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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 (32 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 image is recorded as Kars Airport Karakas-1.jpg[5].
  • Kars Airport's instance of is recorded as airport[6].
  • Kars Airport's instance of is recorded as commercial traffic aerodrome[7].
  • Kars Airport's operator is recorded as General Directorate of State Airports (Turkey)[8].
  • Kars is named after Kars Airport[9].
  • Abu al-Hassan al-Kharaqani is named after Kars Airport[10].
  • Kars Airport's IATA airport code is recorded as KSY[11].
  • Kars Airport's ICAO airport code is recorded as LTCF[12].
  • Kars Airport's Commons category is recorded as Kars Airport[13].
  • Kars Airport's located in time zone is recorded as Europe/Istanbul[14].
  • Kars Airport's scheduled service destination is recorded as İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport[15].
  • +1988-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Kars Airport[16].
  • Kars Airport's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40.562222222222, 'lon': 43.115002777778}[17].
  • Kars Airport's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40.558612, 'lon': 43.098888}[18].
  • Kars Airport's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40.58042, 'lon': 43.10358}[19].
  • Kars Airport's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0285zrt[20].
  • Kars Airport's official website is recorded as http://kars.dhmi.gov.tr/[21].
  • Kars Airport's place served by transport hub is recorded as Kars[22].
  • Kars Airport's GeoNames ID is recorded as 6299764[23].
  • Kars Airport's GeoNames ID is recorded as 7510562[24].
  • Kars Airport's date of official opening is recorded as +1988-00-00T00:00:00Z[25].
  • Kars Airport's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1795'}[26].
  • Kars Airport's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as 10846754[27].

Body

Geography

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

Physical Characteristics

Kars Airport's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1795'}[26].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include airport[6] and commercial traffic aerodrome[7].

History and Context

+1988-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Kars Airport[16]. Things named after include Kars[9], a city[28], in Turkey[29] and Abu al-Hassan al-Kharaqani[10], 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 (32 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Related Entities

Turkey

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . store.aci.aero. store.aci.aero. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . store.aci.aero. store.aci.aero. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  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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