Kayseri Erkilet Airport Kayseri Erkilet Havalimanı | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||
Operator | DHMİ (State Airports Administration) Turkish Air Force | ||||||||||
Serves | Kayseri, Turkey | ||||||||||
Opened | 1998 | ||||||||||
Operating base for | Pegasus Airlines | ||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
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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.
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.
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Erkilet Airport
Airlines | Destinations |
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AJet | Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen Seasonal: Munich,[3] Stuttgart[3] |
Corendon Airlines | Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn,[4] Düsseldorf,[4] Hannover,[4] Nuremberg, Rotterdam/The Hague[5] |
Eurowings | Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn[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,[11] Cologne/Bonn, Geneva,[12] Hannover, Prague (begins 11 January 2025),[13] Vienna[14] |
TUI fly Belgium | Liège |
Turkish Airlines | Istanbul |
Year (months) | Domestic | % change | International | % change | Total | % change |
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2012 * | 968,942 | 5,9% | 254,818 | 1,8% | 1,223,760 | 5.0% |
2011 * | 914,537 | 27.0% | 250,129 | 14.0% | 1,164,666 | 24.0% |
2010 | 720,229 | 27.0% | 219,955 | 4.0% | 940,184 | 21.0% |
2009 | 568,106 | 18.4% | 210,533 | 8.0% | 778,639 | 15.4% |
2008 | 479,857 | 17.0% | 194,976 | 3.0% | 674,833 | 12.0% |
2007 | 575,473 | 189,833 | 765,306 |
(*)Source: DHMI.gov.tr[15]
Public buses run from the airport (just outside the gates) to the city center and vice versa.[16] 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.
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