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ADA · Seyhan, Turkey
--:--:-- · TRT (UTC+03:00) · 36.9822° N, 35.2804° E
Adana Şakirpaşa Airport
Former airport of Adana, Turkey (1937–2024)
Verification trail
This section separates stable airport identifiers from live operating data. Codes, coordinates, timezone, elevation, source identifiers, and accepted reference links are retained here; live arrivals, departures, gates, delays, NOTAMs, and airline schedule changes must still be checked with the airport or carrier.
OurAirports ID 4512; ident LTAF; scheduled service listed.
Cached airports.csv snapshot: 2026-04-25; runways.csv snapshot: 2026-05-21.
dhmi.gov.tr
Used as the preferred live-reference handoff for terminals, gates, alerts, and airport notices.
Open sourceAdana Şakirpaşa Airport
Airport-shaped reference summary from en.wikipedia.org; summary snapshot 2026-05-25.
Open source20 source-backed signals
Merged from OurAirports cached airports.csv, OurAirports cached runways.csv, Wikidata airport entity snapshot, airport-shaped Wikipedia summary snapshot; facts generated 2026-05-25.
IATA / ICAO
ADA / LTAF
OurAirports ident
LTAF
GPS / local code
LTAF
ISO region
TR-01
Scheduled service
Listed in source snapshot
Role
large scheduled-service airport
Official host
dhmi.gov.tr
Reference host
en.wikipedia.org
Wikidata entity
Q1430728
Snapshot generated
2026-05-25
Airport lookup keys
Stable codes
Regional keys
Alternate names
Nearby airport codes
Route reference codes
Accepted citation URLs
Last updated May 25, 2026. Stable airport identifiers and timezone facts are content-reviewed; clocks render live in the browser, while weather and time-difference notes are page-snapshot aids rather than permanent airport records.
Live values rendered at Jun 2, 4:39 PM UTC.
Local airport time
--:--:--TRT · UTC+03:00
Time zone
TRT
Europe/Istanbul · UTC+03:00
Airfield conditions
Live airport weather is temporarily unavailable.
Surface access
4.0 km
Approximate distance to central Seyhan.
Country capital
Ankara
Languages
Turkish
Currency
TRY (₺)
Country area
783,562 km²
Passenger volume
Source note unavailable
Terminals
Not clearly stated
Runways
1 runway
Longest runway
9,022 ft / 2,750 m
Runway surface
asphalt
Opened / operator
1937 · General Directorate of State Airports (Turkey)
Owner / entity
Q1430728
Hub airlines
Mixed or not clearly stated
Airport role
large scheduled-service airport
Scheduled service
Listed
Fact coverage
20 source-backed signals
Adana Şakirpaşa Airport is a large scheduled-service airport for Seyhan, Turkey. Seyhan's built-up core sits roughly 4.0 km from the terminal area. Operations run on Europe/Istanbul (UTC+03:00, TRT). Live weather is temporarily unavailable. With 5 other indexable airports in its surrounding network, it works well as a reference point for regional flight planning and timezone checks.
Adana Şakirpaşa Airport (ADA / LTAF) is at 36.9822° N, 35.2804° E, elevation 65 ft (20 m), serving Seyhan, Turkey.
The accepted reference summary is used as supporting context for the airport identity and operating notes; the timed facts here still come from the airport catalog, timezone database, country snapshot, and linked source trail.
Seyhan is in Turkey (capital Ankara); on Europe/Istanbul (TRT, UTC+03:00); working languages: Turkish; currency: TRY (₺).
Distance from central Seyhan: 4 km.
A compact traveler-facing brief from the airport catalog, country snapshot, route geometry, city anchors, peer airports, and source trail for ADA.
Primary airport name
Adana Şakirpaşa Airport (ADA / LTAF)
Adana Şakirpaşa Airport · Former airport of Adana, Turkey (1937–2024)
Known label 1
Şakirpaşa
Alternate airport-name cue retained for ADA, not a separate indexable duplicate page.
Known label 2
Sakirpasa
Alternate airport-name cue retained for ADA, not a separate indexable duplicate page.
Source identifiers
LTAF · LTAF · TR-01
dhmi.gov.tr · en.wikipedia.org · scheduled service yes
Regional role cue
It served as the main commercial airport of Cilicia region from 1937 to 2024.
Accepted from the airport reference trail as a role-specific cue for ADA; not treated as a live service guarantee.
Name or history cue
Çukurova International Airport, which opened on 10 August 2024, replaced Şakirpaşa Airport as the regional airport.
