Kayseri_Airport
Erkilet International Airport
Airport in Kayseri, Turkey
Erkilet International Airport or Kayseri Erkilet Airport (Turkish: Kayseri Erkilet Havalimanı, IATA: ASR, ICAO: LTAU) is a military airbase and public airport located 5 km (3.1 mi) north[2] of Kayseri in the Kayseri Province of Turkey. The airport is a major hub for travel to Cappadocia.
Kayseri Erkilet Airport Kayseri Erkilet Havalimanı | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||
Operator | DHMİ (State Airports Administration) Turkish Air Force | ||||||||||
Location | Kayseri, Turkey | ||||||||||
Opened | 1998 | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 3,506 ft / 1,069 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°46′13″N 035°29′43″E | ||||||||||
Website | www.dhmi.gov.tr | ||||||||||
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The prior capacity of the airport was 600,000 passengers per year. With the opening of the new international terminal in March 2007, its total capacity increased up to one million passengers per year. The airport is able to accommodate jets the size of the Boeing 747. However, smaller jets like the Boeing 737 and Boeing 757 are more commonly seen there.
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Erkilet Airport
Airlines | Destinations |
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AJet | Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen Seasonal: Munich (begins 1 June 2024),[3] Stuttgart (begins 2 June 2024)[3] |
Corendon Airlines | Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn,[4] Düsseldorf,[4] Hannover,[4] Nuremberg, Rotterdam/The Hague (begins 2 July 2024)[5] |
Eurowings | Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn (begins 12 July 2024)[6] |
Pegasus Airlines | Antalya, Düsseldorf, Ercan,[7] Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, Izmir, Lyon,[8] Rotterdam/The Hague,[9] Stuttgart Seasonal: Amsterdam, Cologne/Bonn |
SunExpress[10] | Amsterdam, Antalya, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Izmir, Munich, Stuttgart Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse, Berlin (begins 22 June 2024),[11] Cologne/Bonn, Geneva,[12] Hannover, Vienna[13] |
TUI fly Belgium | Liège |
Turkish Airlines | Istanbul |
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
Year (months) | Domestic | % change | International | % change | Total | % change |
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2012 * | 968,942 | 5,9% | 254,818 | 1,8% | 1,223,760 | 5.0% |
2011 * | 914,537 | 27.0% | 250,129 | 14.0% | 1,164,666 | 24.0% |
2010 | 720,229 | 27.0% | 219,955 | 4.0% | 940,184 | 21.0% |
2009 | 568,106 | 18.4% | 210,533 | 8.0% | 778,639 | 15.4% |
2008 | 479,857 | 17.0% | 194,976 | 3.0% | 674,833 | 12.0% |
2007 | 575,473 | 189,833 | 765,306 |
(*)Source: DHMI.gov.tr[14]
Public buses run from the airport (just outside the gates) to the city center and vice versa.[15] Travelers can also hire a taxi or rent a car. A less expensive option is to pre-arrange your airport pick up either through a travel agency or your hotel.
- (in Turkish) Kayseri Hava Meydanı Archived 2007-12-27 at the Wayback Machine at DHMİ (State Airports Authority)
- Liu, Jim (27 January 2020). "Corendon Airlines S20 Network expansion". routesonline.com.
- Liu, Jim. "Pegasus adds Kayseri – Rotterdam link in S19". Routesonline. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- Liu, Jim (3 September 2020). "SunExpress 01-19SEP20 International operations as of 30AUG20". routesonline.com.
- "SUNEXPRESS NS23 NETWORK ADDITIONS – 30OCT22". aeroroutes.com. 31 October 2022.
- "Statistics". Archived from the original on 2015-06-28. Retrieved 2010-12-11.
- "KAYSERİ ULAŞIM BİLGİ SİSTEMİ (KUBİS)", Havaalanına giden hatlar, 2010 ©. Retrieved on 03 December 2013.