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Kars Airport

airport in Kars, eastern Turkey
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Kars Airport

Summary

Kars Airport is an airport[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (214 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kars Airport is located in Kars Province[3].
  • Kars Airport is in the country of Turkey[4].
  • Kars Airport's instance of is recorded as airport[5].
  • Kars Airport's instance of is recorded as commercial traffic aerodrome[6].
  • Kars Airport is operated by General Directorate of State Airports (Turkey)[7].
  • Kars is named after Kars Airport[8].
  • Abu al-Hassan al-Kharaqani is named after Kars Airport[9].
  • Kars Airport's IATA airport code is recorded as KSY[10].
  • Kars Airport's ICAO airport code is recorded as LTCF[11].
  • Kars Airport's Commons category is recorded as Kars Airport[12].
  • Kars Airport's scheduled service destination is recorded as İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport[13].
  • January 1, 1988 marks the founding of Kars Airport[14].
  • Kars Airport's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 40.562222222222, 'longitude': 43.115002777778}[15].
  • Kars Airport's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 40.558612, 'longitude': 43.098888}[16].
  • Kars Airport's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 40.58042, 'longitude': 43.10358}[17].
  • Kars Airport's official website is recorded as http://kars.dhmi.gov.tr/[18].
  • Kars Airport's place served by transport hub is recorded as Kars[19].
  • Kars Airport's date of official opening is recorded as 1988[20].
  • Kars Airport sits at an elevation of {'amount': '+1795'}[21].
  • Kars Airport's aerodrome reference point is recorded as {'latitude': 40.5622, 'longitude': 43.115}[22].
  • Kars Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+577051'}[23].
  • Kars Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+577054'}[24].
  • Kars Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+388913'}[25].
  • Kars Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+430175'}[26].
  • Kars Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+388913'}[27].

Body

Geography

Kars Airport is in the country of Turkey[4]. It is located in Kars Province[3].

Physical Characteristics

Kars Airport sits at an elevation of {'amount': '+1795'}[21].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include airport[5] and commercial traffic aerodrome[6].

History and Context

January 1, 1988 marks the founding of Kars Airport[14]. Things named after include Kars[8], a city[28], in Turkey[29] and Abu al-Hassan al-Kharaqani[9], a mystic[30], 0963–1033[31], specialised in Sufism[32].

Why It Matters

Kars Airport ranks in the top 3% of airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (214 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Related Entities

Turkey

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in → —
    Place served by transport hub → Kars
    Aerodrome reference point → {'latitude': 40.5622, 'longitude': 43.115}
    Instance of → airport, commercial traffic aerodrome
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/55346|batch #55346]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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