Erkilet International Airport
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 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 3,506 ft / 1,069 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°46′13″N 035°29′43″E / 38.77028°N 35.49528°ECoordinates: 38°46′13″N 035°29′43″E / 38.77028°N 35.49528°E | ||||||||||
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  ASR Location of airport in Turkey | |||||||||||
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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.
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Facilities[edit]
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[edit]
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| AnadoluJet | Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen |
| AtlasGlobal | Istanbul–Atatürk |
| Corendon Airlines | Antalya Seasonal charter: Tabriz, Tehran–Imam Khomeini |
| Eurowings | Cologne/Bonn (begins 28 May 2019)[3] |
| Onur Air | Istanbul Seasonal: Amsterdam, Cologne/Bonn[4] |
| Pegasus Airlines | Antalya, Düsseldorf, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, Izmir, Stuttgart Seasonal: Amsterdam, Rotterdam[5] |
| Smartwings Poland | Seasonal charter: Warsaw–Chopin[6] |
| SunExpress | Izmir Seasonal: Antalya, Cologne/Bonn[7] Seasonal charter: Tehran–Imam Khomeini |
| SunExpress Deutschland | Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn,[7] Düsseldorf, Hannover, Munich, Stuttgart |
| TUI fly Belgium | Liège[8] |
| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul[9] Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Munich (resumes 1 July 2019),[10] Stuttgart, Vienna |
| Ukraine International Airlines | Seasonal charter: Kiev–Boryspil[11] |
Statistics[edit]
| Year (months) | Domestic | % change | International | % change | Total | % change |
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| 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[12]
Access[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ (in Turkish) Kayseri Hava Meydanı at DHMİ (State Airports Authority)
- ^ a b EAD Basic
- ^ Liu, Jim. "Eurowings expands Turkey network in S19". Routesonline. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ "Onur Air schedules Kayseri seasonal routes in 3Q17 2016". routesonline. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ^ Liu, Jim. "Pegasus adds Kayseri – Rotterdam link in S19". Routesonline. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ^ "air and charter tickets". itaka.pl.
- ^ a b 2018, UBM (UK) Ltd. "SunExpress Germany S19 network additions as of 18OCT18". routesonline.com.
- ^ https://www.tuifly.be/en
- ^ "Istanbul New Airport Transition Delayed Until April 5, 2019 (At The Earliest)".
- ^ Liu, Jim. "Turkish Airlines expands Dusseldorf / Munich network in S19". Routesonline. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
- ^ "Charter flights timetable". flyuia.com.
- ^ Statistics
- ^ "KAYSERİ ULAŞIM BİLGİ SİSTEMİ (KUBİS)", Havaalanına giden hatlar, 2010 ©. Retrieved on 03 December 2013.