Retained because history, naming, or opening context helps distinguish this airport from same-shaped airport pages.
1. Adana
adana · 4.0 km from ADA
Turkey · Europe/Istanbul · +0h · population 1,816,750 · city coordinates 36.9862, 35.3253
2. Kireçocağı
kirecocagi · 8.6 km from ADA
Turkey · Europe/Istanbul · +0h · population 45,476 · city coordinates 37.0500, 35.2333
3. Tarsus
tarsus · 35 km from ADA
Turkey · Europe/Istanbul · +0h · population 350,732 · city coordinates 36.9177, 34.8928
4. İmamoğlu
imamoglu · 46 km from ADA
Turkey · Europe/Istanbul · +0h · population 31,916 · city coordinates 37.2651, 35.6572
5. Ceyhan
ceyhan · 48 km from ADA
Turkey · Europe/Istanbul · +0h · population 96,303 · city coordinates 37.0247, 35.8175
6. Mersin
mersin · 60 km from ADA
Turkey · Europe/Istanbul · +0h · population 537,842 · city coordinates 36.8120, 34.6389
1. COV LTDB
Çukurova International Airport · Tarsus
21 km from ADA · Europe/Istanbul · +0h · elevation 35 ft (11 m) · airport coordinates 36.8915, 35.0712
2. ALP OSAP
Aleppo International Airport · Aleppo
195 km from ADA · Asia/Damascus · +0h · elevation 1,276 ft (389 m) · airport coordinates 36.1813, 37.2269
3. GZT LTAJ
Gaziantep Oğuzeli International Airport · Gaziantep
195 km from ADA · Europe/Istanbul · +0h · elevation 2,315 ft (706 m) · airport coordinates 36.9472, 37.4787
4. ASR LTAU
Kayseri Erkilet International Airport · Kayseri
200 km from ADA · Europe/Istanbul · +0h · elevation 3,463 ft (1,056 m) · airport coordinates 38.7704, 35.4954
5. NAV LTAZ
Nevşehir Kapadokya Airport · Nevşehir
209 km from ADA · Europe/Istanbul · +0h · elevation 3,100 ft (945 m) · airport coordinates 38.7719, 34.5345
1. ADA-ALP
Aleppo · 195 km · 1h 5m
Asia/Damascus · +0h from ADA; reference route only, not a live schedule.
2. ADA-GZT
Gaziantep · 195 km · 1h 5m
Europe/Istanbul · +0h from ADA; reference route only, not a live schedule.
3. ADA-ASR
Kayseri · 200 km · 1h 5m
Europe/Istanbul · +0h from ADA; reference route only, not a live schedule.
4. ADA-NAV
Nevşehir · 209 km · 1h 6m
Europe/Istanbul · +0h from ADA; reference route only, not a live schedule.
Published runway count
1 runway
Longest runway 9,022 ft / 2,750 m. 1 lighted runway in the runway snapshot.
Runway surface mix
asphalt
Surface labels are normalized from the OurAirports runway rows for ADA.
Runway identifiers
05/23
Identifier pairs are retained as airport-specific runway cues, not live operational availability claims.
1. COV LTDB
Çukurova International Airport · Tarsus · 21 km from ADA
large airport · Europe/Istanbul · turkey · 35 ft (11 m) · 36.8915, 35.0712
2. GZT LTAJ
Gaziantep Oğuzeli International Airport · Gaziantep · 195 km from ADA
large airport · Europe/Istanbul · turkey · 2,315 ft (706 m) · 36.9472, 37.4787
3. ASR LTAU
Kayseri Erkilet International Airport · Kayseri · 200 km from ADA
large airport · Europe/Istanbul · turkey · 3,463 ft (1,056 m) · 38.7704, 35.4954
4. NAV LTAZ
Nevşehir Kapadokya Airport · Nevşehir · 209 km from ADA
large airport · Europe/Istanbul · turkey · 3,100 ft (945 m) · 38.7719, 34.5345
5. ESB LTAC
Esenboğa International Airport · Ankara · 402 km from ADA
large airport · Europe/Istanbul · turkey · 3,125 ft (952 m) · 40.1281, 32.9951
6. SAW LTFJ
Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport · Pendik, Istanbul · 675 km from ADA
large airport · Europe/Istanbul · turkey · 312 ft (95 m) · 40.8986, 29.3092
Source note 1
Çukurova International Airport, which opened on 10 August 2024, replaced Şakirpaşa Airport as the regional airport.
Retained as a source-backed local role note for ADA.
ADA sits in Turkey (Republic of Turkey), whose capital is Ankara. No specific civil-aviation authority label is attached in the current map, so this page avoids inventing one. Country context: Asia, Western Asia.
