Antalya Airport

Antalya Airport (IATA: AYT, ICAO: LTAI) is a major international airport located 13 km (8.1 mi) northeast^[2] of the city centre of Antalya, Turkey. It is a major destination during the European summer leisure season due to its location at the country's Mediterranean coast. It handled 38,254,905 million passengers in 2024,^[4] making it the third-busiest airport in Turkey, and the 6th busiest airport in the Middle East (as of 2024). The airport has two international terminals and one domestic terminal. Antalya is one of the major airports in southwestern Turkey, the others being Bodrum and Dalaman. Among the top 50 busiest airports in the world by passenger numbers in 2021, Antalya saw the highest growth in passenger numbers at 125.8%.^{[citation needed]} The airport's passenger numbers that year were among very few international airports to reach a level which matched or exceeded a normal operational year in the 2010s decade.^{[citation needed]} The airport and its flights are estimated to have emitted 1.87 million tonnes of greenhouse gas in 2023.^[5]

Antalya Airport Antalya Havalimanı
IATA: AYT ICAO: LTAI
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	General Directorate of State Airports (DHMİ)
Operator	Fraport TAV Antalya Airport Terminal A.S.
Serves	Antalya, Turkey
Opened	1960; 65 years ago (1960)[1]
Focus city for	Turkish Airlines
Operating base for	AJet Corendon Airlines Freebird Airlines Pegasus Airlines SunExpress Mavi Gök Airlines Southwind Airlines
Elevation AMSL	177 ft / 54 m
Coordinates	36°54′01″N 30°47′34″E
Website	www.antalya-airport.aero
Map
AYT/LTAI Location of airport in Turkey Show map of Turkey AYT/LTAI AYT/LTAI (Asia) Show map of Asia AYT/LTAI AYT/LTAI (Mediterranean) Show map of Mediterranean
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 18L/36R 3,400 11,154 Concrete 18C/36C 3,400 11,154 Concrete 18R/36L 2,990 9,809 Asphalt
Statistics (2024)
Passengers 38,254,905 Passenger change 23–24 7%
Source: Turkish AIP at EUROCONTROL[2] Passenger Traffic, ACI Europe[3]

History

The airport was built to accommodate the millions of passengers who come to Turkey's Mediterranean beaches in summer.^{[citation needed]} It consists of two international terminals and one domestic terminal. The construction of International Terminal 1 started in 1996 by Bayindir Holding and it was ready for service on 1 April 1998.^{[citation needed]} International Terminal 2 was opened in 2005 and the domestic terminal was opened in 2010. The airport is operated by Fraport TAV Antalya A.S., a joint-venture between Fraport AG and TAV Airports.^{[citation needed]}

In July 2011, the airport was selected as Best Airport in Europe (10–25-million-passenger category) by Airports Council International (ACI).^[6]

In 2003, the airport handled 10 million passengers, representing an increase of 78% since 1998.^[7] According to ACI statistics, Antalya Airport ranked 30th in 2005, 2008 and 2009 for international passenger traffic.^[8] In 2008, AYT was the world's 30th-busiest airport in international passengers traffic.^[9] In 2009, AYT also held its 30th spot in that category among world airports, with 15,210,733 international passengers. By the end of 2010, it rose to the 23rd spot with over 18 million international passengers.^[8][10]

A new airport is due to open west of Antalya, close to Kaş.^[11]

IFC is financing the expansion and modernization of Antalya Airport in Türkiye by providing a €150 million loan to Fraport TAV, as part of a broader €1.9 billion investment involving several other financial institutions.^[12] The initiative's stated aims are to enhance Turkey’s competitiveness in global tourism, improve transportation connectivity, and bolster economic recovery post-COVID-19.^[12] The IFC stated it wishes to reduce carbon emissions in order to achieve LEED Gold certification for the airport.^[12]

Terminals

There are three terminals at the airport, Terminal 1, Terminal 2, and the Domestic Terminal.^{[citation needed]}

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Antalya Airport:

