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Malatya Airport (Turkish: Malatya Havalimanı) (IATA: MLX, ICAO: LTAT) is a military and public airport in Malatya, Turkey. The airport, opened in 1941, is located 34 km (21 mi) from Malatya.

Malatya Airport Malatya Havalimanı
IATA: MLX ICAO: LTAT
Summary
Airport type	Public /Military
Operator	General Directorate of State Airports Authority
Location	Malatya, Turkey
Elevation AMSL	862 m / 2,828 ft
Coordinates	38°26′07″N 038°05′27″E
Map
MLX Location of airport in Turkey Show map of Turkey MLX MLX (Europe) Show map of Europe
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 03/21 3,350 10,991 Asphalt
Sources: DHMİ [1] and DAFIF[2][3]

History

Being the first built and put into service, airport Malatya has come into use since 1941 in Old Malatya now called Battalgazi. However, the airport was then deployed to another place; lastly, in May 1941 it was built in the area which has been still used. Our airport has been actively used in one of the most developed cities of the East; the distance to the city centre is 34 km; yearly passenger capacity is 100.000 in international line, 900.000 in domestic line and totally it is 1.000.000. plane capacity is 17.250. there is 6 scheduled flight of Civil aviation. The airport is used both for civil and army forces and right of use is in the hands of General Directorate of State Airports Authority and Air Force Command.

Due to its strategic geographical position, Airport Malatya is used by the nearby cities; as a result of the improvements in the aerospace sector, there has been an increase of 100% both in the flights and the number of passengers. Therefore; our building has become inadequate for meeting the need. Shortly, after the tender,s our new building has been built. It was started to be built in 2009 according to the international standards; the length of the runway is 3350x45mt; the first flight was on 23 October 2010. With our new runway, our passenger number has reached to 1.000.000 yearly, in the past, this number was only 300.000 passengers.

2nd Land Aviation Regiment

Next to Erhaç Airport, there is the 2nd Land Aviation Regiment Command. It is administered under the rank of colonel. Turkish-made TAI/AgustaWestland T129 ATAK combat helicopters joined the Command in 2014.[4]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
AnadoluJet	Ankara, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen
Pegasus Airlines	Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen
SunExpress	Izmir Seasonal: Antalya,[5] Düsseldorf,[6] Frankfurt[5]
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul

Traffic Statistics

Malatya Erhaç Airport Passenger Traffic Statistics

Year (months)	Domestic	% change	International	% change	Total	% change
2011 *	548,412	9.0%	17,075	2.0%	565,487	9.0%
2010	503,820	15.0%	16,683	30.0%	520,503	12.0%
2009	439,057	0.2%	23,827	6.9%	462,884	0.2%
2008	438,226	8.0%	25,591	77.0%	463,817	10.0%
2007	407,026		14,418		421,444

(*)Source: DHMI.gov.tr[7]

References

External links

• Current weather for LTAT at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for MLX at Aviation Safety Network
• Malatya Oto Kiralama Malatya Oto Kiralama

На других языках

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[de] Flughafen Malatya-Erhaç

Der Flughafen Malatya-Erhaç oder auch Flughafen Malatya (türkisch Malatya Erhaç Havalimanı oder Malatya Havalimanı) ist ein türkischer Flughafen nahe der Stadt Malatya in der Gemeinde Aksaray. Er wird durch die staatliche DHMİ betrieben.

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- [en] Malatya Erhaç Airport

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[es] Aeropuerto de Malatya Erhaç

El Aeropuerto de Erhaç o Aeropuerto de Malatya Erhaç ((en turco) Malatya Erhaç Havaalanı) (IATA: MLX, OACI: LTAT) es un pequeño aeropuerto civil y base aérea en Malatya, Turquía. El aeropuerto, inaugurado en 1941, está ubicado a 34 km de Malatya.

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