VANLTCI

Van Ferit Melen Airport

Van, Turkey · Asia

Asia Europe/Istanbul

6direct destinations

4airlines

1runway

2,750 mLongest runway

1943opened

Van Ferit Melen Airport (IATA: VAN, ICAO: LTCI) is an airport in Van, a city in the eastern region of Turkey. It is named after the Turkish politician and former prime minister Ferit Melen (1906–1988).

Location

38.468°N, 43.332°E · 1.670 m s. n. m. (5.480 ft)

General data

CountryTurkey

CityVan

IATA codeVAN

ICAO codeLTCI

Coordinates38.468°N, 43.332°E

Elevation1.670 m s. n. m. (5.480 ft)

Time zoneEurope/Istanbul

Runways1

Longest runway2,750 m

OperatorGeneral Directorate of State Airports (Turkey)

Opened1943

Direct destinations6

Official website

Runways · 1

03/21

Length2,750 m9,022 ft

Width45 m148 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 2

Tower

118.100TWR · APP

Ground

121.900

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Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.

Airlines operating here · 4

Other airlines with direct routes

SunExpress AJet Pegasus Airlines Turkish Airlines

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

Photo: Babbsack · CC BY-SA 3.0 · view original

Data from OurAirports (public domain) · destinations and airlines from Wikipedia route tables (CC BY-SA, 2026), unless another source is given · profile and photo from Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons (CC0 / CC) · summary and history from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Van Ferit Melen Airport (VAN). Retrieved October 26, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/VAN

MLA

“Van Ferit Melen Airport (VAN).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/VAN. Accessed 26 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

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Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Van Ferit Melen Airport (VAN). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/VAN (Accessed: 26 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_van,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Van Ferit Melen Airport (VAN)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/VAN},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/VAN}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-26},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-26}
}

Wikipedia

{{cite web |url=https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/VAN |title=Van Ferit Melen Airport (VAN) |website=Vuelopedia |publisher=Fundación Poderia |date=2026-10-15 |access-date=2026-10-26 |language=en}}