List of the busiest airports in Turkey explained

The tables below contain General Directorate of State Airports (DHMI) data from 2007 to 2017, on the busiest airports in Turkey by total passenger traffic, including information on international, domestic and transit passengers.^[1]

Istanbul serves as one of the largest aviation hubs in the world, with two international airports, handling 80,462,931 passengers in 2014.^[2] Istanbul Airport, which handled about 61 million passengers in 2015, is the third-largest and fifth-busiest international airport in Europe.^[3] Istanbul's second-busiest airport, Sabiha Gökçen Airport, which handled over 23.5 million passengers in 2014, is one of the fastest-growing airports in Europe. A third airport in Istanbul with a planned capacity of 150 million passengers opened to passengers on 6 April 2019, in northern Istanbul on the Black Sea coast.

Turkish airports by passenger traffic

Rank	Airport	Location	Code (IATA/ICAO)	2023[4]	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015
1			IST/LTFM	76,236,980	35,100,000	23.409.132	41,000,000	-	-	-	-
2			SAW/LTFJ	37,030,005	13,000,000	16,982,456	35,465,508	34,058,917	31,316,109	29,651,543	28,285,578
3			AYT/LTAI	35,538,387	10,000,000	9,771,628	23,929,236	24,127,993	18,472,418	11,717,961	20,801,226
4			ESB/LTAC	11,914,082	6,500,000	5,056,451	13,692,954	16,740,003	15,817,158	13,044,116	12,113,439
5			ADB/LTBJ	10,691,522	5,900,000	5,459,358	12,385,329	13,410,378	12,824,310	12,051,243	12,178,100
6	Dalaman Airport	Muğla / Dalaman	DLM/LTBS	5,247,488	1,750,000	1,626,702	4,382,083	3,101,902	3,718,768	4,551,490	4,858,379
7			ADA/LTAF	4,713,817	3,000,000	2,506,995	5,054,183	5,626,996	5,610,176	5,585,702	5,309,706
8	Milas–Bodrum Airport	Muğla / Bodrum	BJV/LTFE	4,056,447	1,500,000	1,493,455	4,344,767	4,176,112	3,501,530	3,221,776	3,877,873
9	Trabzon Airport	Trabzon	TZX/LTCG	3,499,592	2,000,000	1,789,153	3,767,148	4,028,563	4,148,929	3,713,994	3,362,799
10			GZT/LTAJ	2,620,399	1,400,000	1,379,253	2,544,944	2,637,027	2,629,569	2,330,490	2,331,227
11	Kayseri Erkilet Airport	Kayseri	ASR/LTAU	2,353,629	1,200,000	1,161,561	2,326,192	2,183,847	2,147,320	1,984,525	1,972,148
12	Diyarbakır Airport	Diyarbakır	DIY/LTCC	2,047,834	2,053,202	1,978,017	2,071,089	1,808,405	1,771,372	1,277,243	1,733,374
13	Van Ferit Melen Airport	Van	VAN/LTCI	1,548,327	1,661,535	1,481,873	1,394,328	1,210,650	1,121,710	1,001,867	1,057,132
14	Samsun-Çarşamba Airport	Samsun / Çarşamba	SZF/LTFH	1,416,172	1,175,525	1,783,839	1,716,993	1,520,734	1,341,606	1,246,168	1,155,158
15	Erzurum Airport	Erzurum	ERZ/LTCE	1,047,274	1,349,633	1,199,953	1,085,117	992,639	879,603	811,186	805,337
16			RZV/LTFO	1,022,860
17	Ordu Giresun Airport	Ordu	OGU/LTCB	995,170	1,187,786	796,188	196,385				-
18	Konya Airport	Konya	KYA/LTAN	899,498	1,247,705	1,093,440	1,067,753	988,201	837,933	666,416	600,871
19			GNY/LTCS	882,987	840,769	778,004	697,729	593,438	544,565	344,459	231,323
20	Gazipaşa Airport	Antalya / Alanya	GZP/LTFG	868,003	821,178	718,718	915,046	726,252	363,024	84,253	14,130
21	Elazığ Airport	Elazığ	EZS/LTCA	786,391	1,030,512	1,024,055	955,988	907,191	835,117	742,807	549,054
