# Sivas Nuri Demirağ Airport (VAS / LTAR)

**Sivas Nuri Demirağ Airport** (IATA: VAS, ICAO: LTAR) is a medium airport in Sivas, Sivas Province, Turkey. It opened in 1957. It has one runway, 3,811 m (12,503 ft) long, concrete. It is operated by General Directorate of State Airports (Turkey). In 2025 it handled 503 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltar

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: VAS / LTAR
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: General Directorate of State Airports (Turkey)
- Serves: Sivas, Sivas Province, Turkey
- Opened: 1957
- Elevation: 1,597 m / 5,239 ft
- Coordinates: 39.8138, 36.9035
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,811 m / 12,503 ft
- Passengers: 502,630 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Europe/Istanbul
- Website: https://www.dhmi.gov.tr/Sayfalar/Havalimani/Sivas/AnaSayfa.aspx
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sivas_Airport (14 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1432867
- Weather station: LTAR · WMO 17090
- Ident: LTAR

## Timeline

- 1957: Sivas Nuri Demirağ Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 3,811 m / 12,503 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Concrete | 018° / 198° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 422,556 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 530,941 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 562,159 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 567,689 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 591,897 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 484,536 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 300,881 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 410,437 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 364,402 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 427,456 | Eurostat |
| 2024 | 424,600 | Eurostat |
| 2025 | 502,630 | Eurostat |

## Routes

4 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [SAW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfj.md) Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport · Türkiye · 654 km / 406 mi · Pegasus Airlines, AJet
- [IST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfm.md) İstanbul Airport · Türkiye · 709 km / 441 mi · Turkish Airlines
- [ADB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltbj.md) Adnan Menderes International Airport · Türkiye · 858 km / 533 mi · Pegasus Airlines, SunExpress

### Seasonal (1)

- [CGN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddk.md) Cologne Bonn Airport · Germany · 2,606 km / 1,619 mi · AJet

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from VAS, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (4)

- TK [AJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ajet) · 2
- PC [Pegasus Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pegasus-airlines) · 2
- XQ [SunExpress](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sunexpress) · 1
- TK [Turkish Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/turkish-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 503K (2025) | #1,109 of 3,974 | #355 in Asia | #30 in TR |
| Longest runway | 3,811 m / 12,503 ft | =194 of 29,858 | #45 in Asia | #3 in TR |
| Elevation | 1,597 m / 5,239 ft | #1,723 of 43,403 | #248 in Asia | #6 in TR |
| Age | Opened 1957 | =4,248 of 15,079 | =233 in Asia | =11 in TR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =19 in TR |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [TJK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltaw.md) Tokat Airport · 72 km / 45 mi
- [TR-0002](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tr-0002.md) Divriği Airport · 115 km / 72 mi

## Sources

- [Eurostat](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/avia_paoa/default/table): Source: Eurostat (avia_paoa) (Eurostat reuse policy (CC BY 4.0))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Sivas Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sivas_Airport&oldid=1365883145), revision of 25 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltar/data