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Erkilet International Airport

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Erkilet International Airport or Kayseri Erkilet Airport (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
Summary
Airport typePublic / Military
OperatorDHMİ (State Airports Administration)
Turkish Air Force
ServesKayseri, Turkey
Opened1998; 26 years ago (1998)
Operating base forPegasus Airlines
Elevation AMSL3,506 ft / 1,069 m
Coordinates38°46′13″N 035°29′43″E / 38.77028°N 35.49528°E / 38.77028; 35.49528
Websitewww.dhmi.gov.tr/Sayfalar/Havalimani/Kayseri/AnaSayfa.aspx
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ASR/LTAU is located in Turkey
ASR/LTAU
ASR/LTAU
Location of airport in Turkey
ASR/LTAU is located in Asia
ASR/LTAU
ASR/LTAU
ASR/LTAU (Asia)
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07/25 3,000 9,841 Concrete
Sources: DHMİ,[1] Turkish AIP at EUROCONTROL[2]

Facilities

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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 Airbus A320 more commonly seen there.

Airlines and destinations

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The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Erkilet Airport

AirlinesDestinations
AJet Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen[3]
Seasonal: Munich,[4] Stuttgart[4]
Corendon Airlines Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn,[5] Düsseldorf,[5] Hannover,[5] Nuremberg, Rotterdam/The Hague[6]
Eurowings Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn[7]
Pegasus Airlines Antalya, Düsseldorf, Ercan,[8] Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, Izmir, Lyon,[9] Rotterdam/The Hague,[10] Stuttgart
Seasonal: Amsterdam, Cologne/Bonn
SunExpress[11] Amsterdam, Antalya, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hannover (resumes 3 June 2025),[12] Izmir, Munich, Stuttgart
Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse, Berlin,[13] Cologne/Bonn, Geneva,[14] London-Stansted (begins 1 July 2025),[12] Prague (begins 11 January 2025),[15] Vienna[16]
TUI fly Belgium Liège
Turkish Airlines Istanbul

Statistics

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Annual passenger traffic at ASR airport. See Wikidata query.
Kayseri–Erkilet International Airport Passenger Traffic Statistics[17]
Year (months) Domestic % change International % change Total % change
2023 1,885,345   9% 466,307   15% 2,351,652   3%
2022 1,736,480   36% 548,124   36% 2,284,604   36%
2021 1,279,854   34% 402,255   97% 1,682,209   45%
2020 957,290   52% 203,869   41% 1,161,159   50%
2019 1,980,252   8% 345,611   8% 2,325,863   7%
2018 1,863,373   1% 320,474   22% 2,183,847   2%
2017 1,884,103   6% 263,217   30% 2,147,320   8%
2016 1,781,989   1% 202,536   6% 1,984,525   1%
2015 1,756,787   17% 215,361   4% 1,972,148   14%
2014 1,501,520   6% 224,326   3% 1,745,846   6%
2013 1,414,826   29% 218,186   6% 1,633,012   23%
2012 1,096,883   13% 232,943   9% 1,329,826   9%
2011 968,942   35% 254,818   16% 1,223,760   30%
2010 720,297   27% 219,948   4% 940,245   21%
2009 568,106   18% 210,533   8% 778,639   15%
2008 479,857   17% 194,976   3% 674,833   12%
2007 575,473 - 189,833 - 765,306 -

Access

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Public buses run from the airport (just outside the gates) to the city center and vice versa.[18] 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.

References

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  1. ^ (in Turkish) Kayseri Hava Meydanı Archived 2007-12-27 at the Wayback Machine at DHMİ (State Airports Authority)
  2. ^ a b EAD Basic
  3. ^ "AJet NS24 New Flight Number Designations – 12MAR24". Aeroroutes.
  4. ^ a b "AJet NS24 Germany Network Expansion".
  5. ^ a b c Liu, Jim (27 January 2020). "Corendon Airlines S20 Network expansion". routesonline.com.
  6. ^ "Corendon Dutch NS24 Rotterdam – Türkiye Operations".
  7. ^ "Sommerurlaub: Eurowings bietet neues Reiseziel vom Flughafen Köln/Bonn an". 21 March 2024.
  8. ^ "News for Airlines, Airports and the Aviation Industry | CAPA".
  9. ^ "Pegasus NW23 Network Additions – 08NOV23".
  10. ^ Liu, Jim. "Pegasus adds Kayseri – Rotterdam link in S19". Routesonline. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  11. ^ Liu, Jim (3 September 2020). "SunExpress 01-19SEP20 International operations as of 30AUG20". routesonline.com.
  12. ^ a b "SunExpress NS25 Network Additions – 27OCT24". Aeroroutes. Aeroroutes. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  13. ^ "SunExpress NS24 Network Expansion – 24SEP23".
  14. ^ "SUNEXPRESS NS23 NETWORK ADDITIONS – 30OCT22". aeroroutes.com. 31 October 2022.
  15. ^ "SunExpress NW24 Network Additions – 04AUG24". AeroRoutes. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  16. ^ "SunExpress, Kayseri-Viyana Uçak Seferlerini Hayata Geçirecek!".
  17. ^ "Statistics".
  18. ^ "KAYSERİ ULAŞIM BİLGİ SİSTEMİ (KUBİS)", Havaalanına giden hatlar, 2010 ©. Retrieved on 03 December 2013.
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