22	Mardin Airport	Mardin	MQM/LTCR	740,763	680,858	640,380	567,597	471,064	359,640	281,739	122,912
23			MLX/LTAT	731,533	886,412	789,079	767,701	630,214	641,517	591,079	570,605
24	Nevşehir Kapadokya Airport	Nevşehir	NAV/LTAZ	561,398	127,869	367,740	359,563	298,568	197,376	174,579	157,792
25	Batman Airport	Batman	BAL/LTCJ	549,084	519,336	439,634	197,301	435,745	420,822	498,045	173,943
26			KSY/LTCF	537,871	577,051	528,637	424,724	385,440	408,464	364,080	377,584
27	Muş Airport	Muş	MSR/LTCK	483,188	438,037	374,154	342,953	313,757	268,224	207,290	196,546
28	Denizli Çardak Airport	Denizli / Çardak	DNZ/LTAY	441,360	680,999	550,955	509,047	377,202	280,241	178,699	174,627
29	Sivas Airport	Sivas	VAS/LTAR	437,488	567,689	562,159	533,278	429,062	340,740	250,505	228,599
30	Şırnak Airport	Şırnak	NKT/LTCV	409,462	339,841	241,311	272,576	252,247	37,903	-	-
31	Erzincan Airport	Erzincan	ERC/LTCD	394,000	441,627	346,944	296,284	295,163	281,215	229,533	207,074
32	Iğdır Airport	Iğdır	IGD/LTCT	354,746	248,005	216,252	212,851	197,561	217,298	51,944	-
33	Adıyaman Airport	Adıyaman	ADF/LTCP	337,563	259,780	244,756	190,744	158,768	118,062	105,716	45,346
34	Ağrı Airport	Ağrı	AJI/LTCO	316,807	283,620	235,770	211,806	202,824	181,649	154,068	134,519
35	Balıkesir Koca Seyit Airport	Balıkesir / Edremit	EDO/LTFD	260,233	436,261	364,748	321,130	207,377	91,625	46,595	59,656
36			KCM/LTCN	248,452	298,962	264,581	228,689	187,844	141,043	95,189	95,740
37	Bursa Yenişehir Airport	Bursa / Yenişehir	YEI/LTBR	195,415	251,147	274,891	186,703	74,677	67,097	80,267	111,550
38	Bingöl Airport	Bingöl	BGG/LTCU	177,880	168,220	156,915	135,548	120,460	28,411	-	-
39	Çanakkale Airport	Çanakkale	CKZ/LTBH	165,606	218,055	183,958	168,031	45,539	7,737	49,517	60,543
40			HTY/LTDA	162,633	1,284,557	1,203,430	1,171,484	1,104,967	946,793	651,610	689,586
41	Hakkari Yüksekova Airport	Hakkari	YKO/LTCW	160,389	153,700	37,720	20,876
42	Tokat Airport	Tokat	TJK/LTAW	147,970	13,058	51,744	56,316	35,266	17,793	25,425	30,516
43	Amasya Merzifon Airport	Amasya / Merzifon	MZH/LTAP	131,513	221,996	91,729	146,707	137,771	113,444	82,448	48,035
44	Zonguldak Airport	Zonguldak	ONQ/LTAS	128,864	24,139	23,086	27,631	24,444	29,856	27,711	20,462
45	Sinop Airport	Sinop	NOP/LTCM	94,966	153,070	91,215	92,418	80,544	0	66,875	58,438
46	Eskişehir Anadolu Airport	Eskişehir	AOE/LTBY	91,842	80,048	56,454	51,925	45,149	34,431	48,563	43,038
47	Zafer Airport	Kütahya	KZR/LTBZ	86,399	103,364	86,733	95,239	86,043	88,308	3,181	-
48	Isparta Süleyman Demirel Airport	Isparta	ISE/LTFC	82,692	188,209	204,207	241,016	185,439	147,681	53,562	21,559
49	Siirt Airport	Siirt	SXZ/LTCL	62,719	22,674	97,912	66,626	19,526	16,896	33,740	31,420
50	Kastamonu Airport	Kastamonu	KFS/LTAL	60,672	92,530	107,199	82,855	68,585	35,094	-	-
51	Tekirdağ Çorlu Airport	Tekirdağ / Çorlu	TEQ/LTBU	32,377	104,879	97,869	151,520	122,197	77,644	26,257	43,120
52	Kocaeli Cengiz Topel Airport	Kocaeli	KCO/LTBQ	3,155	49,242	59,049	40,259	13,020	12,094	62,149	11,851
53			USQ/LTBO	56		12,633	10,936
54			BZI/LTBF	-	-	-	286	287	2,876	11,573	6,674
55			GKD/LTFK	-	-	-	0	0	1,723	1,666	1,106
Total	214,005,924				193,045,343	173,743,537	181,355,761	166,941,088	149,531,729	129,957,861	117,620,469

