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Çukurova International Airport

Coordinates: 36°53′59″N 35°03′46″E / 36.89967°N 35.06287°E / 36.89967; 35.06287
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Çukurova International Airport

Çukurova Uluslararası Havalimanı
Summary
Airport typePublic/Civil
OwnerDHMİ
OperatorState Airports Administration (Template:Lang-tr
ServesAdana, Mersin, Osmaniye
LocationTarsus, Mersin
Elevation AMSL6 m / 19 ft
Coordinates36°53′49″N 35°04′03″E / 36.89694°N 35.06750°E / 36.89694; 35.06750
Map
Çukurova Airport is located in Turkey
Çukurova Airport
Çukurova Airport
Location of airport in Turkiye
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
3/21 3,500 11,482 Concrete

Çukurova International Airport (Template:Lang-tr) is an airport in the Tarsus district of Mersin Province, southern Turkey. It serves the provinces of Mersin and Adana, as well as the rest of the region of Çukurova.[1] It will continue to serve all destinations as its predecessor Adana Şakirpaşa Airport 10 August 2024 onwards.

Çukurova region

Çukurova is a region in mid south Turkiye which includes the historical Cilicia of the antiquity. The Turkish provinces of Adana, Mersin, Osmaniye as well as a part of Hatay are in Çukurova. At the present all these provinces are served by Adana Şakirpaşa Airport in the urban fabric of Adana city. But the increasing air traffic necessitates a higher capacity airport.

Location

The new airport will be constructed at the west of Karasavran village between Çiçekli and Kargılı in Tarsus district of Mersin Province. The distance from the airport to Yenice, the main railroad junction is 7 km (4.3 mi), to Çukurova Motorway is 14 km (8.7 mi) and to Tarsus is about 20 km (12 mi). The airport is also close to another project, the Kazanlı Coast Tourism Project, within the scope of Tourism centers of Mersin Province.[2]

The project

The construction contract was signed on 26 January 2012. According to a statement made by Binali Yıldırım, Minister of Communications, Maritime affairs and Telecommunications, it is a build-operate-transfer project. The undertaker is a consortium of "Skyline" and "Zonguldak Özel Sivil Havacılık". The builders have the right to operate the airport for a term of nine years and ten months.[1] The minister added that the airport will have international status and will so help to increase the export of the region and the number of tourists.[3]

According to the newspaper Hürriyet, the project's cost will be 357 million Euro. When finished, it will serve to 15 million people, and the capacity will be doubled in the future.[4]

In February 2022 the opening was announced for 29 October 2022, National holiday of the Republic. [5] Then on 31 October 2022, the opening was delayed until February 2023.[6] As of July 2024, the airport is not yet open. The formal opening ceremony will be on 10 August 2024. [7]

Groundbreaking

The groundbreaking ceremony was held on 28 May 2013.[8] In the ceremony, then-Minister of Transport Binali Yıldırım explained that the location of the airport has been carefully chosen to serve both Adana and Mersin.

Airlines and destinations

Adana airport will close at 00:01 on 11 August 2024 to commercial airlines and Çukurova airport will open at 12:00 on 11 August 2024. All routes listed below should be assumed to begin either on 11 August 2024 or within a few days unless stated otherwise.[9]

AirlinesDestinations
Aeroflot Moscow[10]
AJet Ankara, Beirut,[11] Ercan, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen
Corendon Airlines Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn,[12] Düsseldorf, Nuremberg[12]
Eurowings Seasonal: Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg[13]
Pegasus Airlines Antalya, Bodrum, Düsseldorf, Ercan, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, İzmir, Trabzon, Van
Qatar Airlines Doha
Saudia Seasonal: Jeddah
SunExpress[14] Antalya, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, İzmir, Stuttgart, Trabzon (begins 27 October 2024)
Seasonal: Amsterdam, Berlin,[15] Brussels, Hannover, London–Stansted,[16] Munich[17]
Turkish Airlines Istanbul
Seasonal: Berlin

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "News from Turkey-Private sector to build second airport in southern Turkey". Invest. 2012-01-30. Retrieved 2012-08-25.
  2. ^ "Çukurova Bölgesel Havaalanı Projesi" (in Turkish). Tarsus. Retrieved 2012-08-25.
  3. ^ "Çukurova Havaalanı sözleşmesi imzalandı" (in Turkish). Ihlas agency. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
  4. ^ "Çukurova Havaalanı 357 milyon Euro'ya yapılacak 30 milyon yolcuyu bulacak". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2012-01-27. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
  5. ^ "Çukurova Regional Airport will be opened on 29 October Republic Day". raillynews.com. 2022-02-18. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
  6. ^ "Çukurova Airport Permanent Border Gate Announced". raillynews.com. 2022-10-31. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
  7. ^ https://m.airporthaber1.com/havacilik-haberleri/cukurova-havalimaninin-acilis-tarihi-belli-oldu.html
  8. ^ Airtimes news (in Turkish)
  9. ^ https://www.tgrthaber.com/aktuel/10-agustosta-adana-sakirpasa-havalimani-kapatiliyor-ucuslar-yeni-havalimanina-aktarilacak-2964974
  10. ^ "Aeroflot Adds Moscow - Adana Service From June 2023". AeroRoutes. 12 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  11. ^ Liu, Jim (6 October 2020). "Anadolu Jet adds Adana – Beirut service from mid-Oct 2020". routesonline.com.
  12. ^ a b Liu, Jim (27 January 2020). "Corendon Airlines S20 Network expansion". routesonline.com.
  13. ^ "Eurowings Adds New Turkish Routes in NS23".
  14. ^ "SunExpress flight connections 04/2022 - 10/2022" (PDF).
  15. ^ "SunExpress NS23 Network Additions – 30OCT22".
  16. ^ "SunExpress NS24 Network Expansion – 24SEP23".
  17. ^ https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240424-xqnw24tr

36°53′59″N 35°03′46″E / 36.89967°N 35.06287°E / 36.89967; 35.06287

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