Common country-language signals: Turkish. Currency context: TRY (₺). ADA is listed with scheduled service in the airport source snapshot.
ADA is also associated in the airport facts snapshot with Şakirpaşa, Sakirpasa. These labels help catch alternate airport names without creating separate duplicate airport pages.
Former airport of Adana, Turkey (1937–2024). This description is used only as identity context; live flight status, terminal assignment, and airport alerts still belong to the official airport or airline source.
Regional role cue: It served as the main commercial airport of Cilicia region from 1937 to 2024. Name or history cue: Çukurova International Airport, which opened on 10 August 2024, replaced Şakirpaşa Airport as the regional airport.
Wikidata airport entity: Q1430728 · Adana Şakirpaşa Airport. Administrative area: Adana. Named after: Adana. Entity official-site cross-check: dhmi.gov.tr
Adana Şakirpaşa Airport is a near sea-level field at 65 ft (20 m), positioned at 36.9822° N, 35.2804° E in the Northern mid-latitudes. The runway snapshot lists 1 runway and a longest runway of 9,022 ft / 2,750 m. The airport clock uses Europe/Istanbul (TRT, UTC+03:00), so cross-date arrivals should be checked against this zone rather than the airline origin city.
Adana is the closest retained city-time anchor at 4.0 km. COV Tarsus is the closest retained airport alternative at 21 km.
ADA is compared with COV Tarsus at 21 km, GZT Gaziantep at 195 km, ASR Kayseri at 200 km, NAV Nevşehir at 209 km, ESB Ankara at 402 km inside the retained Turkey airport set, which is useful when backup airports share the same country context but differ by city, route network, and clock behavior.
ADA-ALP Aleppo: 195 km, about 1h 5m, +0h. ADA-GZT Gaziantep: 195 km, about 1h 5m, +0h. ADA-ASR Kayseri: 200 km, about 1h 5m, +0h. ADA-NAV Nevşehir: 209 km, about 1h 6m, +0h. These are distance and timezone references, not live flight availability claims.
OurAirports ident LTAF backs the stable code, coordinate, elevation, and timezone record. dhmi.gov.tr is attached as the official airport website. en.wikipedia.org is used only as supporting reference context. Snapshot date: 2026-05-25.
Traffic profile
Reference airport
Airline role
Mixed commercial service
Terminal footprint
See operational notes
Runway footprint
1 runway · longest 9,022 ft / 2,750 m
Runway identifiers
05/23
OurAirports classifies ADA as a large airport with scheduled service, which gives it stronger planning value than a code-only lookup.
ADA (LTAF) is a near sea-level field at 65 ft (20 m) in the mid-latitudes, kept in the curated set for its route, timezone, and market-planning value.
ADA sits in a broader regional network with 5 nearby curated alternatives, so airline choice and connection strategy are part of the planning story here.
ADA's runway record lists 1 runway, with the longest runway at 9,022 ft / 2,750 m and source surfaces recorded as asphalt.
General Directorate of State Airports (Turkey) is the clearest operator or management signal we currently have on file for ADA.
These operational notes prefer the structured airport facts snapshot, then fall back to the accepted airport reference at dhmi.gov.tr, then blend that with local timezone, route, and city-access data already on this page.
These are the specific situations where this airport page earns its keep: time-zone conversion, city transfer planning, nearby airport backup logic, and source-confidence checks before acting.
ADA uses Europe/Istanbul (TRT, UTC+03:00). Use this before overnight arrivals, cross-date departures, and same-day connections.
Adana Şakirpaşa Airport is about 4.0 km from central Seyhan; build that transfer into arrival and check-in planning.
COV Tarsus is the closest retained alternate at 21 km, time difference +0h.
dhmi.gov.tr is listed as the official airport website in the airport facts snapshot; live schedules, gates, routes, terminals, and NOTAM-sensitive operations still need official airport or airline verification.
These comparisons place ADA inside the retained airport graph by country, timezone, elevation, and coordinate neighbors. They are deterministic dataset facts, not generated flight claims.
ADA ranks #1 in the curated Turkey airport set when large airports are listed before medium airports, then sorted by IATA code. The retained country set has 10 airports.
ADA shares Europe/Istanbul with ADB Gaziemir TR · ASR Kayseri TR · COV Tarsus TR · ESB Ankara TR · GZT Gaziantep TR · ISL Istanbul(Bakırköy) TR. This helps separate same-clock airports by city, country, code, and geography.
