Hasan Polatkan Airport

Not to be confused with Eskişehir Air Base.
Hasan Polatkan Airport

Hasan Polatkan Havalimanı
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorEskişehir Technical University
ServesEskişehir
LocationEskişehir, Turkey
Elevation AMSL2,588 ft / 789 m
Coordinates39°48′36″N 30°31′10″E / 39.81000°N 30.51944°E / 39.81000; 30.51944
Websitehttps://hph.eskisehir.edu.tr/tr/
Map
AOE
Location of airport in Turkey
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
27/09 9,843 3,000 [Concrete]

Hasan Polatkan Airport (IATA: AOE, ICAO: LTBY) (Turkish: Hasan Polatkan Havalimanı) is an international airport that serves the city of Eskişehir. Located within the Faculty of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Eskişehir Technical University.

History

Hasan Polatkan Airport was opened to air traffic with its original name of “Anadolu Airport” for the first time in March 1989. Opening of Eskişehir Hasan Polatkan Airport to traffic is based on the establishment of Civil Aviation Vocational Highschool (SHMYO), which is the foundation of Eskişehir Technical University, Faculty of Aeronautics and Astronautics, in 1986. While the basic mission of the airport opened to traffic with the name “Eskişehir Anadolu Airport” in 1989 was to conduct the educational activities of Flight Training and Air Traffic Control Departments of SHMYO, over years, air transport service has also become possible for the people of the region.

The airport primarily aimed to meet training activities of the Faculty of Aeronautics and Astronautics and national and international air travel demand that may occur in Eskişehir and the surrounding provinces.

The stakeholders of Eskişehir Hasan Polatkan Airport have always been aware of the potential of this airport in air transportation, although its main mission is seen as aviation training. In this context, upon the intense demands of people living in Eskişehir and its close regions, our compatriots in Belgium, non-governmental organizations and the business world, the Airport was brought to the appropriate standards for international flights in 2005 by initiating necessary studies by the University. Consequently the Airport was declared as a temporary air border crossing with Ministry Approval dated September 9, 2005. Also, the same year, the first international flights started on the Eskişehir-Brussels line. The Airport serves not only Eskişehir but also the region within the scope of aviation activities like scheduled and unscheduled passenger transport, patient transport, fire fighting, flights of government officials and air taxi besides training flights since 1989 when it opened to traffic.[1]

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Eskişehir Airport:

AirlinesDestinations
Corendon Airlines Seasonal: Brussels[2]
SunExpress Brussels[3][4]
TUI fly Belgium Brussels[5]
Seasonal: Ostend/Bruges[6]
Turkish Airlines Seasonal charter: Brussels[7]

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at AOE airport. See Wikidata query.
Eskişehir–Hasan Polatkan Airport passenger traffic statistics[8]
Year (months) Domestic % change International % change Total % change
2024 86 51% 113,011 21% 113,097 21%
2023 57 88% 93,105 14% 93,162 15%
2022 456 351% 108,554 9% 109,010 9%
2021 101 29% 99,514 95% 99,615 95%
2020 78 88% 51,080 42% 51,158 43%
2019 657 17% 88,365 10% 89,022 10%
2018 787 56% 98,544 26% 99,331 14%
2017 1,808 71% 78,240 41% 80,048 42%
2016 1,057 56% 55,397 12% 56,454 9%
2015 2,389 3% 49,536 14% 51,925 13%
2014 2,459 26% 43,413 34% 45,872 33%
2013 1,955 34% 32,445 27% 34,400 27%
2012 2,940 76% 44,288 45% 47,228 10%
2011 12,508 55% 30,530 15% 43,038 32%
2010 27,650 31% 35,960 6% 63,610 19%
2009 39,994 14% 38,329 267% 78,323 72%
2008 35,037 165% 10,440 361% 45,477 193%
2007 13,212 - 2,292 - 15,504 -

See also

Name Change

In 2017, the airport name was changed officially to Hasan Polatkan Airport (its prior name was Anadolu University Airport)

References

  1. ^ "About us". hph.eskisehir.edu.tr. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  2. ^ Liu, Jim (20 October 2022). "Corendon Airlines NW22 Scheduled Service Adjustment – 20OCT22". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  3. ^ "SunExpress Announces 2021 Summer Program". ftnnews.com. 23 February 2021.
  4. ^ Liu, Jim (27 February 2024). "SunExpress NS24 International Frequency Changes – 25FEB24". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  5. ^ Liu, Jim (25 November 2019). "TUIfly Belgium adds Brussels – Eskisehir service from May 2020". routesonline.com.
  6. ^ "Oostende/Brugge, Belgium". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 25 (2). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 795. August 2023. ISSN 1466-8718.
  7. ^ "Eskişehir Teknik Üniversitesi - Hasan Polatkan Havalimanı".
  8. ^ "Statistics".
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