Erkilet International Airport
Airport in Kayseri, Turkey
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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.
Turkish Air Force
Kayseri Erkilet Airport Kayseri Erkilet Havalimanı | |||||||||||
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| Summary | |||||||||||
| Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||
| Operator | DHMİ (State Airports Administration) Turkish Air Force | ||||||||||
| Serves | Kayseri, Turkey | ||||||||||
| Location | Kocasinan, Kayseri, Turkey | ||||||||||
| Opened | 15 November 1998 | ||||||||||
Operating base for | Pegasus Airlines, AJet | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 3,506 ft (1,069 m) | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°46′13″N 035°29′43″E | ||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||
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  ASR/LTAU Location of airport in Turkey  ASR/LTAU ASR/LTAU (Asia) | |||||||||||
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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 |
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| 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,[citation needed] Cologne/Bonn[citation needed] [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,[citation needed] Vienna[24][25] |
| TUI fly Belgium | Seasonal: Brussels[26] |
| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul[27] |
Statistics
| Year (months) | Domestic | % change | International | % change | Total | % change |
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| 2025 | 2,216,868 |  8% |
548,883 | 1% |
2,765,751 | 6% |
| 2024 | 2,060,857 | 9% |
542,587 | 16% |
2,603,444 | 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.
