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Çukurova International Airport

*Çukurova Uluslararası Havalimanı*
Çukurova International Airport; Çukurova Uluslararası Havalimanı
	IATA: COV; ICAO: LTDB;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	DHMİ
Operator	State Airports Administration (Template:Lang-tr
Serves	Adana / Mersin
Location	Tarsus, Mersin, Turkey
Opened	10 August 2024; 4 months ago
Elevation AMSL	6 m / 19 ft
Coordinates	36°53′49″N 35°04′03″E / 36.89694°N 35.06750°E
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	COV/LTDB Location of airport in Turkey
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Çukurova International Airport (IATA: COV, ICAO: LTDB) is an airport in the Tarsus district of Mersin Province, southern Turkey. It serves the provinces of Mersin and Adana, as well as the rest of the region of Çukurova.^[1] The airport was built in order to replace its predecessor Adana Şakirpaşa Airport due to the airport’s location of being in the city centre, and had no room to expand or be modernised.

Çukurova region

Çukurova is a region in mid south Turkiye which includes the historical Cilicia of the antiquity. The Turkish provinces of Adana, Mersin, Osmaniye as well as a part of Hatay are in Çukurova. At the present all these provinces were being served by Adana Şakirpaşa Airport in the urban fabric of Adana city. But the increasing air traffic necessitates a higher capacity airport.

Location

The new airport will be constructed at the west of Karasavran village between Çiçekli and Kargılı in Tarsus district of Mersin Province. The distance from the airport to Yenice, the main railroad junction is 7 km (4.3 mi), to Çukurova Motorway is 14 km (8.7 mi) and to Tarsus is about 20 km (12 mi). The airport is also close to another project, the Kazanlı Coast Tourism Project, within the scope of Tourism centers of Mersin Province.^[2]

The project

The construction contract was signed on 26 January 2012. According to a statement made by Binali Yıldırım, Minister of Communications, Maritime affairs and Telecommunications, it is a build-operate-transfer project. The undertaker is a consortium of "Skyline" and "Zonguldak Özel Sivil Havacılık". The builders have the right to operate the airport for a term of nine years and ten months.^[1] The minister added that the airport will have international status and will so help to increase the export of the region and the number of tourists.^[3]

According to the newspaper Hürriyet, the project's cost will be 357 million Euro. When finished, it will serve to 15 million people, and the capacity will be doubled in the future.^[4]

The formal opening ceremony was on 10 August 2024. ^[5]

Groundbreaking

The groundbreaking ceremony was held on 28 May 2013.^[6] In the ceremony, then-Minister of Transport Binali Yıldırım explained that the location of the airport has been carefully chosen to serve both Adana and Mersin.

Airlines and destinations

Adana Şakirpaşa Airport closed at 00:00 on 11 August 2024 to all commercial airlines and Çukurova Airport opened at 12:00 on 11 August 2024. All routes listed below should be assumed to begin either on 11 August 2024 or within a few days unless stated otherwise.^[7]

Airlines	Destinations
Aeroflot	Moscow^[8]
AJet	Ankara, Beirut,^[9] Ercan, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen
Corendon Airlines	Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn,^[10] Düsseldorf, Nuremberg^[10]
Eurowings	Seasonal: Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg^[11]
Pegasus Airlines	Antalya, Bodrum, Düsseldorf, Ercan, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, İzmir, Trabzon, Van
Qatar Airways	Doha
Saudia	Seasonal: Jeddah
SunExpress^[12]	Antalya, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, İzmir, Stuttgart, Trabzon (begins 27 October 2024) Seasonal: Amsterdam, Berlin,^[13] Brussels, Hannover, London–Stansted,^[14] Munich^[15]
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul Seasonal: Berlin

