# Antalya Airport

Antalya Airport (IATA: AYT, ICAO: LTAI) is a major international airport located 13 km (8.1 mi) northeast of the city centre of Antalya, Turkey. It is a major destination during the European summer leisure season due to its location at the country's Mediterranean coast. It handled 38,254,905 million passengers in 2024, making it the third-busiest airport in Turkey, and the 6th busiest airports in the Middle East (as of 2024). The airport has two international terminals and one domestic terminal. Antalya is one of the major airports in southwestern Turkey, the others being Bodrum and Dalaman. Among the top 50 busiest airports in the world by passenger numbers in 2021, Antalya saw the highest growth in passenger numbers at 125.8%. The airport's passenger numbers that year were among very few international airports to reach a level which matched or exceeded a normal operational year in the 2010s decade. The airport and its flights are estimated to have emitted 1.87 million tonnes of greenhouse gas in 2023.

## History

The airport was built to accommodate the millions of passengers who come to Turkey's Mediterranean beaches in summer. It consists of two international terminals and one domestic terminal. The construction of International Terminal 1 started in 1996 by Bayindir Holding and it was ready for service on 1 April 1998. International Terminal 2 was opened in 2005 and the domestic terminal was opened in 2010. The airport is operated by Fraport TAV Antalya A.S., a joint-venture between Fraport AG and TAV Airports.
In July 2011, the airport was selected as Best Airport in Europe (10–25-million-passenger category) by Airports Council International (ACI).
In 2003, the airport handled 10 million passengers, representing an increase of 78% since 1998. According to ACI statistics, Antalya Airport ranked 30th in 2005, 2008 and 2009 for international passenger traffic. In 2008, AYT was the world's 30th-busiest airport in international passengers traffic. In 2009, AYT also held its 30th spot in that category among world airports, with 15,210,733 international passengers. By the end of 2010, it rose to the 23rd spot with over 18 million international passengers.
A new airport is due to open west of Antalya, close to Kaş.
IFC is financing the expansion and modernization of Antalya Airport in Türkiye by providing a €150 million loan to Fraport TAV, as part of a broader €1.9 billion investment involving several other financial institutions. The initiative's stated aims are to enhance Turkey’s competitiveness in global tourism, improve transportation connectivity, and bolster economic recovery post-COVID-19.The IFC stated it wishes to reduce carbon emissions in order to achieve LEED Gold certification for the airport.

## Terminals

There are three terminals at the airport, Terminal 1, Terminal 2, and the Domestic Terminal.

## Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Antalya Airport:
| Airlines | Destinations |
| Aeroflot | Grozny, Moscow–Sheremetyevo |
| Aero Nomad Airlines | Seasonal: Bishkek |
| Air Algérie | Seasonal: Algiers |
| Air Anka | Charter: Düsseldorf, Frankfurt |
| Air Astana | Almaty, Astana |
| Air Serbia | Seasonal charter: Belgrade, Niš |
| Air Baltic | Seasonal charter: Riga |
| AirExplore | Seasonal charter: Bratislava, Košice, Piešťany |
| AJet | Ankara, Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Ercan, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, London–Stansted, Zurich Seasonal: Brussels, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hamburg, Hanover, Sarajevo, Skopje, Sofia, Vienna |
| Animawings | Seasonal charter: Arad, Baia Mare, Brașov, Bucharest–Otopeni, Cluj-Napoca, Craiova, Oradea, Sibiu, Târgu Mureș, Timișoara |
| Austrian Airlines | Seasonal: Vienna |
| Azerbaijan Airlines | Baku |
| Azur Air | Seasonal charter: Astrakhan, Barnaul, Chelyabinsk, Irkutsk, Kazan, Kemerovo, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Magnitogorsk, Moscow–Vnukovo, Murmansk, Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Orenburg, Saint Petersburg, Saratov, Surgut, Syktyvkar, Tomsk, Ulyanovsk, Vladikavkaz, Yekaterinburg |
| Belavia | Seasonal charter: Brest (resumes 12 May 2025), Homiel, Minsk, Mahilyow (begins 18 May 2025), Vitsyebsk |
| BH Air | Seasonal charter: Plovdiv, Sofia, Varna |
| Braathens International Airways | Seasonal charter: Copenhagen, Gothenburg |
| British Airways | Seasonal: London–Gatwick |
| Brussels Airlines | Seasonal: Brussels |
| Buzz | Seasonal charter: Kraków |
| Centrum Air | Tashkent (begins 18 May 2025) |
| Chair Airlines | Seasonal: Zürich |
| Condor | Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Leipzig/Halle, Munich |
| Corendon Airlines | Cologne/Bonn, Dresden, Düsseldorf, Erfurt/Weimar, Hamburg, Hannover, Katowice, Leipzig/Halle, Munich, Nuremberg, Paderborn/Lippstadt, Rostock, Warsaw–Chopin Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse, Berlin, Birmingham, Bremen, Brussels, Bucharest–Otopeni, Frankfurt, Friedrichshafen, Glasgow, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Linz, London–Gatwick, London–Stansted, Manchester, Münster/Osnabrück, Newcastle upon Tyne, Salzburg, Stuttgart, Vienna, Zürich Seasonal charter: Piešťany (begins 24 May 2025) |
| Corendon Dutch Airlines | Seasonal: Amsterdam, Groningen, Maastricht/Aachen, Rotterdam/The Hague |
| DAT | Seasonal charter: Billund, Copenhagen |
| Discover Airlines | Frankfurt, Munich |
| EasyJet | Birmingham, Glasgow (begins 4 June 2025), Liverpool, London–Gatwick, London–Luton, London–Southend (begins 1 April 2025), Manchester Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse, Belfast–International, Berlin, Bristol, Edinburgh, Geneva |
| Edelweiss Air | Seasonal: Zürich |
| Enter Air | Seasonal charter: Bydgoszcz, Gdańsk, Katowice, Kraków, Łódź, Lublin, Poznań, Rzeszów, Szczecin, Warsaw–Chopin, Warsaw–Modlin, Warsaw–Radom, Wrocław |
| Etihad Airways | Seasonal: Abu Dhabi |
| European Air Charter | Seasonal charter: Plovdiv |
| Eurowings | Seasonal: Berlin, Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart |
| Finnair | Seasonal: Helsinki |
| Fly Lili | Seasonal charter: Bucharest–Băneasa |
| Flyadeal | Seasonal: Riyadh |
| FlyArystan | Seasonal: Aqtau, Atyrau, Oral, Qarağandy, Qyzylorda |
| Flydubai | Seasonal: Dubai–International (begins 5 June 2025) |
| Fly Kıbrıs Airlines | Ercan |
| Freebird Airlines | Seasonal: Berlin, Chișinău (begins 1 May 2025), Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Erfurt, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hannover, Leipzig/Halle, London–Gatwick, Munich, Nuremberg, Paderborn/Lippstadt, Stuttgart Seasonal charter: Weeze, Zagreb |
| GetJet Airlines | Seasonal charter: Vilnius |
| HiSky | Seasonal charter: Brașov |
| Ikar | Seasonal charter: Krasnoyarsk, Syktyvkar, Tomsk, Vladivostok |
| Iraqi Airways | Baghdad |
| Jazeera Airways | Kuwait City |
| Jet2.com | Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds/Bradford, Liverpool, London–Luton (begins 1 April 2025), London–Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne Seasonal: Belfast–International, Bournemouth (begins 3 May 2025) |
| Jettime | Seasonal charter: Karlstad, Örebro |
| Luxair | Seasonal: Luxembourg |
| Mavi Gök Airlines | Seasonal charter: Astana, Bremen,< Linz, Saarbrücken |
