| Dalaman International Airport Dalaman Havalimanı |
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| International Terminal | |||
| IATA: DLM – ICAO: LTBS | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public / Military | ||
| Operator | Turkish Republic General Directorate Of State Airports Authority | ||
| Serves | Dalaman & Muğla province | ||
| Location | Dalaman, Turkey | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 20 ft / 6.15 m | ||
| Coordinates | 36°42′53″N 28°47′34″E / 36.71472°N 28.79278°E | ||
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 01/19 | 3,000 | 9,842 | Paved |
Dalaman Airport is an international airport and one of three serving south-west Turkey, the others being Milas-Bodrum Airport and Antalya Airport. It has two terminals the old terminal is used for domestic flights and the new terminal is for international flights. The airport serves the surrounding tourist areas and environs of Dalaman. Flights are available to and from over 120 destinations, across the rest of Turkey, Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.
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Construction
The new Dalaman International Terminal cost approximately $150,000,000 to complete and is the 3rd largest terminal building in Turkey [1]. There are 12 boarding gates, 8 with covered airbridges. The apron was also re-designed, increasing space for remote stands. Consequently, the airport has capacity to handle up to 35 flights at any one time. In total, the terminal now a floor space of 95,000m2, compared with less than 45,000m2 prior to refurbishment. [1]
Check-in and departures are based on the upper two levels, with arrivals using the lower two levels.
Parking facilities are available for up to 550 vehicles outside the terminal building.
Old Terminal
The old Terminal is still in use operated as the domestic terminal. There are daily flights from Ankara, and both Istanbul Airports.
Awards
ATM Dalaman International Terminal has been awarded the ISO 9001 Quality Certificate, the ISO 14001 Environment Certificate, the TS 13001 HACCP Food Safety Certificate and the OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety Certificate. The airport has also received praise for its environmentally conscious design, especially the use of natural lighting in its main hall.
Shops and other services
The new international terminal of Dalaman Airport has a full range of facilities; this includes fast food outlets, duty free, bars and cafés, as well as a 24hr medical centre and two banks (Vakıfbank & Denizbank). The airport also claims to have the world's first duty-free outlet store in the departure lounge.
Complaints
There have been many complaints about the prices of food and drink at Dalaman Airport from passengers [2]. Reportedly, fast food meals cost up to TL22 and canned beverages around TL8. Car parking is also expensive 6.75TL for the first hour. A regular KFC meal in dalaman airport, which costs around £4.50 in the UK, will cost around £12.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Aerosvit Airlines | Kiev-Boryspil |
| Arkefly | Amsterdam [seasonal] |
| Austrian Airlines operated by Lauda Air [3] | Innsbruck, Salzburg [seasonal], Vienna [seasonal] |
| BMI [4] | Belfast-International, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick, Manchester [all seasonal scheduled charter flights] |
| Condor | Berlin-Schönefeld, Cologne/Bonn [begins 3 May], Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich, Stuttgart [all seasonal] |
| Corendon Airlines | Tel Aviv |
| Cyprus Turkish Airlines | Birmingham, Ercan, London-Gatwick, London-Stansted, Manchester |
| EasyJet | London-Gatwick [seasonal], London-Stansted [begins 14 May], Manchester [seasonal] |
| Freebird Airlines | Aberdeen, Glasgow-International, Glasgow-Prestwick, London-Gatwick, Manchester, Newcastle |
| Jat Airways | Belgrade |
| Jet2.com | East Midlands [begins 21 May], Leeds/Bradford [seasonal], Manchester [seasonal] |
| Jettime | Copenhagen |
| Martinair | Amsterdam |
| Monarch Airlines | Birmingham, East Midlands, Edinburgh, London-Gatwick, Manchester |
| Onur Air | Amsterdam, Belfast, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cardiff, Durham Tees Valley, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow-International, Istanbul-Atatürk, Leeds/Bradford, Liverpool [seasonal], London-Gatwick, London-Stansted [seasonal], Manchester, Newcastle |
| Pegasus Airlines | Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen, London-Gatwick, Manchester, Glasgow-International |
| Rossiya | St Petersburg |
| Thomas Cook Airlines | Belfast-International [seasonal], Birmingham [seasonal], Cardiff [seasonal], Doncaster/Sheffield [seasonal], East Midlands [seasonal], Edinburgh [seasonal], Glasgow-International [seasonal], Humberside [seasonal], Leeds/Bradford [seasonal], London-Gatwick, London-Stansted [seasonal], Manchester, Newcastle [seasonal], Norwich [seasonal] |
| Thomas Cook Airlines (Belgium) | Amsterdam, Brussels, Maastricht |
| Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia | Billund, Copenhagen, Oslo-Gardermoen, Stockholm |
| Thomson Airways | Belfast-International, Birmingham, Bristol, Bournemouth, Cardiff, Doncaster/Sheffield, East Midlands, Exeter, Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, London-Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle |
| transavia.com | Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Groningen, Rotterdam |
| TUIfly | Düsseldorf [seasonal], Frankfurt [seasonal], Hamburg [begins 3 May, seasonal], Hanover [seasonal], Munich [seasonal], Stuttgart [seasonal] |
| Turkish Airlines | Ankara, Istanbul-Atatürk, Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen |
| Ukraine International Airlines | Kiev-Boryspil, Lviv |
| VIM Airlines | Moscow |
References
- ^ a b http://www.atmairport.aero/Dalaman_en/terminal.php
- ^ http://www.airlinequality.com/Airports/Airport_forum/dlm.htm
- ^ https://www.laudaair.com/book/StartHtml.aspx?a=3&fplan=y&L=0&lang=DE Lauda Air timetable (retrieved 2009-08-31)
- ^ http://www.charterflights.co.uk/airline/british_midland/bd bmi charter flights
External links
- Official Website
- Airport information for LTBS at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.. Source: DAFIF.
- Airport information for LTBS at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
- Current weather for LTBS at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for DLM at Aviation Safety Network
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