Airlines	Destinations
Aeroflot	Grozny,[13] Moscow–Sheremetyevo
Air Algérie	Seasonal: Algiers[citation needed]
Air Anka	Charter: Düsseldorf,[14] Frankfurt[15]
Air Astana	Almaty,[16] Astana[16]
Air Baltic	Seasonal charter: Riga[17]
Air Cairo	Seasonal: Cairo[18]
AirExplore[19]	Seasonal charter: Bratislava,[20]
AJet[21]	Ankara,[22] Düsseldorf,[23] Ercan, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen,[22] Seasonal: Hanover,[24] Sarajevo,[24]
Azerbaijan Airlines	Baku[25]
Belavia	Seasonal charter: Brest,[26] Homiel,[27] Minsk,[28] Mahilyow,[29]
Braathens International Airways	Seasonal charter: Copenhagen,[30] Gothenburg[30]
British Airways	Seasonal: London–Gatwick[31]
Brussels Airlines	Seasonal: Brussels[32]
Buzz	Seasonal charter: Kraków[33]
Condor	Seasonal: Frankfurt,[34], Leipzig/Halle, Munich[35][better source needed]
Corendon Airlines[36]	Cologne/Bonn,[37] Dresden,[38] Düsseldorf,[38] Erfurt/Weimar,[38] Hamburg,[38] Hannover,[38] Katowice, Leipzig/Halle,[37] Munich,[37] Nuremberg, Paderborn/Lippstadt,[38] Rostock,[38] Warsaw–Chopin[39] Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse,[39] Berlin,[37] Birmingham,[40] Bremen,[38] Brussels,[citation needed] Bucharest–Otopeni,[41] Frankfurt,[37] Friedrichshafen,[39] Glasgow,[42], London–Gatwick,[40] London–Stansted,[43] Manchester,[42] Münster/Osnabrück,[39] Newcastle upon Tyne,[40] Salzburg,[39] Stuttgart,[39] Vienna,[44] Zürich[39] Seasonal charter: Orenburg,[45] Piešťany[46]
Corendon Dutch Airlines	Seasonal: Amsterdam,[47], Maastricht/Aachen,[48] Rotterdam/The Hague[48]
DAT	Seasonal charter: Billund,[49] Copenhagen[49]
Discover Airlines	Frankfurt,[50][51] Munich[51]
EasyJet[52]	Birmingham,[53] Bristol,[44] Edinburgh,[54] Glasgow,[55] Liverpool,[56] London–Gatwick,[57] London–Luton,[58] London–Southend,[59][60] Manchester,[61] Newcastle upon Tyne (begins 1 April 2026)[62] Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse,[63] Belfast–International,[64] Berlin,[65] Geneva[44]
Edelweiss Air	Seasonal: Zürich[66]
Etihad Airways	Seasonal: Abu Dhabi[citation needed]
Eurowings	Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn,[67] Düsseldorf,[68] Stuttgart[68]
Finnair	Seasonal: Helsinki[69]
Fly Lili	Seasonal charter: Bucharest–Băneasa[70]
Flyadeal	Seasonal: Riyadh[71]
FlyArystan	Seasonal: Qarağandy,[72] Qyzylorda[72]
Flydubai	Seasonal: Dubai–International[73]
Fly Kıbrıs Airlines	Ercan[citation needed]
Freebird Airlines[74][75]	Seasonal: Berlin,[44] Chișinău,[76] Cologne/Bonn,[44] Düsseldorf,[44] Erfurt,[77], Hamburg,[44] Hannover,[44] Leipzig/Halle,[44] Memmingen,[78] Munich,[44], Paderborn/Lippstadt,[79] Stuttgart,[44] Weeze[80]
Iraqi Airways	Baghdad
Jazeera Airways	Kuwait City[81]
Jet2.com	Birmingham,[82] Bristol,[83] East Midlands,[84] Edinburgh,[85] Glasgow,[86] Leeds/Bradford,[87] Liverpool,[88] London–Luton,[89] London–Stansted,[90] Manchester,[91] Newcastle upon Tyne[92] Seasonal: Belfast–International,[93] Bournemouth[94]
Luxair	Seasonal: Luxembourg[95]
Mavi Gök Airlines	Seasonal: London–Gatwick[96] Seasonal charter: Astana,[citation needed] Bremen,[citation needed] Linz,[citation needed] Palanga,[97] Saarbrücken[98]
Norwegian Air Shuttle	Oslo,[99] Stockholm–Arlanda[100] Seasonal: Bergen,[101] Stavanger[102][103]
Pegasus Airlines	Adana/Mersin,[104] Almaty,[105] Amman–Queen Alia,[105] Amsterdam,[44] Ankara,[106] Baku,[107] Beirut, Charleroi,[108] Cologne/Bonn,[105] Diyarbakır, Dubai–International,[109] Düsseldorf,[110] Elazığ, Ercan,[110] Frankfurt,[105] Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen,[105] Kayseri,[105] London–Stansted,[105] Manchester,[44] Samsun, Sofia,[111] Stockholm–Arlanda,[112] Tirana,[113] Trabzon[105] Seasonal: Aalborg,[114] Aarhus,[115] Basel/Mulhouse,[116] Billund,[44] Bratislava,[113] Bremen,[44] Bucharest-Otopeni,[116] Copenhagen,[44] Dortmund,[117] Dresden,[113] Erfurt/Weimar,[117] Geneva,[44] Giza,[118] Graz,[117] Gothenburg,[112] Hamburg,[44] Hannover,[44] Helsinki,[44] Krakow,[citation needed] Maastricht,[119] Munich,[44] Münster,[113] Norrköping,[114] Paderborn/Lippstadt,[44] Paris–Charles de Gaulle,[citation needed] Prague,[113] Pristina,[113] Saint Petersburg,[citation needed] Salzburg,[117] Sarajevo,[120] Sharm El Sheikh,[121] Skopje,[113] Şymkent,[114] Tallinn,[citation needed] Tbilisi,[122] Vienna,[44] Seasonal charter: Ålesund,[123] Bydgoszcz,[124] Gdańsk,[124] Poznań,[124] Trondheim,[123] Zielona Góra[125]
