Kayseri Erkilet Airport
Kayseri Erkilet Havalimanı
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| Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||
| Operator | DHMİ (State Airports Administration) Turkish Air Force | ||||||||||
| Location | Kayseri, Turkey | ||||||||||
| Opened | 1998 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 3,506 ft / 1,069 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°46′13″N 035°29′43″E / 38.77028°N 35.49528°E / 38.77028; 35.49528 | ||||||||||
| Website | www.dhmi.gov.tr | ||||||||||
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  ASR Location of airport in Turkey Show map of Turkey ASR ASR (Asia) Show map of Asia | |||||||||||
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Sources: DHMİ,[1] Turkish AIPatEUROCONTROL[2] | |||||||||||
Erkilet International AirportorKayseri Erkilet Airport (Turkish: Kayseri Erkilet Havalimanı, IATA: ASR, ICAO: LTAU) is a military airbase and public airport located 5 km (3.1 mi) north[2]ofKayseri in the Kayseri ProvinceofTurkey. The airport is a major hub for travel to Cappadocia.
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.
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Erkilet Airport
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| AJet | Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen Seasonal: Munich,[3] Stuttgart[3] |
| Corendon Airlines | Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn,[4] Düsseldorf,[4] Hannover,[4] Nuremberg, Rotterdam/The Hague[5] |
| Eurowings | Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn[6] |
| Pegasus Airlines | Antalya, Düsseldorf, Ercan,[7] Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, Izmir, Lyon,[8] Rotterdam/The Hague,[9] Stuttgart Seasonal: Amsterdam, Cologne/Bonn |
| SunExpress[10] | Amsterdam, Antalya, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Izmir, Munich, Stuttgart Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse, Berlin,[11] Cologne/Bonn, Geneva,[12] Hannover, Vienna[13] |
| TUI fly Belgium | Liège |
| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul |
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Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.
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| Year (months) | Domestic | % change | International | % change | Total | % change |
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| 2012 * | 968,942 |  5,9%
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254,818 | 1,8%
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1,223,760 | 5.0%
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| 2011 * | 914,537 | 27.0%
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250,129 | 14.0%
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1,164,666 | 24.0%
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| 2010 | 720,229 | 27.0%
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219,955 | 4.0%
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940,184 | 21.0%
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| 2009 | 568,106 | 18.4%
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210,533 | 8.0%
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778,639 | 15.4%
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| 2008 | 479,857 |  17.0%
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194,976 | 3.0%
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674,833 | 12.0%
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| 2007 | 575,473 | 189,833 | 765,306 |
(*)Source: DHMI.gov.tr[14]
Public buses run from the airport (just outside the gates) to the city center and vice versa.[15] 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.
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