Erkilet International Airport

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
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]

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.

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, Düsseldorf, Ercan,[9] Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, Izmir, Lyon,[10] Rotterdam/The Hague,[11] Stuttgart Seasonal: Amsterdam, Cologne/Bonn
SunExpress[12]	Amsterdam, Antalya, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hannover (resumes 3 June 2025),[13] Izmir, Munich, Stuttgart Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse,[14] Berlin,[15] Brussels,[14] Cologne/Bonn,[14] Geneva,[16] London-Stansted (begins 1 July 2025),[13] Prague,[17] Vienna[18][19]
TUI fly Belgium	Liège
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at ASR airport. See Wikidata query.

Kayseri–Erkilet International Airport Passenger Traffic Statistics[20]

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.[21] 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

1. (in Turkish) Kayseri Hava Meydanı Archived 2007-12-27 at the Wayback Machine at DHMİ (State Airports Authority)
2. EAD Basic
3. Liu, Jim (13 March 2024). "AJet NS24 New Flight Number Designations – 12MAR24". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
4. "AJet NS24 Germany Network Expansion".
5. Liu, Jim (27 January 2020). "Corendon Airlines S20 Network expansion". routesonline.com.
6. "Corendon Dutch NS24 Rotterdam – Türkiye Operations".
7. Liu, Jim (22 April 2024). "Eurowings NS24 Network Additions – 21APR24". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
8. "Sommerurlaub: Eurowings bietet neues Reiseziel vom Flughafen Köln/Bonn an". 21 March 2024.
9. "News for Airlines, Airports and the Aviation Industry | CAPA".
10. "Pegasus NW23 Network Additions – 08NOV23".
11. Liu, Jim. "Pegasus adds Kayseri – Rotterdam link in S19". Routesonline. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
12. Liu, Jim (3 September 2020). "SunExpress 01-19SEP20 International operations as of 30AUG20". routesonline.com.
13. "SunExpress NS25 Network Additions – 27OCT24". Aeroroutes. Aeroroutes. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
14. Liu, Jim (27 February 2024). "SunExpress NS24 International Frequency Changes – 25FEB24". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
15. "SunExpress NS24 Network Expansion – 24SEP23".
16. "SUNEXPRESS NS23 NETWORK ADDITIONS – 30OCT22". aeroroutes.com. 31 October 2022.
17. "SunExpress NW24 Network Additions – 04AUG24". AeroRoutes. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
18. "SunExpress, Kayseri-Viyana Uçak Seferlerini Hayata Geçirecek!".
19. Liu, Jim (13 November 2024). "Austrian / SunExpress Begins Codeshare Partnership in NW24". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
20. "Statistics".
21. "KAYSERİ ULAŞIM BİLGİ SİSTEMİ (KUBİS)", Havaalanına giden hatlar, 2010 ©. Retrieved on 03 December 2013.

External links

• Accident history for ASR at Aviation Safety Network
• Aeronautical chart and airport information for LTAU at SkyVector
• Current weather for LTAU at NOAA/NWS