Nuri Demirağ Air Campus
Nuri Demirağ Air Campus brings sport and general aviation together with the heritage, landscape and everyday life of Divriği. Pilots and clubs arriving on eligible private or general-aviation flights can combine a flying programme with a visit to Divriği.
The historic strip Demirağ built in his hometown is in use again; the same visit can continue into UNESCO heritage, local food and Divriği's mountain landscape.
A Journey to Divriği by Air
A flight can be the beginning of the visit: one weekend can hold both the flying and a UNESCO-listed monument, a local table and a mountain valley.
- Somewhere to stayTR (in Turkish)
- Accommodation listings for Divriği are on this site; you contact the business directly.
- Getting around, and a guideTR (in Turkish)
- Local listings for transfers between the field and the town, and for guiding, are on the Tourism page.
- The local tableTR (in Turkish)
- Divriği Pilavı / Alatlı Pilavı, a registered geographical indication, plus cheese, butter, honey, erişte and tarhana from the producers themselves.
- Heritage and culture
- The UNESCO-listed Great Mosque and Hospital of Divriği, Divriği Castle and the traditional stone mansions are close to the strip.
- What is on locallyTR (in Turkish)
- Local events and announcements are published on the site, so a visit can be built around what is already on the calendar.
A visit to Divriği may be planned using an eligible non-commercial private or general-aviation aircraft, subject to the current Air Campus conditions and the required pre-flight operational coordination.
Programme ideas for clubs
Club Fly-In
A short visit where one or more flying clubs arrive with their own aircraft and spend a few days in Divriği together. The clubs plan the flying side under their own rules; we connect the local side — where to stay, how to move around, and what to see.
Aviation & Culture
Flying days combined with the town itself: the UNESCO-listed Great Mosque and Hospital of Divriği, the castle, the stone mansions, the local table and the aviation story that started here, all part of the same visit.
Club Training & Practice
A club can bring its own training, practice or working programme to Divriği for several days. Flight instruction and operational authority remain with the club, its instructors and the authorised aviation organisation; Divriği Pazarı connects accommodation, transport and the local programme.
International Club Visit
An international club visit can bring visiting and Turkish clubs together around flying, Divriği and a shared cultural programme. The programme takes shape through a direct conversation between the clubs that are interested.
Meetings Across Türkiye's Air Campuses
Nuri Demirağ Air Campus sits in Divriği, Sivas, in central-eastern Türkiye. Türkiye's air-campus geography runs from the western coast to the eastern border, opening up ideas for club visits, fly-ins and multi-stop routes.
- Programmes where clubs visit one another
- Campus-to-campus fly-in meetings
- Joint aviation and cultural programmes
- Multi-stop visits across several airfields
The campuses on this map:
- Çanakkale Bozcaada
- İzmir Aliağa
- Tekirdağ Banarlı
- Denizli Bereket
- Bursa Yunuseli
- Eskişehir İnönü
- Sakarya Pamukova
- Antalya Karain
- Eskişehir Seyitgazi
- Eskişehir Sivrihisar
- Konya Eğribayat
- Samsun Ballıca
- Sivas Divriği
- Muş
- Ardahan
Sharing the same geography does not establish a partnership between the airfields or their clubs. Club visits, fly-ins and multi-stop programmes are formed separately with the parties that are interested.
From idea to local coordination
- Tell us the visit, fly-in or club programme you have in mind.
- Divriği Pazarı matches the request with the relevant local organisation and capability; where a suitable route exists, it carries the local coordination.
- Follow its progress on your own tracking link as the coordination moves forward.
One request becomes the common thread for local coordination, while your tracking link keeps the process visible.
Why Divriği?
The visit continues beyond the runway, through heritage, handmade work, landscape and a living town.
- Heritage on the doorstep
- Close to the strip: the UNESCO-listed Great Mosque and Hospital of Divriği, the 13th-century Divriği Castle and the traditional stone mansions.
- Handmade work
- Carpet, kilim and cecim weaving, and the women-run Hüma Hatun Street opened in 2019.
- Landscape
- The glass viewing terrace over the Çaltı Canyon, the surrounding mountains and valleys, and the Mursal Dam reservoir.
- A living town
- Its coffee houses, market and everyday neighbourliness keep the monuments inside the life of a town that is still lived in.
Getting to Divriği
A club visit can combine air, rail and road in the same programme. Flying crews can arrive through the Air Campus while families, team members and hosts connect through Divriği station and the road via Sivas.
- By air
- Nuri Demirağ Air Campus can be reached on an eligible non-commercial private or general-aviation flight of suitable type, weight and performance. Field conditions and the required operational coordination are confirmed before the flight.
- By rail
- Divriği has a railway station; the district lies on the Sivas–Erzincan railway line.
- By road
- The road route runs via Sivas. A car or a transfer makes moving between the station, the town centre and the airfield considerably easier.
- Locally
- Listings for transfers and guiding between the airfield, the town centre and your accommodation are on this site.
Check current train services and times with the official TCDD Taşımacılık source; services vary by season. Verify the current status before you go.
Field information
- 1,180 m × 20 m, concrete
- 8 aircraft positions
- designed for aircraft below 5,700 kg MTOW
- VFR
Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure opening record
Current field and operating conditions are confirmed with the Air Campus's responsible operator before flight. Divriği Pazarı coordinates the local programme and communication; it does not grant landing permission or flight authorisation. Verify the current status before you go.
Nuri Demirağ and the aviation story
Divriği's aviation story begins with Nuri Demirağ. The Nu.D.36, one of Türkiye's first domestically built aircraft, landed on the strip he built in his hometown; the historic field completed in 1941 is today Nuri Demirağ Air Campus.
Nuri Demirağ (1886–1957) was an industrialist born in Divriği and one of the pioneers of Türkiye's aviation industry.
The Air Campus is run by its responsible operator; Divriği Pazarı connects visits with the local programme and coordination.
Listings in Divriği for your visit
The listings connect you directly with local providers for accommodation, transfers, local produce and craft. Price, dates, availability, booking and payment are agreed directly with the provider.
The listing pages below are in Turkish, and the people who posted them are local. Confirm a shared language directly with the provider.
- Accommodation
- 3 current listings
- Guide & transfer
- 3 current listings
- Local produce
- 4+ current listings
- Craft
- 2 current listings
Let's plan your visit together
If you are considering a club visit, a fly-in, a joint programme, or a visit to Divriği in your own aircraft, write a few lines and we can put the local side together — where to stay, how to move around, and what to see.
Your message starts the local programme and coordination for the visit. Reservations, field-use decisions and flight authorisations continue through their responsible channels.