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Erkilet International Airport

Coordinates: 38°46′13″N 035°29′43″E / 38.77028°N 35.49528°E / 38.77028; 35.49528
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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
Map
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)
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07/25 3,000 9,841 Concrete
Sources: DHMİ,[1] Turkish AIP at EUROCONTROL[2]

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.

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 Increase 9% 466,307 Decrease 15% 2,351,652 Increase 3%
2022 1,736,480 Increase 36% 548,124 Increase 36% 2,284,604 Increase 36%
2021 1,279,854 Increase 34% 402,255 Increase 97% 1,682,209 Increase 45%
2020 957,290 Decrease 52% 203,869 Decrease 41% 1,161,159 Decrease 50%
2019 1,980,252 Increase 8% 345,611 Increase 8% 2,325,863 Increase 7%
2018 1,863,373 Decrease 1% 320,474 Increase 22% 2,183,847 Increase 2%
2017 1,884,103 Increase 6% 263,217 Increase 30% 2,147,320 Increase 8%
2016 1,781,989 Increase 1% 202,536 Decrease 6% 1,984,525 Increase 1%
2015 1,756,787 Increase 17% 215,361 Decrease 4% 1,972,148 Increase 14%
2014 1,501,520 Increase 6% 224,326 Increase 3% 1,745,846 Increase 6%
2013 1,414,826 Increase 29% 218,186 Decrease 6% 1,633,012 Increase 23%
2012 1,096,883 Increase 13% 232,943 Decrease 9% 1,329,826 Increase 9%
2011 968,942 Increase 35% 254,818 Increase 16% 1,223,760 Increase 30%
2010 720,297 Increase 27% 219,948 Increase 4% 940,245 Increase 21%
2009 568,106 Increase 18% 210,533 Increase 8% 778,639 Increase 15%
2008 479,857 Decrease 17% 194,976 Increase 3% 674,833 Decrease 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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