Erkilet International Airport

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.

Kayseri Erkilet Airport

Kayseri Erkilet Havalimanı
Summary
Airport typePublic / Military
OperatorDHMİ (State Airports Administration)
Turkish Air Force
LocationKayseri, Turkey
Elevation AMSL3,506 ft / 1,069 m
Coordinates38°46′13″N 035°29′43″E
Map
ASR is located in Turkey
ASR
ASR
Location of airport in Turkey
ASR is located in Asia
ASR
ASR
ASR (Asia)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07/25 3,000 9,841 Concrete
Sources: DHMİ,[1] Turkish AIP at EUROCONTROL[2]

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

AirlinesDestinations
AnadoluJet Ankara, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen
Corendon Airlines Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn,[3] Düsseldorf,[3] Hannover,[3] Nuremberg
Seasonal Charter: Tehran–Imam Khomeini
Pegasus Airlines Antalya, Düsseldorf, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, Izmir, Rotterdam/The Hague,[4] Stuttgart
Seasonal: Amsterdam, Ercan[5]
Smartwings Seasonal Charter: Prague
SunExpress[6] Antalya, Izmir
Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse, Berlin (begins 22 June 2024),[7] Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Geneva,[8] Hannover, Munich, Stuttgart, Vienna[9]
Transavia Seasonal: Rotterdam/The Hague[10]
TUI fly Belgium[11] Liège
Turkish Airlines Istanbul

Statistics
Annual passenger traffic at ASR airport. See Wikidata query.
Kayseri Erkilet International Airport Passenger Traffic Statistics
Year (months) Domestic  % change International  % change Total  % change
2012 * 968,942 Increase 5,9% 254,818 Increase 1,8% 1,223,760 Increase 5.0%
2011 * 914,537 Increase 27.0% 250,129 Increase 14.0% 1,164,666 Increase 24.0%
2010 720,229 Increase 27.0% 219,955 Increase 4.0% 940,184 Increase 21.0%
2009 568,106 Increase 18.4% 210,533 Increase 8.0% 778,639 Increase 15.4%
2008 479,857 Decrease 17.0% 194,976 Increase 3.0% 674,833 Decrease 12.0%
2007 575,473 189,833 765,306

(*)Source: DHMI.gov.tr[12]

Access

Public buses run from the airport (just outside the gates) to the city center and vice versa.[13] 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. EAD Basic
  3. Liu, Jim (27 January 2020). "Corendon Airlines S20 Network expansion". routesonline.com.
  4. Liu, Jim. "Pegasus adds Kayseri – Rotterdam link in S19". Routesonline. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  5. "News for Airlines, Airports and the Aviation Industry | CAPA".
  6. Liu, Jim (3 September 2020). "SunExpress 01-19SEP20 International operations as of 30AUG20". routesonline.com.
  7. https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230925-xqns24
  8. "SUNEXPRESS NS23 NETWORK ADDITIONS – 30OCT22". aeroroutes.com. 31 October 2022.
  9. "SunExpress, Kayseri-Viyana Uçak Seferlerini Hayata Geçirecek!".
  10. "Transavia start ticketverkoop naar (nieuwe) zomerbestemmingen 2022" [Transavia starts ticketsales to new summer 2022 destinations]. Luchtvaartnieuws.nl (in Dutch). 14 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  11. "Flight plan". tuifly.be.
  12. "Statistics". Archived from the original on 2015-06-28. Retrieved 2010-12-11.
  13. "KAYSERİ ULAŞIM BİLGİ SİSTEMİ (KUBİS)", Havaalanına giden hatlar, 2010 ©. Retrieved on 03 December 2013.
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