NKT — Şırnak Şerafettin Elçi Airport

Medium-sized airport in Şırnak, Turkey.
IATA code
NKT
ICAO code
LTCV
Size
medium
OurAirports class
Passengers
421,160
2025 · +0.9% on the year before
Nonstop routes
3
With open traffic data
Time zone
UTC+3
Europe/Istanbul
Elevation
621 m
2,037 ft
Runways
1
Longest 3,000 m

Jan–Mar 2026: 105,471 passengers, +16.1% on the same months of 2025 (Eurostat).

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About NKT

Şırnak Şerafettin Elçi Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Şırnak, Turkey. It opened in 2013 and is run by General Directorate of State Airports (Turkey). 421,160 passengers used it in 2025. Open traffic data shows 3 nonstop routes from NKT.

Wikidata (CC0) · Eurostat. Sources

Busiest nonstop routes from NKT

Route Distance Passengers / year
NKT → IST1,227 km 186,287
NKT → ESB845 km 159,080
NKT → SAW1,169 km 71,270

Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports. Routes outside these are not counted.

Airports within 150 km

Code Airport Distance
KACQamishli International Airport86 km
BALBatman Airport104 km
MQMMardin Airport127 km

Distance from NKT to the major hubs

Route Distance Passengers / year
NKT → LHR3,665 km —
NKT → DXB1,843 km —
NKT → CDG3,415 km —
NKT → FRA3,010 km —
NKT → IST1,227 km 186,287
NKT → AMS3,332 km —
NKT → JFK9,183 km —
NKT → ATL10,395 km —
NKT → LAX11,856 km —
NKT → SIN7,467 km —
NKT → HND8,312 km —
NKT → DOH1,618 km —

Runways

Runway Length Width Surface
11/293,000 m 45 mConcrete

OurAirports (public domain). Sources

Location

Şırnak, Şırnak Province, Turkey · 37.3647, 42.0582

Map (OpenStreetMap) Wikipedia

Questions

Şırnak Şerafettin Elçi Airport has the IATA code NKT and the ICAO code LTCV. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.

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