Erkilet International Airport

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.

Kayseri Erkilet Airport Kayseri Erkilet Havalimanı
IATA: ASR ICAO: LTAU
Summary
Airport type	Public / Military
Operator	DHMİ (State Airports Administration) Turkish Air Force
Serves	Kayseri, Turkey
Opened	1998; 27 years ago (1998)
Operating base for	Pegasus Airlines AJet
Elevation AMSL	3,506 ft / 1,069 m
Coordinates	38°46′13″N 035°29′43″E
Website	www.dhmi.gov.tr/Sayfalar/Havalimani/Kayseri/AnaSayfa.aspx
Map
ASR/LTAU Location of airport in Turkey Show map of Turkey ASR/LTAU ASR/LTAU (Asia) Show map of Asia
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 07/25 3,000 9,841 Concrete
Sources: DHMİ,[1] Turkish AIP at EUROCONTROL[2]

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 Airbus A320 more commonly seen there.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Erkilet Airport

Airlines	Destinations
AJet	Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen[3] Seasonal: Munich,[4] Stuttgart[4]
Corendon Airlines	Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn,[5] Düsseldorf,[5] Hannover,[5] Nuremberg, Rotterdam/The Hague[6]
Eurowings	Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn[7][8]
Pegasus Airlines	Antalya,[9] Düsseldorf,[10] Ercan,[11] Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen,[12] Izmir,[10] Lyon,[13] Rotterdam/The Hague,[14] Stuttgart Seasonal: Amsterdam,[citation needed] Cologne/Bonn,[citation needed] London–Stansted[15]
Smartwings	Seasonal charter: Prague[16]
SunExpress[17]	Amsterdam, Antalya,[18] Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hannover,[19] Izmir, Munich, Stuttgart Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse,[20] Berlin,[21] Brussels,[20] Cologne/Bonn,[20] Geneva,[22] London-Stansted,[19] Prague,[23] Rotterdam/The Hague,[citation needed] Vienna[24][25]
TUI fly Belgium	Liège[26]
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul[27]

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at ASR airport. See Wikidata query.

Kayseri–Erkilet International Airport Passenger Traffic Statistics^[28]

Year (months)	Domestic	% change	International	% change	Total	% change
2024	2,062,226	9%	541,088	16%	2,603,314	11%
2023	1,885,345	9%	466,307	15%	2,351,652	3%
2022	1,736,480	36%	548,124	36%	2,284,604	36%
2021	1,279,854	34%	402,255	97%	1,682,209	45%
2020	957,290	52%	203,869	41%	1,161,159	50%
2019	1,980,252	8%	345,611	8%	2,325,863	7%
2018	1,863,373	1%	320,474	22%	2,183,847	2%
2017	1,884,103	6%	263,217	30%	2,147,320	8%
2016	1,781,989	1%	202,536	6%	1,984,525	1%
2015	1,756,787	17%	215,361	4%	1,972,148	14%
2014	1,501,520	6%	224,326	3%	1,745,846	6%
2013	1,414,826	29%	218,186	6%	1,633,012	23%
2012	1,096,883	13%	232,943	9%	1,329,826	9%
2011	968,942	35%	254,818	16%	1,223,760	30%
2010	720,297	27%	219,948	4%	940,245	21%
2009	568,106	18%	210,533	8%	778,639	15%
2008	479,857	17%	194,976	3%	674,833	12%
2007	575,473	-	189,833	-	765,306	-

Access

Public buses run from the airport (just outside the gates) to the city center and vice versa.^[29] 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.