Sivas Airport

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Sivas Nuri Demirag Airport is an airport located 22km northwest of Sivas, Turkey.LocationNuri Demirağ Airport is located to hill of Merakum the northwest of Sivas. The airport is away from the city and at the same time relatively high so the location where the current position is planned as a NATO base in construction period. The nearest highway to the airport, 13 km south of the D-200 (E-88) Sivas-Ankara highway.OverviewThe airport was opened to air traffic in 1957 to be used for military purposes; in 1990, DHMI built a 2217m2 terminal building to begin to serve the civilian air traffic.Sivas Nuri Demirag Airport closed air traffic with decision of cabinet on 31 January 2002, and opened air traffic with decision of cabinet on 17 October 2003. The airport was closed again to air traffic on 15 April 2006 due to the repair of the runway and expansion work, and 01/19 width of the runway has been removed from 30 meters to 45 meters. After special lighting and asphalt work completed, runway 19/01 is the-second longest runway in Turkey with 3811x. The new apron, five aircraft capacity and 120x in size and runway taxiway connection was put into service on 22 December 2006. The new terminal building opened for use on 18 December 2010 with an annual capacity of 3 million passengers. The original terminal building meets the standards of today's airport was built as an architecture with a modern facility.History1957 – It was built to be used by NATO.1990 – The first terminal building was made by DHMI.2002 – Airport was closed to air transport because it did not profit by the government of the time was.2003 – Airways due to intensive use across the country, was opened to the air transport again.2006 – Starting work on the Runway extension 30 meters wide runway extended to 45 meters, and lighting systems were established at the same time.