VAN

Van Ferit Melen Airport

ICAO LTCI38.4682°N 43.3323°E1,670 m / 5,480 ftMedium airport
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Van Ferit Melen Airport (IATA: VAN, ICAO: LTCI) is a medium airport in Van, Van Province, Turkey. It opened in 1943. It has one runway, 2,750 m (9,022 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by General Directorate of State Airports (Turkey). In 2025 it handled 1.2 million passengers.

Timeline

2 events · 1943–1994
1943
OpenedVan Ferit Melen Airport opens.
29 DEC 1994
DisasterTurkish Airlines Flight 278.57 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
03/21038° / 218° · LIT
LENGTH2,750 m9,022 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
1.2M
1.4M
1.5M
1.7M
1.6M
1.4M
983K
1.3M
1.3M
1.5M
1.6M
1.2M
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Routes

7 destinations · 1 country
Most destinationsAJet 3Pegasus Airlines 3SunExpress 3Turkish Airlines 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from VAN. From the Wikipedia article “Van Ferit Melen Airport” (revision of 7 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers1.2M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#762of 3,974 · #228 Asia · #16 TRLongest runway2,750 m9,022 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,734of 29,823 · =520 Asia · =49 TRElevation1,670 m5,480 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#1,487of 43,341 · #222 Asia · #4 TRAgeOpened 19432026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=2,016of 15,079 · =143 Asia · #7 TRRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =185 Asia · =18 TR
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

3 channels
APPAPP118.100
GNDGND121.900
TWRTWR118.100