Play	Seasonal: Reykjavík–Keflavík[126]
Pobeda	Moscow–Vnukovo
Qatar Airways	Seasonal: Doha[citation needed]
Red Wings Airlines	Seasonal: Chelyabinsk,[127] Elista,[128] Saransk[129]
Rossiya[130]	Sochi[131] Seasonal: Saint Petersburg[132]
Royal Jordanian	Seasonal: Amman–Queen Alia[133]
S7 Airlines	Moscow–Domodedovo,[134] Novosibirsk[134]
Saudia	Seasonal: Jeddah,[135] Riyadh[135]
Scandinavian Airlines	Seasonal: Copenhagen,[136] Oslo,[136] Stockholm–Arlanda[136]
SCAT Airlines	Seasonal: Almaty,[137] Astana[138]
Smartwings	Prague[139] Seasonal charter: České Budějovice,[140] Karlovy Vary[141][142]
Smartwings Poland	Seasonal charter: Katowice,[143] Krakow,[144] Lodz,[144] Lublin,[144] Olsztyn,[144] Poznań,[143] Rzeszow,[144] Szczecin,[145] Warsaw–Chopin,[143] Wroclaw[144]
Southwind Airlines[146][147]	Seasonal charter: Arkhangelsk–Talagi,[148] Astana,[149] Beirut,[146] El Alamein,[150] Irkutsk,[146] Kaliningrad,[151] Kazan,[152] Krasnoyarsk-International,[152] Moscow–Sheremetyevo,[153][better source needed] Moscow-Zhukovsky,[154] Nizhny Novgorod,[146][155],Orenburg,[146] Perm,[156] Saint Petersburg,[152] Samara,[146] Saratov,[155]
Sunclass Airlines	Seasonal charter: Billund,[157] Copenhagen,[157] Gothenburg,[158] Malmö,[158] Oslo,[159] Stavanger,[159] Stockholm–Arlanda,[158] Trondheim[159]
Sundair[160]	Seasonal: Bremen,[citation needed] Dresden[citation needed]
Sunday Airlines[17]	Seasonal: Astana[citation needed]
SunExpress[161]	Abu Dhabi,[162] Adana/Mersin,[104] Amman,[163] Amsterdam, Basel/Mulhouse,[164] Berlin,[165][166] Birmingham,[165] Bremen,[105] Bristol,[165] Budapest,[167] Bursa,[168] Cologne/Bonn,[165][166] Copenhagen,[165] Diyarbakır,[164] Dubai–International,[165] Dublin,[165] Düsseldorf,[165] Edinburgh,[165][161] Erbil, Erzurum,[169] Frankfurt,[167] Gaziantep,[105] Glasgow,[170] Gothenburg, Graz,[171] Hamburg,[165] Hannover,[167] İzmir,[105] Kayseri,[105] Krakow,[165] Leeds/Bradford,[172] Leipzig/Halle,[165] Liverpool,[173] London–Gatwick,[165] London–Stansted,[174] Malatya, Manchester,[165] Mardin, Munich,[167] Münster/Osnabrück,[165] Newcastle upon Tyne,[165] Nuremberg, Paris–Charles de Gaulle,[105] Prague,[164] Saarbrücken,[175] Samsun,[105] Sanliurfa,[168] Sharm El Sheikh,[176] Stockholm–Arlanda,[164] Stuttgart,[164] Trabzon,[105] Van,[105] Vienna,[177] Zürich[165] Seasonal: Beirut,[citation needed] Billund,[165] Brussels,[178] Bucharest–Otopeni,[179] Cairo,[180] Cork (begins 16 May 2026),[181] Dortmund,[165] Dresden,[182] East Midlands (begins 31 March 2026),[183] Eindhoven,[175] Erfurt,[184] Geneva,[164] Helsinki,[185] Kuwait City, London-Luton,[165] Milan–Malpensa,[186] Paderborn/Lippstadt,[165][187] Pristina,[188] Riga,[161] Sarajevo,[189] Skopje,[165] Sofia,[citation needed] Tallinn,[167] Tbilisi,[190] Tirana,[165] Vilnius,[191] Warsaw–Chopin[165]
Swiss International Air Lines	Seasonal: Geneva[192][193]
Tailwind Airlines	Seasonal charter: Bremen,[citation needed] Erfurt/Weimar,[citation needed] Kuwait City,[citation needed] Weeze[194]
Transavia	Seasonal: Lyon,[195] Marseille,[196] Nantes,[195] Paris–Orly[197]
TUI Airways[198]	Seasonal: Birmingham,[199] Bournemouth,[200] Bristol,[citation needed] Cardiff,[citation needed] East Midlands,[201] Exeter,[202] Glasgow,[203] Leeds/Bradford,[204] London–Gatwick,[205] Manchester,[206] Newcastle upon Tyne[207]
TUI fly Belgium[208]	Brussels[209] Seasonal: Antwerp,[210] Ostend/Bruges[211]
TUI fly Netherlands	Seasonal: Amsterdam,[212] Eindhoven,[213] Groningen,[214] Rotterdam/The Hague[215]
Turkish Airlines	Ercan,[216] Istanbul[217] Seasonal: Berlin,[218][better source needed] Frankfurt,[219][better source needed] Omsk,[220] Stuttgart,[221][better source needed] Warsaw–Chopin[222][better source needed] Seasonal charter: Moscow-Vnukovo,[223], Saint Petersburg,[223] Sarajevo[224]
Ural Airlines	Seasonal charter: Mineralnye Vody[225]
Utair	Seasonal: Grozny,[226] Surgut,[227] Tyumen[228]
Wizz Air	London–Gatwick Seasonal: Bucharest–Otopeni,[229] Budapest,[citation needed] London–Luton

