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 of Kayseri in the Kayseri Province of Turkey.
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 | Destinations |
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AnadoluJet | Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen |
Corendon Airlines | Cologne/Bonn (begins 26 May 2020), Düsseldorf (begins 24 May 2020), Frankfurt (begins 25 May 2020), Hannover (begins 27 June 2020), Munich (begins 24 May 2020), Münster/Osnabrück (begins 25 May 2020), Rotterdam (begins 25 May 2020), Stuttgart (begins 23 May 2020) |
Pegasus Airlines | Antalya, Düsseldorf, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, Izmir,
Stuttgart Seasonal: Amsterdam, Rotterdam |
Smartwings Poland | Seasonal charter: Warsaw–Chopin |
SunExpress | Izmir Seasonal: Antalya, Cologne/Bonn |
SunExpress Deutschland | Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Hannover, Munich, Stuttgart |
TUI fly Belgium | Liège |
Turkish Airlines | Istanbul Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Munich, Stuttgart, Vienna |
Ukraine International Airlines | Seasonal charter: Kiev–Boryspil |
Year (months) | Domestic | % change | International | % change | Total | % change |
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2012 * | 968,942 | 5,9% | 254,818 | 1,8% | 1,223,760 | 5.0% |
2011 * | 914,537 | 27.0% | 250,129 | 14.0% | 1,164,666 | 24.0% |
2010 | 720,229 | 27.0% | 219,955 | 4.0% | 940,184 | 21.0% |
2009 | 568,106 | 18.4% | 210,533 | 8.0% | 778,639 | 15.4% |
2008 | 479,857 | 17.0% | 194,976 | 3.0% | 674,833 | 12.0% |
2007 | 575,473 | 189,833 | 765,306 |
(*)Source: DHMI.gov.tr
Public buses run from the airport (just outside the gates) to the city center and vice versa. 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.