Rize-Artvin Airport
Rize–Artvin Airport is an airport off the coast of in Rize Province, northeastern Turkey. It opened for commercial business 14th May 2022, with Turkish Airlines.
The airport is situated off the coast of Yeşilköy village in Pazar district of Rize Province. It is 34 km (21 mi) east of Rize and about 75 km (47 mi) west of Artvin. It was constructed on ground obtained through filling a part of the Black Sea shore by rocks brought from nearby quarries in Merdivenli, Hisarlı, Kanlımezra and Kuzeyce. To fill the up to 30 m (98 ft)-deep sea,[3] at least 85 million tons of rock is required.The airport building covers an area of 4,500 m2 (48,000 sq ft), and the runway is 3,000 m (9,800 ft) long at 45 m (148 ft) width parallel to seashore. The construction works began with groundbreaking in 2017. It is the country's second airport of its sort following Ordu–Giresun Airport.[
