Diyarbakır Airport Diyarbakır Havalimanı | |||||||||||
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| Summary | |||||||||||
| Airport type | Public/military | ||||||||||
| Owner | Turkish Air Force | ||||||||||
| Operator | DHMİ (State Airports Administration) 8th Air Wing, 2nd Air Force Command | ||||||||||
| Location | Diyarbakır,Turkey | ||||||||||
| Opened | 1952 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 686 m / 2,251 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°53′38″N040°12′03″E / 37.89389°N 40.20083°E /37.89389; 40.20083 | ||||||||||
| Website | www.dhmi.gov.tr | ||||||||||
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| Sources: DHMİ[1] andDAFIF[2][3] | |||||||||||
Diyarbakır Airport (IATA:DIY,ICAO:LTCC) is a militaryairbase and publicairport located inDiyarbakır,Turkey.
Diyarbakır Airport is home to the 8th Air Wing (Ana Jet Üs orAJÜ) of the 2nd Air Force Command (Hava Kuvvet Komutanligi) of theTurkish Air Force (Türk Hava Kuvvetleri). Other wings of this command are located inMerzifon (LTAP),Malatya Erhaç (LTAT) andİncirlik (LTAG).[4]
The airport was closed for renovation from 1 June to 1 September 2012. All air traffic was diverted to Batman, Mardin and Elazığ.
In 2012, an Armenian-American named Zuart Sudjian claimed that she held the land deed to the property of the airport and owned the right of its inheritance. She filed a lawsuit through her lawyer Ali Elbeyoğlu for the return of the lands. After a rejection by a local court, the case was taken to the Court of Cassation where the verdict is being appealed.[5]
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Diyarbakır Airport:
| Year (months) | Domestic | % change | International | % change | Total | % change |
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| 2024 | 1,982,992 |  4% | 169,420 | 27% | 2,152,412 | 5% |
| 2023 | 1,907,695 | 23% | 133,052 | 9% | 2,040,747 | 22% |
| 2022 | 1,550,815 | 20% | 121,562 | 116% | 1,672,377 | 24% |
| 2021 | 1,292,717 | 18% | 56,407 | 141% | 1,349,124 | 21% |
| 2020 | 1,092,261 |  36% | 23,381 | 69% | 1,115,642 | 37% |
| 2019 | 1,706,191 | 15% | 76,045 | 43% | 1,782,236 | 14% |
| 2018 | 2,016,126 | 2% | 53,180 | 28% | 2,069,306 | 1% |
| 2017 | 1,979,021 | 2% | 74,181 | 125% | 2,053,202 | 4% |
| 2016 | 1,945,097 | 7% | 32,920 | 118% | 1,978,017 | 6% |
| 2015 | 2,085,114 | 16% | 15,087 | 7% | 2,100,201 | 16% |
| 2014 | 1,796,067 | 1% | 16,141 | 2% | 1,812,208 | 1% |
| 2013 | 1,782,827 | 40% | 15,826 | 4% | 1,798.653 | 40% |
| 2012 | 1,270,613 | 26% | 15,211 | 20% | 1,285,824 | 26% |
| 2011 | 1,714,423 | 23% | 18,951 | 31% | 1,733,374 | 23% |
| 2010 | 1,390,165 | 33% | 14,425 | 25% | 1,404,590 | 32% |
| 2009 | 1,048,875 | 10% | 11,506 | 34% | 1,060,381 | 10% |
| 2008 | 949,668 | 8% | 17,420 | 21% | 967,088 | 8% |
| 2007 | 881,278 | - | 14,347 | - | 895,625 | - |
On January 8, 2003,Turkish Airlines Flight 634 crashed on approaching Diyarbakır Airport. 75 of the 80 passengers and crew on board were killed.
On August 27, 2016, several rockets were fired at the airport.[17]
