The flight to be carried out for the testing of navigation devices with the aircraft belonging to the State Airports Authority (DHMI) on the completed runway of Rize-Artvin Airport was delayed due to the storm.
The planned test flight on the 3-meter-long, 45-meter-wide runway at Rize-Artvin Airport, which was completed with a flight control plane belonging to DHMI, was postponed. The calibration flight, which was planned to be carried out for the commissioning of the navigation devices, was postponed to a later date due to the wind, which was 75 kilometers per hour, warned by Meteorology.
It is planned that the aircraft, which makes precise measurements, will fly in suitable weather conditions in order to receive healthier and more accurate data.
Rize-Artvin Airport
Rize-Artvin Airport is the airport that will serve the cities of Rize and Artvin in Turkey. After Ordu-Giresun Airport, it will be the country's second airport built on the sea. The airport, which was built within the borders of Pazar district of Rize, is planned to serve 3 million passengers annually when it is completed.
The tender for the construction of the airport, which was planned to be held on September 8, 2016, was canceled due to the change in the project. Later, the tender held on November 2, 2016, was won by the Cengiz İnşaat-Aga Energy partnership, which bid 1,078 billion liras. The foundation of the airport was laid on April 3, 2017. A public information meeting was held for the environmental impact and assessment (EIA) report for the airport, whose decision was taken by the High Planning Board. Ground drilling survey and bathymetric map acquisition for the airport construction have been completed. It is expected that the project will cost a total of 600 million TL, of which 150 million TL is for infrastructure and 750 million TL for superstructure. Test flights at the airport are scheduled to begin in April 2022.
The airport will serve with a runway 3 kilometers long and 45 meters wide, three taxiways 250 meters long and 24 meters wide, and two aprons of 300×120 m and 120×120 m. Referring to the Rize culture, the entrance ornament of the airport was made in the form of tea leaves, while the air traffic control tower was built in the shape of a tea cup. In the project, 2,5 million tons of stone was used as filling material, 100 times more than Ordu-Giresun Airport.
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