2011 / 2012

Rank	Airport	Location	Code (IATA/ICAO)	Total passengers 2011	Total passengers 2012	Change 2011/12
1			ISL/LTBA	37,394,694	44,998,508	20.3%
2			AYT/LTAI	25,027,657	24,993,667	0.1%
3			SAW/LTFJ	13,124,670	14,487,242	10.4%
4			ADB/LTBJ	8,523,533	9,356,284	9.8%
5			ESB/LTAC	8,485,467	9,273,108	9.3%
6			DLM/LTBS	3,732,374	3,810,015	2.1%
7			ADA/LTAF	3,240,967	3,777,348	16.6%
8			BJV/LTFE	3,388,335	3,537,954	4.4%
9			TZX/LTCG	2,280,017	2,429,873	6.6%
10			GZT/LTAJ	1,314,508	1,444,569	9.9%
11			DIY/LTCC	1,733,374	1,277,243	26.3%
12			ASR/LTAU	1,223,760	1,258,731	2.9%
13			SZF/LTFH	1,155,158	1,246,168	7.9%
14			VAN/LTCI	1,057,132	1,001,867	5.2%
15			ERZ/LTCE	805,337	811,186	0.7%
16			EZS/LTCA	549,054	742,807	35.3%
17			KYA/LTAN	600,871	666,416	10.9%
18			HTY/LTDA	689,586	651,610	5.5%
19			MLX/LTAT	570,605	591,079	3.6%
20			BAL/LTCJ	173,943	498,045	186.3%
21			KSY/LTCF	377,584	364,080	3.6%
22			GNY/LTCS	231,323	344,459	48.9%
23			MQM/LTCR	122,912	281,739	129.2%
24			VAS/LTAR	228,599	250,505	9.6%
25			ERC/LTCD	207,074	229,533	10.8%
26			MSR/LTCK	196,546	207,290	5.5%
27			DNZ/LTAY	174,627	178,699	2.3%
28			NAV/LTAZ	157,792	174,579	10.6%
29			AJI/LTCO	134,519	154,068	14.5%
30			ADF/LTCP	45,346	105,716	133.1%
31			KCM/LTCN	95,740	95,189	0.6%
32			GZP/LTFG	14,130	84,253	496.3%
33			MZH/LTAP	48,035	82,448	71.6%
34			YEI/LTBR	111,550	80,267	28.0%
35			SIC/LTCM	58,438	66,875	14.4%
36			KCO/LTBQ	11,851	62,149	424.4%
37			ISE/LTFC	21,559	53,562	148.4%
38			IGD/LTCT	0	51,944	....%
39			CKZ/LTBH	60,543	49,517	18.2%
40			AOE/LTBY	43,038	48,563	12.8%
Total	Countrywide			117,620,469	129,957,861	10.5%

