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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

AirlinesDestinations
AJet Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen
Seasonal: Munich,[3] Stuttgart[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

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[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.

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