Rize–Artvin Airport
Rize–Artvin Airport Rize–Artvin Havalimanı | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Rize and Artvin | ||||||||||
| Location | Yeşilköy, Pazar, Rize, Turkey | ||||||||||
| Opened | 14 May 2022 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°10′09″N 40°49′44″E / 41.16917°N 40.82889°ECoordinates: 41°10′09″N 40°49′44″E / 41.16917°N 40.82889°E | ||||||||||
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  Rize–Artvin Airport Location of airport in Turkey | |||||||||||
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Rize–Artvin Airport (Turkish: Rize–Artvin Havalimanı) is an airport off the coast of in Rize Province, northeastern Turkey.
Overview[edit]
It opened for commercial business on 14 May 2022, with Turkish Airlines, soon followed on the same day with AnadoluJet. On 3 July 2022, Pegasus Airlines also began operating to the airport.
The airport is situated off the coast of Yeşilköy village in Pazar district of Rize Province.[1][2] It is 34 km (21 mi) east of Rize and about 75 km (47 mi) west of Artvin.[3] It was constructed on ground obtained through filling a part of the Black Sea shore by rocks brought from nearby quarries in Merdivenli, Hisarlı, Kanlımezra and Kuzeyce. To fill the up to 30 m (98 ft)-deep sea,[3] at least 85 million tons of rock is required.[1][2][4] The airport building covers an area of 4,500 m2 (48,000 sq ft), and the runway is 3,000 m (9,800 ft) long at 45 m (148 ft) width parallel to seashore.[2][5] The construction works began with groundbreaking in 2017. It is the country's second airport of its sort following Ordu–Giresun Airport.[2][3][5][6] It is expected that the airport will serve about two million passengers annually. The construction cost was budgeted to ₺750 million (approx. US$206 million).[5]
Airlines and destinations[edit]
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| AnadoluJet[7] | Ankara, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen |
| Pegasus Airlines | Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen |
| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul[8] |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Rize- Artvin havalimanı için taşocağı açılmasına tepki eylemi". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2017-07-11. Retrieved 2017-09-20.
- ^ a b c d "Rize-Artvin Havalimanı için ilk kazma vuruldu". CNN Türk (in Turkish). 2017-02-24. Retrieved 2017-09-20.
- ^ a b c "Rize-Artvin airport in northeastern Turkey to be built at sea". Daily Sabah. 2016-06-13. Retrieved 2017-09-20.
- ^ "Rize-Artvin Havalimanı Dolgu Çalışmaları". Milliyet (in Turkish). 2017-07-11. Retrieved 2017-09-20.
- ^ a b c "Erdoğan, Rize-Artvin Havalimanı dolgu sahasını inceledi". Sabah (in Turkish). 2017-08-06. Retrieved 2017-09-20.
- ^ "Groundbreaking for Turkey's second airport on sea to be completed by April: Minister". Hürriyet Daily News. 2017-01-15. Retrieved 2017-09-20.
- ^ "✅ ✈️️ Fly with Most Affordable and Cheap Ticket Opportunities | AnadoluJet".
- ^ "Turkish Airlines - Investor Relations".
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