2010 / 2011

Rank	Airport	Location	Code (IATA/ICAO)	Total passengers 2010	Total passengers 2011	Change 2010/11
1			ISL/LTBA	32,145,619	37,394,694	16.3%
2			AYT/LTAI	21,996,601	25,027,657	13.8%
3			SAW/LTFJ	11,129,472	13,124,670	17.9%
4			ADB/LTBJ	7,485,067	8,523,533	13.9%
5			ESB/LTAC	7,759,479	8,485,467	9.4%
6			DLM/LTBS	3,784,440	3,732,374	1.4%
7			BJV/LTFE	3,071,418	3,388,335	10.3%
8			ADA/LTAF	2,841,220	3,240,967	14.1%
9			TZX/LTCG	1,963,168	2,280,017	16.1%
10			DIY/LTCC	1,404,639	1,733,374	23.4%
11			GZT/LTAJ	1,042,309	1,314,508	26.1%
12			ASR/LTAU	940,184	1,223,760	30.2%
13			SZF/LTFH	957,254	1,155,158	20.7%
14			VAN/LTCI	892,056	1,057,132	18.5%
15			ERZ/LTCE	765,087	805,337	5.3%
16			HTY/LTDA	574,683	689,586	20.0%
17			KYA/LTAN	545,561	600,871	10.1%
18			MLX/LTAT	520,503	570,605	9.6%
19			EZS/LTCA	469,844	549,054	16.9%
20			KSY/LTCF	332,284	377,584	13.6%
21			GNY/LTCS	222,727	231,323	3.9%
22			VAS/LTAR	111,473	228,599	105.1%
23			ERC/LTCD	128,227	207,074	61.5%
24			MSR/LTCK	179,822	196,546	9.3%
25			DNZ/LTAY	135,539	174,627	28.8%
26			BAL/LTCJ	183,314	173,943	5.1%
27			NAV/LTAZ	138,109	157,792	14.3%
28			AJI/LTCO	0	134,519	...%
29			MQM/LTCR	305,937	122,912	59.8%
30			YEI/LTBR	98,491	111,550	13.3%
31			KCM/LTCN	53,698	95,740	78.3%
32			CKZ/LTBH	24,001	60,543	152.3%
33			EDO/LTFD	37,236	59,656	60.2%
34			SIC/LTCM	57,454	58,438	1.7%
35			ADF/LTCP	108,507	45,346	58.2%
36			MZH/LTAP	64,393	48,035	25.4%
37			TEQ/LTBU	74,030	43,120	41.8%
38			AOE/LTBY	63,610	43,038	32.3%
39			SXZ/LTCL	937	31,420	3253.3%
40			TJK/LTAW	13,723	30,516	122.4%
Total	Countrywide			102,705,805	117,620,469	14.5%