ADA is 65 ft (20 m). Closest elevation peers in the retained airport set include PIK 65 ft (20 m) (0 ft delta) · PMO 65 ft (20 m) (0 ft delta) · SFS 64 ft (20 m) (1 ft delta) · SSA 64 ft (20 m) (1 ft delta) · EZE 67 ft (20 m) (2 ft delta).
ADA's nearest retained coordinate neighbors are COV 21 km +0h · ALP 195 km +0h · GZT 195 km +0h · ASR 200 km +0h.
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| Destination | Route code | Distance | Estimated window | Time difference | Destination clock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aleppo | ALP | 195 km | 1h 5m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Gaziantep | GZT | 195 km | 1h 5m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Kayseri | ASR | 200 km | 1h 5m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Nevşehir | NAV | 209 km | 1h 6m | +0h | --:--:-- |
ADA to ALP
Distance 195 km; estimated travel window 1h 5m; destination zone Asia/Damascus is +0h from ADA. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
ADA to GZT
Distance 195 km; estimated travel window 1h 5m; destination zone Europe/Istanbul is +0h from ADA. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
ADA to ASR
Distance 200 km; estimated travel window 1h 5m; destination zone Europe/Istanbul is +0h from ADA. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
Central Seyhan is close enough that taxi, ride-hail, and rail or shuttle links are usually the fastest arrival options.
Adana is the nearest mapped city anchor in the current dataset, which makes it the cleanest companion page when travelers want to switch from airport timing into local city timing.
Adana Şakirpaşa Airport has 5 nearby indexed airport alternatives, which makes backup departures and diversion logic part of real planning instead of a theoretical edge case.
Airport pages are most useful when they bridge into real city clocks. These city anchors are ranked by distance from ADA, then shown with their own timezone, local time, and time difference from the airport clock.
Adana
adana · 4.0 km · Europe/Istanbul
Kireçocağı
kirecocagi · 8.6 km · Europe/Istanbul
Tarsus
tarsus · 35 km · Europe/Istanbul
İmamoğlu
imamoglu · 46 km · Europe/Istanbul
Ceyhan
ceyhan · 48 km · Europe/Istanbul
Mersin
mersin · 60 km · Europe/Istanbul
Kozan
kozan · 71 km · Europe/Istanbul
Erzin
erzin · 82 km · Europe/Istanbul
Arsuz
arsuz · 83 km · Europe/Istanbul
Kadirli
kadirli · 84 km · Europe/Istanbul
Dörtyol
doertyol · 86 km · Europe/Istanbul
Osmaniye
osmaniye · 86 km · Europe/Istanbul
Adana Şakirpaşa Airport does not have a long carrier list in the current source trail, so this page emphasizes the durable pieces travelers can safely use here: local time, field identifiers, nearby airports, and timezone differences.
The route timing references show the first cross-timezone planning burden after this airport: Aleppo (ALP), Gaziantep (GZT), Kayseri (ASR). Treat them as distance and clock cues, then verify flight availability with the carrier.
Planning checkpoints
Nearby airports are ranked by coordinate distance from ADA. The time difference column is computed from IANA zones against the page snapshot, while the local clocks update in the browser.
Çukurova International AirportCOV
Tarsus · large airport
Compare against COV when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Aleppo International AirportALP
Aleppo · large airport
Compare against ALP when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Gaziantep Oğuzeli International AirportGZT
Gaziantep · large airport
Compare against GZT when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Kayseri Erkilet International AirportASR
Kayseri · large airport
Compare against ASR when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Nevşehir Kapadokya AirportNAV
Nevşehir · large airport
Compare against NAV when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Questions
Adana Şakirpaşa Airport is in the Europe/Istanbul timezone (UTC+03:00, TRT).
Adana Şakirpaşa Airport uses IATA code ADA and ICAO code LTAF.
Adana Şakirpaşa Airport is located in Seyhan, Turkey at coordinates 36.9822° N, 35.2804° E, with an elevation of 65 ft (20 m) (near sea-level field in the mid-latitudes).
Adana Şakirpaşa Airport sits roughly 4.0 km from the nearest mapped city center for Seyhan.
Aleppo (ALP) is one of the closest route references on this page, with an estimated travel window of 1h 5m, destination timezone Asia/Damascus, and a +0h difference from ADA.
ADA's curated peers in Turkey on this site include COV Tarsus, GZT Gaziantep, ASR Kayseri, plus 3 more.
Adana Şakirpaşa Airport's source-backed operational summary lists 1 runway, with the longest runway recorded at 9,022 ft / 2,750 m; identifiers include 05/23.
