Rize–Artvin Airport

Rize–Artvin Airport (Turkish: Rize–Artvin Havalimanı) is an airport under construction on reclaimed land from the sea off the coast of in Rize Province, northeastern Turkey.

Rize–Artvin Airport

Rize–Artvin Havalimanı
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesRize and Artvin
LocationYeşilköy, Pazar, Rize, Turkey
Coordinates41°10′09″N 40°49′44″E
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Rize–Artvin Airport
Location of airport in Turkey

The airport is situated off the coast of Yeşilköy village in Pazar district of Rize Province.[1][2] It is 34 km (21 mi) east of Rize and about 75 km (47 mi) west of Artvin.[3] It is being constructed on ground obtained through filling a part of the Black Sea shore by rocks brought from nearby quarries in Merdivenli, Hisarlı, Kanlımezra and Kuzeyca. To fill the up to 30 m (98 ft)-deep sea,[3] at least 85 million tons of rock is required.[1][2][4] The airport building will cover an area of 4,500 m2 (48,000 sq ft), and the runway will 3,000 m (9,800 ft) long at 45 m (148 ft) width parallel to seashore.[2][5] The construction works began with groundbreaking in 2017. It will be the country's second airport of its sort following Ordu–Giresun Airport.[2][3][5][6] It is expected that the airport will go into service in 2021,[4] and will serve about two million passengers annually. The construction cost is budgeted to ₺ 750 million (approx. US$206 million).[5]

References
  1. "Rize- Artvin havalimanı için taşocağı açılmasına tepki eylemi". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2017-07-11. Retrieved 2017-09-20.
  2. "Rize-Artvin Havalimanı için ilk kazma vuruldu". CNN Türk (in Turkish). 2017-02-24. Retrieved 2017-09-20.
  3. "Rize-Artvin airport in northeastern Turkey to be built at sea". Daily Sabah. 2016-06-13. Retrieved 2017-09-20.
  4. "Rize-Artvin Havalimanı Dolgu Çalışmaları". Milliyet (in Turkish). 2017-07-11. Retrieved 2017-09-20.
  5. "Erdoğan,Rize-Artvin Havalimanı dolgu sahasını inceledi". Sabah (in Turkish). 2017-08-06. Retrieved 2017-09-20.
  6. "Groundbreaking for Turkey's second airport on sea to be completed by April: Minister". Hürriyet Daily News. 2017-01-15. Retrieved 2017-09-20.


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