RZV — Rize–Artvin Airport
- IATA code
- RZV
- ICAO code
- LTFO
- Size
- medium
- OurAirports class
- Passengers
- 1,161,129
- 2025 · +5.8% on the year before
- Nonstop routes
- 4
- With open traffic data
- Time zone
- UTC+3
- Europe/Istanbul
- Elevation
- 5 m
- 16 ft
- Runways
- 1
- Longest 3,000 m
Jan–Mar 2026: 294,826 passengers, +30.1% on the same months of 2025 (Eurostat).
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About RZV
Rize–Artvin Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Rize, Turkey. It opened in 2022. 1,161,129 passengers used it in 2025. Open traffic data shows 4 nonstop routes from RZV.
Wikidata (CC0) · Eurostat. Sources
Busiest nonstop routes from RZV
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| RZV → SAW | 970 km | 491,908 |
| RZV → IST | 1,015 km | 341,069 |
| RZV → ESB | 674 km | 206,812 |
| RZV → ADB | 1,215 km | 36,037 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| BUS | Alexander Kartveli Batumi International Airport | 79 km |
| TZX | Trabzon International Airport | 91 km |
| ERZ | Erzurum International Airport | 139 km |
Distance from RZV to the major hubs
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 3,000 m | 45 m | Asphalt |
OurAirports (public domain). Sources
Location
Rize, Rize Province, Turkey · 41.1798, 40.8488
Questions
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