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 | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||
| Operator | DHMİ (State Airports Administration) Turkish Air Force | ||||||||||
| Serves | Kayseri, Turkey | ||||||||||
| Opened | 1998 | ||||||||||
| Operating base for | Pegasus Airlines | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 3,506 ft / 1,069 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°46′13″N 035°29′43″E | ||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||
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Facilities
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
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Erkilet Airport
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| 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][8] |
| Pegasus Airlines | Antalya, Düsseldorf, Ercan,[9] Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, Izmir, Lyon,[10] Rotterdam/The Hague,[11] Stuttgart Seasonal: Amsterdam, Cologne/Bonn |
| SunExpress[12] | Amsterdam, Antalya, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hannover (resumes 3 June 2025),[13] Izmir, Munich, Stuttgart Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse, Berlin,[14] Cologne/Bonn, Geneva,[15] London-Stansted (begins 1 July 2025),[13] Prague,[16] Vienna[17] |
| TUI fly Belgium | Liège |
| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul |
Statistics
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Annual passenger traffic at ASR airport.
See Wikidata query.
| Year (months) | Domestic | % change | International | % change | Total | % change |
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| 2024 | 2,062,226 |  9% |
541,088 | 16% |
2,603,314 | 11% |
| 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
Public buses run from the airport (just outside the gates) to the city center and vice versa.[19] 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
External links
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