Erhaç Airport or Malatya Erhaç Airport is a military

Airbase

An airbase is a military airfield that provides basing and support of military aircraft....

 and small public airport in Malatya

Malatya

Malatya ) is a city in southeastern Turkey and the capital of its eponymous province.-Overview:The city site has been occupied for thousands of years. The Assyrians called the city Meliddu. Following Roman expansion into the east, the city was renamed in Latin as Melitene...

, Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

. The airport, opened in 1941, is located 34 km (21.1 mi) from Malatya.

In 2006, Malatya Erhaç Airport served 3,878 aircraft and 406,425 passengers. The passenger terminal

Passenger terminal

Passenger terminal may refer to:*A train station terminus at the end of a railway line*Airport terminal, a building at an airport where passengers board and disembark from aircraft...

's facilities open to public cover an area of 1065 m² (11,463.6 sq ft) and have a parking lot for 97 cars.

Erhaç is the 7th Air Wing (Ana Jet Üs or AJÜ) of the 2nd Air Force Command (Hava Kuvvet Komutanligi) of the Turkish Air Force

Turkish Air Force

The Turkish Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the Turkish Armed Forces. It ranks 3rd in NATO in terms of fleet size behind the USAF and Royal Air Force with a current inventory of 798 aircraft .-Initial stages:...

 (Türk Hava Kuvvetleri). Other wings of this command are located in Merzifon

Amasya Merzifon Airport

Merzifon Airport or Amasya Merzifon Airport is a military airport located in the city of Merzifon in the Amasya Province of Turkey.Merzifon is the 5th Air Wing of the 2nd Air Force Command of the Turkish Air Force...

 (LTAP), Diyarbakır

Diyarbakir Airport

Diyarbakır Airport is a military airbase and public airport located in Diyarbakır, Turkey.Diyarbakır Airport is home to the 8th Air Wing of the 2nd Air Force Command of the Turkish Air Force...

 (LTCC) and İncirlik

Incirlik Air Base

The Incirlik Air Base is located in İncirlik, five miles east of Adana, Turkey's fifth largest city, and from the Mediterranean Sea.The U.S...

 (LTAG).

Airlines and destinations

Traffic Statistics

Malatya Erhaç Airport Passenger Traffic Statistics

Year (months)	Domestic	% change	International	% change	Total	% change
2010 *	503,820	15.0%	16,683	30.0%	520,503	12.0%
2009	439,057	0.2%	23,827	6.9%	462,884	0.2%
2008	438,226	8.0%	25,591	77.0%	463,817	10.0%
2007	407,026		14,418		421,444

(*)Source: DHMI.gov.tr