Siirt Airport Reopened to Flights

Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu gave information about the work carried out at Siirt Airport.

Stating that the airport, which was temporarily closed to traffic within the scope of renovation activities, has been reopened to flights as of today, Uraloğlu stated that passenger flights have restarted with the flight of Turkish Airlines flight number TK2656, departing from Istanbul Airport, to Siirt Airport:

"As of today, we have reopened Siirt Airport, which we closed to flight traffic due to renovation works. Flight number TK2656, departing from Istanbul Airport, made its first passenger flight to the renovated Siirt Airport. We brought Siirt together with the sky again."

Stating that the testing, control and calibration processes for electronic and navigation systems at the airport have been completed, Uraloğlu underlined that the systems are ready for flight operations.

Uraloğlu pointed out that the renovation works are not limited to the terminal building only and said:

"As part of our work, we carried out work on the 3 thousand 135 square meter terminal building, as well as the 70 square meter gate building, 575 square meter tower building, 170 square meter apron barrier building and 500 square meter technical center building. We also designed an approximately 7 thousand 800 meter long perimeter security road and wall."