The countdown continues for Rize – Artvin Airport, the foundation of which was laid on April 3, 2017. The airport, where trial flights are about to start, is planned to open in May.
The countdown to the second airport built on Turkey's sea fill continues. Test flights will begin at Rize - Artvin Airport, which uses 100 million tons of stone in its construction and bears local traces with its teacup-shaped tower. The first plane to the city is scheduled to land on Tuesday. The students of Rize Artvin Airport, which has 3 taxiways of 45 meters and 265 aprons, were hanged on the runway with a length of 3 thousand meters and a width of 2 meters. Rize-Artvin Airport is expected to open in May.
About Rize-Artvin Airport
Rize-Artvin Airport (ICAO: LTFO) is the airport that will serve the provinces 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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