Kayseri Erkilet Airport Kayseri Erkilet Havalimanı | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||
| Operator | DHMİ (State Airports Administration) Turkish Air Force | ||||||||||
| Location | Kayseri, Turkey | ||||||||||
| Opened | 1998 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 3,506 ft / 1,069 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°46′13″N 035°29′43″E / 38.77028°N 35.49528°E | ||||||||||
| Website | www.dhmi.gov.tr | ||||||||||
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Erkilet International Airport or Kayseri Erkilet Airport (Turkish: Kayseri Erkilet Havalimanı, 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 Boeing 757 are 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 Seasonal: Munich (begins 1 June 2024),[3] Stuttgart (begins 2 June 2024)[3] |
| Corendon Airlines | Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn,[4] Düsseldorf,[4] Hannover,[4] Nuremberg, Rotterdam/The Hague (begins 2 July 2024)[5] |
| Eurowings | Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn (begins 12 July 2024)[6] |
| Pegasus Airlines | Antalya, Düsseldorf, Ercan,[7] Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, Izmir, Lyon,[8] Rotterdam/The Hague,[9] Stuttgart Seasonal: Amsterdam, Cologne/Bonn |
| SunExpress[10] | Amsterdam, Antalya, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Izmir, Munich, Stuttgart Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse, Berlin (begins 22 June 2024),[11] Cologne/Bonn, Geneva,[12] Hannover, Vienna[13] |
| TUI fly Belgium | Liège |
| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul |
Statistics
| Year (months) | Domestic | % change | International | % change | Total | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 * | 968,942 |  5,9%
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254,818 | 1,8%
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1,223,760 | 5.0%
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| 2011 * | 914,537 | 27.0%
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250,129 | 14.0%
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1,164,666 | 24.0%
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| 2010 | 720,229 | 27.0%
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219,955 | 4.0%
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940,184 | 21.0%
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| 2009 | 568,106 | 18.4%
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210,533 | 8.0%
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778,639 | 15.4%
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| 2008 | 479,857 |  17.0%
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194,976 | 3.0%
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674,833 | 12.0%
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| 2007 | 575,473 | 189,833 | 765,306 |
(*)Source: DHMI.gov.tr[14]
Access
Public buses run from the airport (just outside the gates) to the city center and vice versa.[15] 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
- ^ (in Turkish) Kayseri Hava Meydanı Archived 2007-12-27 at the Wayback Machine at DHMİ (State Airports Authority)
- ^ a b EAD Basic
- ^ a b https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240402-vfns24de
- ^ a b c Liu, Jim (27 January 2020). "Corendon Airlines S20 Network expansion". routesonline.com.
- ^ "Corendon Dutch NS24 Rotterdam – Türkiye Operations".
- ^ https://www.ksta.de/koeln/koeln-bonn-flughafen-neue-direktfluege-nach-marokko-762225
- ^ "News for Airlines, Airports and the Aviation Industry | CAPA".
- ^ "Pegasus NW23 Network Additions – 08NOV23".
- ^ Liu, Jim. "Pegasus adds Kayseri – Rotterdam link in S19". Routesonline. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ^ Liu, Jim (3 September 2020). "SunExpress 01-19SEP20 International operations as of 30AUG20". routesonline.com.
- ^ "SunExpress NS24 Network Expansion – 24SEP23".
- ^ "SUNEXPRESS NS23 NETWORK ADDITIONS – 30OCT22". aeroroutes.com. 31 October 2022.
- ^ "SunExpress, Kayseri-Viyana Uçak Seferlerini Hayata Geçirecek!".
- ^ "Statistics". Archived from the original on 2015-06-28. Retrieved 2010-12-11.
- ^ "KAYSERİ ULAŞIM BİLGİ SİSTEMİ (KUBİS)", Havaalanına giden hatlar, 2010 ©. Retrieved on 03 December 2013.
External links
- Accident history for ASR at Aviation Safety Network
- Aeronautical chart and airport information for LTAU at SkyVector
- Current weather for LTAU at NOAA/NWS
This page was last edited on 21 April 2024, at 00:25