Rize–Artvin Airport

ICAO LTFO41.1798°N 40.8488°E5 m / 16 ftMedium airport

Rize–Artvin Airport (IATA: RZV, ICAO: LTFO) is a medium airport in Rize, Rize Province, Turkey. It opened on 14 May 2022. It has one runway, 3,000 m (9,843 ft) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 1.2 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 2022–2022

14 MAY 2022

OpenedRize–Artvin Airport opens.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

06/24 · LIT

LENGTH3,000 m9,843 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2022–2025

525K

1.0M

1.1M

1.2M

22232425

Routes

9 destinations · 4 countries

Year-round4

ESBEsenboğa International AirportTürkiye · AJet673 km418 mi SAWIstanbul Sabiha Gökçen International AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines, AJet968 km601 mi ISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines1,013 km629 mi ADBAdnan Menderes International AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines1,213 km754 mi

Seasonal5

KWIKuwait International AirportKuwait · Jazeera Airways1,477 km918 mi ELQPrince Naif bin Abdulaziz International AirportSaudi Arabia · Turkish Airlines1,676 km1,041 mi RUHKing Khalid International AirportSaudi Arabia · Flynas, Turkish Airlines1,883 km1,170 mi JEDKing Abdulaziz International AirportSaudi Arabia · Flynas, Turkish Airlines2,174 km1,351 mi MCTMuscat International AirportOman · SalamAir2,539 km1,578 mi

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from RZV. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Rize–Artvin Airport” (revision of 28 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Airlines

6 airlines · destinations from RZV

Passenger6

TKTurkish Airlines4 TKAJet2 XYFlynasseasonal · 2 PCPegasus Airlines2 J9Jazeera Airwaysseasonal · 1 OVSalamAirseasonal · 1

Airlines and destinations as the Routes list above has them; the figure is how many destinations each flies from RZV. Hubs from Wikidata. All airlines

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers1.2M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#764of 3,974 · #230 Asia · #18 TR Longest runway3,000 m9,843 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,196of 29,858 · =339 Asia · =26 TR Elevation5 m16 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=41,727of 43,403 · =2,983 Asia · =86 TR AgeOpened 20222026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=14,253of 15,079 · =814 Asia · #64 TR Runways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,364of 29,978 · =185 Asia · =19 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

6 channels

TWRRize-Artvin Tower126.750

TWRRize-Artvin Tower372.850

TWRGround121.800

APPRize-Artvin Approach127.150

SARRize-Artvin Rescue Subcenter123.100

SARRize-Artvin Rescue Subcenter282.800