamba uluslararası havalimanı 2021 yılında 1 milyon 142 bin yolcuya hizmet verdi - Samsun Haberleri". 10 January 2022.
^ a b c https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240402-vfns24de
^ "Corendon announces Düsseldorf + Basel bases; 15 routes added at DUS". anna.aero. 2020-09-07.
^ "Eurowings fliegt ab Deutschland, Österreich und Tschechien neue Ziele an". 22 March 2023.
^ "Fly Baghdad – Low Price, More Flights".
^ Pegasus adds Samsun – Dusseldorf service from June 2018 Routesonline. 2 April 2018.
^ Liu, Jim (3 September 2020). "SunExpress 01-19SEP20 International operations as of 30AUG20". routesonline.com.
^ "SunExpress NS24 Network Expansion – 24SEP23".
^ "SunExpress NS24 Network Expansion – 24SEP23".
^ Casey, David. "SunExpress Schedules New Summer Routes". Routes. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
^ Liu, Jim. "UR Airlines files S20 network". Routesonline. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
^ Statistics