References

^ ^a ^b "News from Turkey-Private sector to build second airport in southern Turkey". Invest. 2012-01-30. Retrieved 2012-08-25.
^ "Çukurova Bölgesel Havaalanı Projesi" (in Turkish). Tarsus. Retrieved 2012-08-25.
^ "Çukurova Havaalanı sözleşmesi imzalandı" (in Turkish). Ihlas agency. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
^ "Çukurova Havaalanı 357 milyon Euro'ya yapılacak 30 milyon yolcuyu bulacak". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2012-01-27. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
^ https://m.airporthaber1.com/havacilik-haberleri/cukurova-havalimaninin-acilis-tarihi-belli-oldu.html
^ Airtimes news (in Turkish)
^ https://www.tgrthaber.com/aktuel/10-agustosta-adana-sakirpasa-havalimani-kapatiliyor-ucuslar-yeni-havalimanina-aktarilacak-2964974
^ "Aeroflot Adds Moscow - Adana Service From June 2023". AeroRoutes. 12 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
^ Liu, Jim (6 October 2020). "Anadolu Jet adds Adana – Beirut service from mid-Oct 2020". routesonline.com.
^ ^a ^b Liu, Jim (27 January 2020). "Corendon Airlines S20 Network expansion". routesonline.com.
^ "Eurowings Adds New Turkish Routes in NS23".
^ "SunExpress flight connections 04/2022 - 10/2022" (PDF).
^ "SunExpress NS23 Network Additions – 30OCT22".
^ "SunExpress NS24 Network Expansion – 24SEP23".
^ https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240424-xqnw24tr

36°53′59″N 35°03′46″E / 36.89967°N 35.06287°E / 36.89967; 35.06287

[i-1] "News from Turkey-Private sector to build second airport in southern Turkey". Invest. 2012-01-30. Retrieved 2012-08-25.

[2] "Çukurova Bölgesel Havaalanı Projesi" (in Turkish). Tarsus. Retrieved 2012-08-25.

[3] "Çukurova Havaalanı sözleşmesi imzalandı" (in Turkish). Ihlas agency. Retrieved 2012-08-24.

[4] "Çukurova Havaalanı 357 milyon Euro'ya yapılacak 30 milyon yolcuyu bulacak". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2012-01-27. Retrieved 2012-08-24.

[5] ttps://m.airporthaber1.com/havacilik-haberleri/cukurova-havalimaninin-acilis-tarihi-belli-oldu.html

[6] Airtimes news (in Turkish)

[7] ttps://www.tgrthaber.com/aktuel/10-agustosta-adana-sakirpasa-havalimani-kapatiliyor-ucuslar-yeni-havalimanina-aktarilacak-2964974

[8] "Aeroflot Adds Moscow - Adana Service From June 2023". AeroRoutes. 12 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.

[9] Liu, Jim (6 October 2020). "Anadolu Jet adds Adana – Beirut service from mid-Oct 2020". routesonline.com.

[XCS20-10] Liu, Jim (27 January 2020). "Corendon Airlines S20 Network expansion". routesonline.com.

[EWTurkey-11] "Eurowings Adds New Turkish Routes in NS23".

[12] "SunExpress flight connections 04/2022 - 10/2022" (PDF).

[13] "SunExpress NS23 Network Additions – 30OCT22".

[14] "SunExpress NS24 Network Expansion – 24SEP23".

[15] ttps://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240424-xqnw24tr

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 == Çukurova region==
-[[Çukurova]] is a region in mid south Turkiye which includes the historical [[Cilicia]] of the antiquity. The  Turkish provinces of [[Adana Province|Adana]], [[Mersin Province|Mersin]], [[Osmaniye Province|Osmaniye]] as well as a part of [[Hatay Province|Hatay]] are in Çukurova. At the present all these provinces were being served by [[Adana Şakirpaşa Airport|Adana Şakirpaşan Airport]] in the urban fabric of [[Adana]] city. But the increasing air traffic necessitates a higher capacity airport.
+[[Çukurova]] is a region in mid south Turkiye which includes the historical [[Cilicia]] of the antiquity. The  Turkish provinces of [[Adana Province|Adana]], [[Mersin Province|Mersin]], [[Osmaniye Province|Osmaniye]] as well as a part of [[Hatay Province|Hatay]] are in Çukurova. At the present all these provinces were being served by [[Adana Şakirpaşa Airport]] in the urban fabric of [[Adana]] city. But the increasing air traffic necessitates a higher capacity airport.
 == Location ==