Traffic statistics

Annual passenger traffic at AYT airport. See Wikidata query.

Antalya International Airport passenger traffic statistics^[4]

Year (months)	Domestic	%change	International	%change	Total	%change
2025 (Jun.)	3,146,855	1%	11,390,470	0%	14,537,325	0%
2024	6,575,344	7%	31,679,561	7%	38,254,905	7%
2023	6,154,351	5%	29,509,787	17%	35,664,138	15%
2022	5,841,536	23%	25,266,645	46%	31,108,181	41%
2021	4,765,985	52%	17,247,876	162%	22,013,861	127%
2020	3,126,211	55%	6,584,984	77%	9,711,195	73%
2019	6,958,930	8%	28,720,491	19%	35,679,421	13%
2018	7,575,871	2%	24,127,993	31%	31,703,864	23%
2017	7,423,766	5%	18,448,685	57%	25,872,451	38%
2016	7,048,239	2%	11,720,296	44%	18,768,535	32%
2015	6,906,364	11%	20,863,040	5%	27,769,404	2%
2014	6,230,885	13%	22,072,307	3%	28,303,192	5%
2013	5,526,485	12%	21,492,138	7%	27,018,623	8%
2012	4,943,308	9%	20,152,836	2%	25,096,144	0%
2011	4,516,485	22%	20,511,172	12%	25,027,657	14%
2010	3,694,085	18%	18,318,942	20%	22,013,027	20%
2009	3,135,139	21%	15,210,554	6%	18,345,693	2%
2008	2,588,054	1%	16,201,203	7%	18,789,257	6%
2007	2,550,396	6%	15,159,989	24%	17,710,385	21%
2006	2,406,626	50%	12,235,417	14%	14,642,043	8%
2005	1,608,749	47%	14,256,114	13%	15,864,863	16%
2004	1,092,858	78%	12,563,195	29%	13,656,053	32%
2003	615,420	5%	9,756,180	0%	10,371,600	0%
2002	584,077		9,750,874		10,334,951

Ground transport

There are 2 city buses that serve Antalya Airport (number 600 and 800). Route number 600 goes to/from Otogar (city bus station) and route number 800 goes to/from Lara. Also, Havaş shuttles serve the airport to/from 5M Migros shopping centre. The Antalya Tramway has been extended to the airport to provide a railway link to the city.^{[citation needed][230]}

Antalya Airfield Command

There is a military base on the western side of the airport, serviced by the third runway (18R / 36L), which is reserved for use by the Turkish Air Force.^[231]

See also

• List of the busiest airports in the Middle East