Dalaman Airport

Dalaman Airport (IATA: DLM, ICAO: LTBS) is an international airport and one of three serving southwest Turkey, the others being Milas–Bodrum Airport and Antalya Airport. It has two terminals. The old terminal is used for domestic flights and the new terminal is for international flights. The airport serves the surrounding tourist areas of Ölüdeniz, Dalyan, Fethiye, Hisarönü, Ovacık, Kaş, Kalkan and environs of Dalaman. Flights are available to and from over 120 destinations, across the rest of Turkey, Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, making it one of the busiest airports in the Middle East.

Dalaman Airport Dalaman Havalimanı
IATA: DLM ICAO: LTBS
Summary
Airport type	Public / Military
Owner	General Directorate of State Airports (DHMİ)
Operator	YDA Airport Investment and Management, Inc
Serves	Dalaman & Muğla province
Location	Dalaman, Turkey
Opened	1981; 44 years ago (1981)
Operating base for	Pegasus Airlines
Elevation AMSL	20 ft / 6 m
Coordinates	36°42′53″N 28°47′34″E
Website	www.yda.aero
Map
DLM/LTBS Location of airport in Turkey Show map of Turkey DLM/LTBS DLM/LTBS (Europe) Show map of Europe
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 01L/19R 3,000 9,842 Concrete 01R/19L
Statistics (2018)
Passengers 4,559,246

History

The construction of Dalaman airport was begun in 1976, and it opened in 1981 as an aerodrome. In 1989, it was promoted to airport status. The airport extends over an area of 6.15 million m².^[1]

The new Dalaman International Terminal cost approximately $150,000,000 to complete.^[2] It was designed by renowned architect Emre Arolat, whose other projects include the award-winning Sancaklar Mosque.^[3] The terminal features 12 boarding gates, eight with covered airbridges. The apron was also re-designed, increasing space for remote stands. Consequently, the airport has the capacity to handle up to 35 flights at any one time. In total, the terminal now has a floor space of 95,000m², compared with less than 45,000m² prior to refurbishment.^[2] Check-in and departures are based on the upper two levels, with arrivals using the lower two levels.^[4] The old terminal building is still in use and operated as the domestic terminal.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Aeroflot	Seasonal: Moscow–Sheremetyevo[5]
Aer Lingus	Seasonal: Dublin[6]
Air Serbia	Seasonal charter: Belgrade[7]
AJet	Ankara,[8] Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen[8] Seasonal: Amman,[citation needed] Beirut[9]
Austrian Airlines	Seasonal charter: Vienna[10]
Azerbaijan Airlines	Seasonal: Baku[11]
Belavia	Seasonal charter: Minsk[12]
British Airways	Seasonal: London–Gatwick,[13] London–Heathrow[14]
Corendon Airlines	Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn[15]
Corendon Dutch Airlines	Seasonal: Amsterdam,[citation needed] Groningen[16]
easyJet	London–Gatwick,[17] Manchester[18] Seasonal: Belfast–International,[19] Birmingham,[20] Bristol,[19] Edinburgh,[19] Glasgow,[19] Liverpool,[19] London–Luton,[21] London–Southend,[22] Newcastle upon Tyne (begins 31 March 2026)[23]
Edelweiss Air	Seasonal: Zurich[24]
Enter Air	Seasonal charter: Gdańsk,[25] Katowice,[25] Poznań,[25] Warsaw–Chopin[25]
European Air Charter	Seasonal charter: Sofia[26]
Finnair	Seasonal: Helsinki[citation needed]
GetJet Airlines	Seasonal charter: Vilnius[27]
Ikar	Seasonal charter: Syktyvkar[28]
IrAero	Seasonal: Sochi[29]
Jet2.com[30]	Seasonal: Belfast–International,[31] Birmingham,[32] Bournemouth,[33] Bristol,[34] East Midlands,[35] Edinburgh,[36] Glasgow,[37] Leeds/Bradford,[38] Liverpool,[39] London–Luton,[40] London–Stansted,[41] Manchester,[42] Newcastle upon Tyne[43]
LOT Polish Airlines	Seasonal charter: Warsaw–Chopin[citation needed]
Meraj Airlines	Seasonal: Tehran–Imam Khomeini[citation needed]
Pegasus Airlines	Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen[44] Seasonal: Beirut[9]
Ryanair	Bratislava,[19] London–Stansted[45] Seasonal: Dublin[19]
Rossiya Airlines	Sochi[46]
Scandinavian Airlines	Seasonal: Copenhagen[47]
Smartwings	Seasonal charter: Bratislava,[citation needed] Gdansk,[48] Katowice,[49] Prague,[citation needed] Warsaw–Chopin,[49] Wrocław[50]
Southwind Airlines	Seasonal charter: Moscow–Sheremetyevo[51]
SunExpress[52][53]	Seasonal: Berlin,[19] Birmingham,[54][55] Brussels,[56] Cologne/Bonn,[19] Dublin (begins 1 April 2026),[57] Düsseldorf,[54] Edinburgh,[58] Frankfurt,[59] Glasgow,[60] Hamburg,[19] London–Gatwick,[54] London–Stansted,[61] Manchester,[54] Munich,[54] Newcastle upon Tyne,[61] Nuremberg[citation needed] Stuttgart,[54] Vienna,[62] Zurich[56]
Transavia	Seasonal: Amsterdam[citation needed]
TUI Airways[63]	Seasonal: Aberdeen,[citation needed] Belfast–International,[citation needed] Birmingham,[64] Bournemouth,[citation needed] Bristol,[citation needed] Cardiff,[citation needed] East Midlands,[65] Edinburgh,[citation needed] Exeter,[citation needed] Glasgow,[citation needed] London–Gatwick,[66] London–Luton,[citation needed] London–Stansted,[citation needed] Manchester,[67] Newcastle upon Tyne,[68] Norwich,[69] Teesside[70]
TUI fly Belgium	Seasonal: Brussels[71]
TUI fly Deutschland	Seasonal: Düsseldorf,[72] Frankfurt,[73] Hannover,[74] Munich,[75] Stuttgart[76]
TUI fly Netherlands[77]	Seasonal: Amsterdam[78]
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul[79] Seasonal charter: Moscow-Vnukovo,[80] Saint Petersburg[80]
Wizz Air	Seasonal: London–Gatwick,[81] London–Luton[citation needed]