2009 / 2010

Rank	Airport	Location	Code (IATA/ICAO)	Total passengers 2009	Total passengers 2010	Change 2009/10	Aircraft movements 2010
1			ISL/LTBA	29,812,888	32,145,619	7.8%	288,249
2			AYT/LTAI	18,345,693	21,996,601	19.9%	148,825
3			SAW/LTFJ	6,517,486	11,129,472	70.8%	104,175
4			ESB/LTAC	6,084,404	7,759,479	27.5%	73,936
5			ADB/LTBJ	6,201,794	7,485,067	20.7%	63,162
6			DLM/LTBS	3,347,996	3,784,440	13.0%	27,070
7			BJV/LTFE	2,780,944	3,071,418	10.4%	25,822
8			ADA/LTAF	2,482,402	2,841,220	14.5%	30,343
9			TZX/LTCG	1,596,905	1,963,168	22.9%	17,797
10			DIY/LTCC	1,060,381	1,404,639	32.5%	11,335
11			GZT/LTAJ	833,002	1,042,309	25.1%	10,410
12			SZF/LTFH	866,862	957,254	10.4%	9,320
13			ASR/LTAU	778,639	940,184	20.7%	8,596
14			VAN/LTCI	745,493	892,056	19.7%	7,912
15			ERZ/LTCE	599,017	765,087	27.7%	6,826
16			HTY/LTDA	325,307	574,683	76.7%	5,562
17			KYA/LTAN	301,724	545,561	80.8%	6,244
18			MLX/LTAT	462,884	520,503	12.4%	5,961
19			EZS/LTCA	344,844	469,844	36.2%	4,258
20			KSY/LTCF	288,008	332,284	15.4%	2,793
21			MQM/LTCR	233,288	305,937	31.1%	2,838
22			GNY/LTCS	181,155	222,727	22.9%	2,634
23			BAL/LTCJ	165,482	183,314	10.8%	1,864
24			MSR/LTCK	115,795	179,822	55.3%	1,754
25			NAV/LTAZ	122,753	138,109	12.5%	1,753
26			DNZ/LTAY	150,780	135,539	10.1%	1,749
27			ERC/LTCD	127,030	128,227	0.9%	1,786
28			VAS/LTAR	124,137	111,473	10.0%	1,284
29			ADF/LTCP	85,112	108,507	27.5%	1,120
30			YEI/LTBR	73,496	98,491	34.0%	3,899
31			TEQ/LTBU	40,778	74,030	81.5%	20,245
32			MZH/LTAP	39,577	64,393	62.7%	652
33			AOE/LTBY	78,323	63,610	18.8%	5,845
34			SIC/LTCM	47,147	57,454	21.1%	770
35			KCM/LTCN	81,420	53,698	34.0%	675
36			EDO/LTFD	0	37,236	..%	983
37			ISE/LTFC	16,461	33,504	103.5%	5,819
38			ONQ/LTAS	5,142	29,754	478.6%	586
39			CKZ/LTBH	19,207	24,001	25.0%	1,286
40			USQ/LTBO	10,327	15,889	53.9%	324
Total	Countrywide			85,208,880	102,705,805	20.1%

2008 / 2009

Rank	Airport	Location	Code (IATA/ICAO)	Total passengers 2008	Total passengers 2009	Change 2008/09	Aircraft movements 2009
1			ISL/LTBA	28,553,132	29,812,888	4.4%	283,926
2			AYT/LTAI	18,789,257	18,345,693	2.4%	127,278
3			SAW/LTFJ	4,281,193	6,517,486	52.2%	63,812
4			ADB/LTBJ	5,455,298	6,201,794	13.7%	54,167
5			ESB/LTAC	5,692,133	6,084,404	6.9%	62,625
6			DLM/LTBS	3,208,668	3,347,996	4.3%	24,008
7			BJV/LTFE	2,749,788	2,780,944	1.1%	23,475
8			ADA/LTAF	2,290,427	2,482,402	8.4%	26,326
9			TZX/LTCG	1,469,713	1,596,905	8.7%	14,893
10			DIY/LTCC	967,088	1,060,381	9.6%	8,883
11			SZF/LTFH	604,387	866,862	43.4%	7,884
12			GZT/LTAJ	754,968	833,002	10.3%	8,157
13			ASR/LTAU	674,833	778,639	15.4%	7,180
14			VAN/LTCI	585,319	745,493	27.4%	6,631
15			ERZ/LTCE	527,598	599,017	13.5%	5,220
16			MLX/LTAT	463,817	462,884	0.2%	4,063
17			EZS/LTCA	135,293	344,844	154.9%	2,548
18			HTY/LTDA	162,128	325,307	100.6%	3,066
19			KYA/LTAN	266,143	301,724	13.4%	2,848
20			KSY/LTCF	269,095	288,008	7.0%	2,276
21			MQM/LTCR	192,764	233,288	21.0%	2,112
22			GNY/LTCS	154,657	181,155	17.1%	1,913
23			BAL/LTCJ	143,290	165,482	15.5%	1,427
24			DNZ/LTAY	157,361	150,780	4.2%	1,774
25			ERC/LTCD	91,540	127,030	38.8%	1,628
26			VAS/LTAR	124,357	124,137	0.2%	1,232
27			NAV/LTAZ	100,762	122,753	21.8%	1,524
28			MSR/LTCK	88,875	115,795	30.3%	1,098
29			ADF/LTCP	86,280	85,112	1.4%	832
30			KCM/LTCN	68,167	81,420	19.4%	1,110
31			AOE/LTBY	45,477	78,323	72.2%	5,101
32			YEI/LTBR	75,462	73,496	2.6%	2,219
33			SIC/LTCM	14,464	47,147	226.0%	580
34			TEQ/LTBU	6,882	40,778	492.5%	17,440
35			MZH/LTAP	13,888	39,577	185.0%	419
36			CKZ/LTBH	21,259	19,207	9.7%	1,332
37			ISE/LTFC	15,053	16,461	9.4%	2,107
38			AJI/LTCO	60,360	14,169	76.5%	175
39			USQ/LTBO	25,305	10,327	59.2%	288
40			ONQ/LTAS	0	5,142	-%	148
Total	Countrywide			79,386,481	85,208,880	7.3%

