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Van Ferit Melen airport (Turkey)
Van Ferit Melen airport is located near Van, with Kavurma at 2mi↑, Van at 3mi↑, Sarmansuyu at 6mi↑, Van at 9mi↑, Gurpinar at 11mi↑, Gevas at 17mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in Turkey and Southernmost airports in Turkey
→ See also airports in Turkey
aerial view of Van Ferit Melen airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : LTCI
- IATA code : VAN
- Local code : -
Elevation : 1670 m = 5479ft
→ See also Highest airports in Turkey and Lowest airports in Turkey
Runways
- runway 03/21 : 2750m = 9022ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in Turkey
Coming to Van Ferit Melen airport
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- Ağrı airport at 84mi : book on Trip.com
Aviation weather for Van Ferit Melen airport LTCI VAN
METAR for Van Ferit Melen airport LTCI VAN
LTCI 262150Z 12004KT 080V190 9999 SCT040 11/01 Q1017 NOSIG
Decoded METAR for Van Ferit Melen airport LTCI VAN
METAR issued by LTCI on Friday, September 26, 2025 at 21:50 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 16 days and 388 hours and -23015 minutes ago.
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is 11°C = 52°F, dew point is 1°C = 34°F. The air is humid : relative air humidity is 50 %.
QNH is 1017hPa = 30.03inHg
Wind 7km/h = 4kt, direction is 120°.
Clouds : scattered clouds at 4000ft = 1220m.
No significant change forecasted in next 2 hours
TAF for Van Ferit Melen airport LTCI VAN
LTCI 261940Z 2621/2706 09008KT 9999 SCT040 BECMG 2705/2706 30010KT
Decoded TAF for Van Ferit Melen airport LTCI VAN
TAF issued by LTCI on Friday, September 26, 2025 at 19:40 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 16 days and 6 hours and 35 minutes. weather forecast for 9 hours, weather forecast updated every 3 hours.
from Friday, September 26, 2025 à 21:00 heure TU to Saturday, September 27, 2025 à 05:00 heure UTC
2621/2706 09008KT 9999 SCT040
wind 8kt = 15km/h, direction is 90°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
scattered clouds at 4000ft = 1220m
becoming from Saturday, September 27, 2025 à 06:00 heure TU to Saturday, September 27, 2025 à 06:00 heure UTC
BECMG 2705/2706 30010KT
wind 10kt = 19km/h, direction is 300°
NOTAM for Van Ferit Melen airport
Around Van Ferit Melen airport (Turkey)
near
- Hotels in Kavurma
- Station de montagne Saint-Moritz at 1779mi↑
- Station de montagne Davos Klosters at 1782mi↑
- Station de montagne Arosa Lenzerheide at 1792mi↑
- Station de montagne Laax at 1809mi↑
- Station de montagne Aletsch Arena at 1861mi↑
- Station de montagne Saas Fee at 1867mi↑
- Station de montagne Grindelwald-Wengen at 1868mi↑
- Station de montagne Zermatt at 1876mi↑
- Station de montagne Kandersteg-Sunnbüel-Oeschinensee at 1882mi↑
- Hôtel Cour du Corbeau (Strasbourg) at 1894mi↑
- Hotel Origami (Strasbourg) at 1895mi↑
- Station de montagne La Colmiane at 1899mi↑
- for Van Ferit Melen airport at 0mi↑
- for Tatvan airport at 54mi↑
- for Hakkari Yüksekova airport at 80mi↑
nearest airports to Van Ferit Melen airport (Turkey)
- Tatvan airport ( TR-0035) at 54mi↑
- Güroymak Jandarma heliport ( TR-0163) at 70mi↑
- Hakkari Yüksekova airport (LTCW YKO ) at 80mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Ağrı airport (LTCO AJI ) at 84mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Maku National airport (OITU IMQ ) at 84mi↑NOTAM
- Yüksekova Highway Strip airport ( TR-0038) at 84mi↑
- Siirt airport (LTCL SXZ ) at 88mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Khoy airport (OITK KHY ) at 89mi↑METAR NOTAM
- Muș airport (LTCK MSR ) at 92mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Bamarni airport (ORBB BMN ) at 95mi↑NOTAM
→ See also Former airports in Turkey
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap