Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu reminded that the flights were returned to normal as of March 29 at Hatay Airport, which was damaged in the Kahramanmaraş-centered earthquakes and then opened to evacuation flights with immediate intervention, and said: we built As of March 29, we started mutual flights at Hatay Airport. "A total of 9 people, including 16 outgoing passengers and 2 incoming passengers, traveled from our airport in 237 flights in just 2 days," he said.
Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Uraloğlu reminded that Hatay Airport, whose runway became unusable as a result of the damage sustained in the Kahramanmaraş-centered earthquake, started to serve at full capacity as of March 29, after the damages were repaired. Minister Uraloğlu pointed out that the work at Hatay Airport was carried out urgently and all necessary repairs were made to open it to passenger traffic, and underlined that the renovation work was carried out on a high and impermeable filling to prevent damage to the runway in case of another possible earthquake.
“As of March 29, it has been opened to passenger arrival flights”
Reminding that within the scope of the works carried out immediately after the earthquake, 3 thousand 2 meters of the 82 thousand meter long runway, which was damaged in the earthquake, can be carried for flights such as evacuation, humanitarian aid and passenger planes only on departure flights with temporary repairs, Uraloğlu said, "We completed the improvement works of the ground and covering of our runway on March 29. We opened it for passenger roundtrip flights on . "Until these improvement works were carried out, the direct approach procedure was canceled for landings at the beginning of 22 runways and the circling approach procedure could be applied to ensure flight safety," he said.
“16 thousand 2 Departing Passengers and 247 thousand 2 Incoming Passengers were Served in 112 Voyages”
Minister Uraloğlu stated that after the earthquake at Hatay Airport, only empty landings and take-offs were allowed, and that after the ground reinforcements and runway repairs, they met the necessary criteria for full landings and full takeoffs, and said: "Hatay Airport, whose runway became unusable as a result of the damage sustained in the earthquake, was repaired as a result of the feverish work of its teams." We made it ready for flights as of the end of March. As a result of the ground improvements we made, we started full landing and full take-off flights as of March 29, 2024. Since March 29, a total of 16 thousand 2 passengers, including 237 thousand 2 departing passengers and 112 thousand 4 incoming passengers, have traveled from our airport with 349 flights. "Although a total of 3 scheduled flights have been planned since the day we started flying, 30 flights per day, some flights have been canceled by airline companies due to adverse weather conditions."