Telver International Airport

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Telver International Airport
IATA: TLA – ICAO: TLVA – FAA LID: TLA
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Chianski
Serves Telver, Chianski
Location Telver
Elevation AMSL 30 ft / 9 m
Website http://telverairport.chs
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
14/32 11,122 3,390 Asphalt
Statistics (2017)
Aircraft operations 2,592,010
Based aircraft 527
Source: Chianski Aviation Bureau

Telver International Airport (IATA: TLAICAO: TLVAFAA LID: TLA) is a public airport located on an artificial island in the heart of Telver, Chianski, 3km east of the central business district of Telver. The area was formerly known as Telver Regional Airport until the airport was extended and expanded to serve the needs of the growing city and islands in the late 1970s.

Operations

Telver International Airport covers a wide area which contains a single runway, 14/32 measuring 3,390 x 50m. Telver International Airport consists of a single linear passenger terminal building with multiple car parks attached at the rear. There are twelve boarding gates attached to the terminal building. A freight terminal is located on the west side of the main apron and diagonally from the passenger terminal building. Due to the limited space, a fuel tank farm is located between the passenger terminal and the aircraft maintenance facilities.

Airlines based at Telver Intl=

Several airlines are currently based at Telver International, including:

  • Chianski Air, which operates a mix of Airbus, Boeing and some Lockheed all-widebody fleet of over five hundred aircraft, providing scheduled services to the rest of Urth
  • Chianski Island Hopper

Runway 14 Approach

An Chianski Air 747-400 passing above the very crowded Telver City during its final approach and landing.

The landing approach using runway 14 at Telver is spectacular and world-famous. To land on runway 14, aircraft first take a descent heading northeast. The aircraft then pass over the very densely populated areas of Western Telver. This leg of the approach was guided by an IGS (Instrument Guidance System, a modified ILS) after 1989.

Upon reaching a small artificial hill above Telver Suroa Park marked with a huge "aviation orange" and white checkerboard used as a visual reference point on the final approach, the pilots then must make a 48° visual right turn to line up with the runway and complete the final leg. The aircraft are just 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) from touchdown, at a height of less than 1,000 feet (300 m) when the turn is made. Typically the planes enter the final right turn at a height of about 650 feet (200 m) and exit it at a height of 140 feet (43 m) to line up with the runway.

Passenger Service

Airlines Destinations
Chianski Air Telver International Airport, Santor International Airport , Tonava Domestic Airport, Palia Aerodrome
Chianski Air Island Hopper Palia Aerodrome, Point Vaya Sea Aerodromee, Mount Tonava Summit Field

Incidents & Accidents

On 11 July 1990, a Chianski Air Boeing 747-131 abandoned takeoff after engine no. 2 malfunctioned, probably at speed exceeding V1 (the takeoff/abort decision point). The aircraft overran the runway onto soft ground and sustained severe damage. 33 were injured.