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at DLM airport. See Wikidata query.

A Condor Boeing 757-300 on the apron

Dalaman Airport passenger traffic statistics^[82]

Year (months)	Domestic	% change	International	% change	Total	% change
2024	1,904,850	8%	3,757,615	8%	5,662,465	8%
2023	1,770,075	16%	3,465,483	15%	5,235,558	15%
2022	1,520,015	9%	3,015,585	224%	4,535,600	95%
2021	1,393,116	84%	930,758	12%	2,323,874	46%
2020	756,473	52%	830,652	75%	1,587,125	68%
2019	1,583,089	2%	3,321,930	13%	4,905,019	8%
2018	1,615,590	11%	2,935,900	30%	4,559,246	22%
2017	1,461,033	14%	2,257,735	24%	3,718,768	20%
2016	1,279,611	4%	1,822,291	42%	3,101,902	29%
2015	1,235,222	22%	3,141,879	5%	4,377,101	2%
2014	980,926	15%	3,295,748	3%	4,276,674	5%
2013	851,704	3%	3,203,926	7%	4,055,630	6%
2012	823,508	18%	2,986,507	2%	3,810,015	2%
2011	692,090	15%	3,040,851	5%	3,732,941	1%
2010	592,321	27%	3,192,119	11%	3,784,440	13%
2009	464,729	6%	2,883,267	4%	3,347,996	4%
2008	437,174	10%	2,771,494	11%	3,208,668	11%
2007	398,814	-	2,497,153	-	2,895,967	-

Ground transport

Shuttle services are available to Marmaris or Fethiye and Menteşe (central district of Muğla) along Marmaris and Fethiye. These services from the airport are mostly dependent on the arrival of domestic flights. Passengers from foreign flights generally use transfers or taxis. Parking facilities are available for up to 550 vehicles outside the terminal building.