Erkilet International Airport

Kayseri Erkilet Airport

Kayseri Erkilet Havalimanı
Summary
Airport typePublic / Military
OperatorDHMİ (State Airports Administration)
Turkish Air Force
ServesKayseri, Turkey
Opened1998 (1998)
Operating base forPegasus Airlines AJet
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
Location of airport in Turkey
ASR/LTAU
ASR/LTAU (Asia)
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

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

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][8]
Pegasus Airlines Antalya,[9] Düsseldorf,[10] Ercan,[11] Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen,[12] Izmir,[10] Lyon,[13] Rotterdam/The Hague,[14] Stuttgart
Seasonal: Amsterdam, Cologne/Bonn, London–Stansted[15]
Smartwings Seasonal charter: Prague[16]
SunExpress[17] Amsterdam, Antalya,[18] Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hannover,[19] Izmir, Munich, Stuttgart
Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse,[20] Berlin,[21] Brussels,[20] Cologne/Bonn,[20] Geneva,[22] London-Stansted,[19] Prague,[23] Rotterdam/The Hague, Vienna[24][25]
TUI fly Belgium Liège[26]
Turkish Airlines Istanbul[27]

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at ASR airport. See Wikidata query.
Kayseri–Erkilet International Airport Passenger Traffic Statistics[28]
Year (months) Domestic % change International % change Total % change
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.[29] 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

  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. ^ Liu, Jim (13 March 2024). "AJet NS24 New Flight Number Designations – 12MAR24". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  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. ^ Liu, Jim (22 April 2024). "Eurowings NS24 Network Additions – 21APR24". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
  8. ^ "Sommerurlaub: Eurowings bietet neues Reiseziel vom Flughafen Köln/Bonn an". 21 March 2024.
  9. ^ "November 2023". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 25 (5). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 45–47. ISSN 1466-8718.
  10. ^ a b "Kayseri". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 25 (5). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 497. November 2023. ISSN 1466-8718.
  11. ^ "News for Airlines, Airports and the Aviation Industry | CAPA".
  12. ^ Liu, Jim (3 December 2024). "flynas Expands Pegasus Codeshare Partnership From mid-Nov 2024". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
  13. ^ "Pegasus NW23 Network Additions – 08NOV23".
  14. ^ Liu, Jim. "Pegasus adds Kayseri – Rotterdam link in S19". Routesonline. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  15. ^ https://centreforaviation.com/news/pegasus-airlines-to-launch-new-europe-services-1315509
  16. ^ "ČEDOK VYPRAVIL PRVNÍ CHARTER S LYŽAŘI DO TURECKÉHO KAYSERI".
  17. ^ Liu, Jim (3 September 2020). "SunExpress 01-19SEP20 International operations as of 30AUG20". routesonline.com.
  18. ^ "Antalya". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 25 (5). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 45–47. November 2023. ISSN 1466-8718.
  19. ^ a b "SunExpress NS25 Network Additions – 27OCT24". Aeroroutes. Aeroroutes. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  20. ^ a b c Liu, Jim (27 February 2024). "SunExpress NS24 International Frequency Changes – 25FEB24". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  21. ^ "SunExpress NS24 Network Expansion – 24SEP23".
  22. ^ "SUNEXPRESS NS23 NETWORK ADDITIONS – 30OCT22". aeroroutes.com. 31 October 2022.
  23. ^ "SunExpress NW24 Network Additions – 04AUG24". AeroRoutes. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  24. ^ "SunExpress, Kayseri-Viyana Uçak Seferlerini Hayata Geçirecek!".
  25. ^ Liu, Jim (13 November 2024). "Austrian / SunExpress Begins Codeshare Partnership in NW24". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  26. ^ "November 2023". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 25 (5). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 543. ISSN 1466-8718.
  27. ^ Liu, Jim (13 July 2022). "Turkish Airlines / AnadoluJet Aug 2022 Domestic Network Update - 10JUL22". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  28. ^ "Statistics".
  29. ^ "KAYSERİ ULAŞIM BİLGİ SİSTEMİ (KUBİS)", Havaalanına giden hatlar, 2010 ©. Retrieved on 03 December 2013.
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