2007 / 2008

Rank	Airport	Location	Code (IATA/ICAO)	Total passengers 2007	Total passengers 2008	Change 2007/08
1			ISL/LTBA	23,196,229	28,553,132	23%
2			AYT/LTAI	17,710,385	18,789,257	6%
3			ADB/LTBJ	5,236,304	5,455,298	4%
4			ESB/LTAC	4,958,128	5,692,133	15%
5			SAW/LTFJ	3,720,495	4,281,193	15%
6			DLM/LTBS	2,895,967	3,208,668	11%
7			BJV/LTFE	2,578,100	2,749,788	7%
8			ADA/LTAF	2,302,535	2,290,427	1%
9			TZX/LTCG	1,482,760	1,469,713	1%
10			DIY/LTCC	895,625	967,088	8%
11			GZT/LTAJ	734,427	754,968	3%
12			ASR/LTAU	765,306	674,833	12%
13			SZF/LTFH	555,796	604,387	9%
14			VAN/LTCI	581,142	585,319	6.5%
15			ERZ/LTCE	591,105	527,598	11%
16			MLX/LTAT	421,444	463,817	10%
17			KSY/LTCF	95,421	269,095	182%
18			KYA/LTAN	248,070	266,143	7%
19			MQM/LTCR	191,383	192,764	10%
20			HTY/LTDA	2,965	162,128	5368%
21			DNZ/LTAY	151,212	157,361	4%
22			GNY/LTCS	114,681	154,657	35%
23			BAL/LTCJ	97,247	143,290	47%
24			EZS/LTCA	119,877	135,293	13%
25			VAS/LTAR	101,959	124,357	22%
26			NAV/LTAZ	54,054	100,762	86%
27			ERC/LTCD	64,681	91,540	42%
28			MSR/LTCK	23,905	88,875	272%
29			ADF/LTCP	42,621	86,280	42%
30			YEI/LTBR	51,724	75,462	46%
31			KCM/LTCN	46,861	68,167	45%
32			AJI/LTCO	42,621	60,360	42%
33			AOE/LTBY	15,504	45,477	193%
34			USQ/LTBO	31,328	25,305	19%
35			CKZ/LTBH	41,079	21,259	48%
36			EDO/LTFD	21,806	17,399	20%
37			ISE/LTFC	47,564	15,053	68%
38			SIC/LTCM	0	14,464	%
39			MZH/LTAP	0	13,888	%
40			TEQ/LTBU	29,768	6,882	77%
Total	Countrywide			70,296,532	79,386,481	13%

Notes and References

1. Web site: Devlet Hava Meydanları İşletmesi Genel Müdürlüğü . www.dhmi.gov.tr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100126161712/http://www.dhmi.gov.tr/istatistik.aspx . 2010-01-26.
2. Web site: Devlet Hava Meydanları İşletmesi Genel Müdürlüğü . 2015-03-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150510154340/http://dhmi.gov.tr/istatistik.aspx . 2015-05-10 . dead .
3. Web site: 'Full' Heathrow Extends European Hub Lead as Terror Hurts Rivals. Bloomberg Business . 2016-01-15.
4. Web site: Kastamonu Havalimanı atıl kapasiteyle boğuşuyor! Komşusuyla kıyaslanamayacak durumda mı? .