# Şırnak Şerafettin Elçi Airport (NKT / LTCV)

**Şırnak Şerafettin Elçi Airport** (IATA: NKT, ICAO: LTCV) is a medium airport in Şırnak, Şırnak Province, Turkey. It opened on 26 Jul 2013. It has one runway, 3,000 m (9,843 ft) long, concrete. It is operated by General Directorate of State Airports (Turkey). In 2025 it handled 421 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: NKT / LTCV
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: General Directorate of State Airports (Turkey)
- Serves: Şırnak, Şırnak Province, Turkey
- Opened: 26 Jul 2013
- Elevation: 621 m / 2,038 ft
- Coordinates: 37.3647, 42.0582
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,000 m / 9,843 ft
- Passengers: 421,160 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Europe/Istanbul
- Website: http://sirnak.dhmi.gov.tr/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9E%C4%B1rnak_%C5%9Eerafettin_El%C3%A7i_Airport (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14303983
- Weather station: LTCV
- Ident: LTCV

## Timeline

- 26 Jul 2013: Şırnak Şerafettin Elçi Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11/29 | 3,000 m / 9,843 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Concrete |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 254,254 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 273,467 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 241,311 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 339,841 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 425,345 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 365,075 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 227,286 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 314,677 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 288,586 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 401,685 | Eurostat |
| 2024 | 417,488 | Eurostat |
| 2025 | 421,160 | Eurostat |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (3)

- [ESB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltac.md) Esenboğa International Airport · Türkiye · 843 km / 524 mi · AJet
- [SAW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfj.md) Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport · Türkiye · 1,166 km / 725 mi · AJet
- [IST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfm.md) İstanbul Airport · Türkiye · 1,224 km / 761 mi · Turkish Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- TK [AJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ajet) · 2
- 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 | 421K (2025) | #1,192 of 3,974 | #382 in Asia | #33 in TR |
| Longest runway | 3,000 m / 9,843 ft | =1,196 of 29,858 | =339 in Asia | =26 in TR |
| Elevation | 621 m / 2,038 ft | =8,707 of 43,403 | =687 in Asia | #43 in TR |
| Age | Opened 2013 | =12,989 of 15,079 | =683 in Asia | =59 in TR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =19 in TR |

## Nearby airports

- [SXZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltcl.md) Siirt Airport · 71 km / 44 mi
- [KAC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oskl.md) Qamishli International Airport · 86 km / 53 mi
- [BAL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltcj.md) Batman Airport · 104 km / 65 mi
- [ORTF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ortf.md) Tall Afar Army Air Field · 124 km / 77 mi
- [MQM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltcr.md) Mardin Airport · 127 km / 79 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: “Şırnak Şerafettin Elçi Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Şırnak_Şerafettin_Elçi_Airport&oldid=1363090383), revision of 8 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/ltcv/data