# Van Ferit Melen Airport (VAN / LTCI)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: VAN / LTCI
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: General Directorate of State Airports (Turkey)
- Serves: Van, Van Province, Turkey
- Opened: 1943
- Elevation: 1,670 m / 5,480 ft
- Coordinates: 38.4682, 43.3323
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,750 m / 9,022 ft
- Passengers: 1,164,376 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Europe/Istanbul
- Website: http://van.dhmi.gov.tr/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Ferit_Melen_Airport (16 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1431293
- Weather station: LTCI · WMO 17170
- Ident: LTCI

## Timeline

- 1943: Van Ferit Melen Airport opens.
- 29 Dec 1994: Turkish Airlines Flight 278. 57 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03/21 | 2,750 m / 9,022 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 038° / 218° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 1,207,145 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 1,386,321 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 1,481,873 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 1,661,535 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 1,567,983 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 1,425,704 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 983,113 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 1,282,384 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 1,296,467 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 1,549,671 | Eurostat |
| 2024 | 1,628,570 | Eurostat |
| 2025 | 1,164,376 | Eurostat |

## Routes

7 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (7)

- [TZX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltcg.md) Trabzon International Airport · Türkiye · 413 km / 257 mi · AJet
- [COV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltdb.md) Çukurova International Airport · Türkiye · 748 km / 465 mi · Pegasus Airlines, SunExpress
- [ESB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltac.md) Esenboğa International Airport · Türkiye · 908 km / 564 mi · AJet
- [AYT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltai.md) Antalya International Airport · Türkiye · 1,116 km / 693 mi · Pegasus Airlines, SunExpress
- [SAW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfj.md) Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport · Türkiye · 1,229 km / 764 mi · Pegasus Airlines, AJet
- [IST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfm.md) İstanbul Airport · Türkiye · 1,283 km / 797 mi · Turkish Airlines
- [ADB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltbj.md) Adnan Menderes International Airport · Türkiye · 1,408 km / 875 mi · SunExpress

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (4)

- TK [AJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ajet) · 3
- PC [Pegasus Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pegasus-airlines) · 3
- XQ [SunExpress](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sunexpress) · 3
- 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 | 1.2M (2025) | #762 of 3,974 | #228 in Asia | #16 in TR |
| Longest runway | 2,750 m / 9,022 ft | =1,734 of 29,858 | =518 in Asia | =49 in TR |
| Elevation | 1,670 m / 5,480 ft | #1,489 of 43,403 | #222 in Asia | #4 in TR |
| Age | Opened 1943 | =2,016 of 15,079 | =143 in Asia | #7 in TR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =19 in TR |

## Radio frequencies

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

## Nearby airports

- [YKO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltcw.md) Hakkari Yüksekova Airport · 129 km / 80 mi
- [AJI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltco.md) Ağrı Airport · 135 km / 84 mi
- [SXZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltcl.md) Siirt Airport · 141 km / 88 mi
- [MSR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltck.md) Muş Airport · 148 km / 92 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: “Van Ferit Melen Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Van_Ferit_Melen_Airport&oldid=1363085167), revision of 7 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/ltci/data