| Norwegian Air Shuttle | Oslo, Stockholm–Arlanda Seasonal: Bergen, Stavanger |
| Pegasus Airlines | Adana/Mersin, Almaty, Amman–Queen Alia, Amsterdam, Ankara, Beirut, Charleroi (begins 4 April 2025), Cologne/Bonn, Dubai–International, Düsseldorf, Ercan, Frankfurt, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, Kayseri, London–Stansted, Manchester, Sofia, Stockholm–Arlanda, Tirana, Trabzon Seasonal: Aalborg, Aarhus (begins 9 May 2025), Bahrain, Billund, Bratislava, Bremen, Copenhagen, Dortmund (begins 15 April 2025), Dresden, Doha, Erfurt/Weimar (begins 26 April 2025), Geneva, Giza, Graz (begins 12 April 2025), Hamburg, Hannover, Helsinki, Krakow, Kuwait City, Maastricht, Moscow–Domodedovo, Munich, Münster, Norrköping, Oslo (resumes 11 April 2025), Paderborn/Lippstadt, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Prague, Pristina, Saint Petersburg, Salzburg (begins 13 April 2025), Sarajevo, Sharm El Sheikh, Shymkent, Skopje, Tallinn, Vienna, Yerevan Seasonal charter: Ålesund, Bydgoszcz, Gdańsk, Poznań, Tirana, Trondheim, Zielona Góra |
| Petroleum Air Services | Seasonal charter: Cairo |
| Play | Seasonal: Reykjavík–Keflavík (begins 15 April 2025) |
| Pobeda | Moscow–Vnukovo |
| Qatar Airways | Seasonal: Doha |
| Red Wings Airlines | Seasonal: Chelyabinsk, Saransk (resumes 26 April 2025) |
| Rossiya | Sochi Seasonal: Saint Petersburg Seasonal charter: Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Perm, Samara, Tyumen, Ufa, Yekaterinburg |
| Royal Jordanian | Seasonal: Amman–Queen Alia |
| S7 Airlines | Moscow–Domodedovo, Novosibirsk |
| Saudia | Seasonal: Jeddah (begins 19 June 2025), Riyadh (begins 16 June 2025) |
| Scandinavian Airlines | Seasonal: Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm–Arlanda Seasonal charter: Billund, Gothenburg, Tromsø, Trondheim |
| SCAT Airlines | Seasonal: Almaty, Astana |
| Smartavia | Seasonal charter: Moscow–Domodedovo, Novosibirsk |
| SmartLynx Airlines Estonia | Seasonal charter: Tallinn |
| Smartwings | Prague Seasonal charter: České Budějovice, Karlovy Vary |
| Smartwings Hungary | Seasonal charter: Budapest, Debrecen |
| Smartwings Poland | Seasonal charter: Katowice, Krakow, Lodz, Lublin, Olsztyn, Poznań, Rzeszow, Szczecin, Warsaw–Chopin, Wroclaw |
| Southwind Airlines | Seasonal charter: Arkhangelsk–Talagi (resumes 27 April 2025), Astana, Beirut, El Alamein (begins 26 April 2025), Irkutsk, Kaliningrad, Kazan, Krasnoyarsk-International, Moscow–Sheremetyevo, Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Orenburg, Perm, Saint Petersburg, Samara, Ufa, Yekaterinburg |
| Sunclass Airlines | Seasonal charter: Billund, Copenhagen, Gothenburg, Malmö, Oslo, Stavanger, Stockholm–Arlanda, Trondheim |
| Sundair | Seasonal: Bremen, Dresden |
| Sunday Airlines | Seasonal: Astana Seasonal charter: Almaty, Aqtau, Aqtöbe, Öskemen, Qostanai, Qarağandy, Şymkent |
| SunExpress | Abu Dhabi, Adana/Mersin, Amman (begins 4 June 2025), Amsterdam, Basel/Mulhouse, Berlin, Birmingham, Bremen, Bristol, Budapest, Bursa, Cologne/Bonn, Copenhagen, Diyarbakır, Dubai–International, Dublin, Düsseldorf, Edinburgh, Erbil, Erzurum, Frankfurt, Gaziantep, Glasgow (begins 4 April 2025), Gothenburg, Graz, Hamburg, Hannover, İzmir, Kayseri, Krakow, Leeds/Bradford, Leipzig/Halle, Liverpool (begins 6 April 2025), London–Gatwick, London–Stansted, Lyon, Malatya, Manchester, Mardin, Munich, Münster/Osnabrück, Newcastle upon Tyne, Nuremberg, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Prague, Saarbrücken, Samsun, Sanliurfa, Sharm El Sheikh, Stockholm–Arlanda, Stuttgart, Trabzon, Van, Vienna, Zürich Seasonal: Aalborg, Beirut, Billund, Brussels, Bucharest–Otopeni, Cairo, Dortmund, Dresden, Eindhoven, Erfurt, Geneva, Helsinki, Kuwait City, London-Luton, Marseille, Milan–Malpensa, Paderborn/Lippstadt, Pristina, Riga, Sarajevo, Skopje, Sofia, Tallinn, Tbilisi, Tirana, Vilnius, Warsaw–Chopin Seasonal charter: Plovdiv |
| Swiss International Air Lines | Seasonal: Geneva |
| Tailwind Airlines | Seasonal charter: Bremen, Erfurt/Weimar, Kuwait City, Weeze |
| TAROM | Seasonal charter: Baia Mare, Bucharest–Otopeni, Cluj-Napoca, Suceava, Timișoara |
| Transavia | Seasonal: Lyon, Marseille, Nantes, Paris–Orly |
| TUI Airways | Seasonal: Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cardiff, East Midlands, Exeter, Glasgow, Leeds/Bradford, London–Gatwick, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne |
| TUI fly Belgium | Brussels Seasonal: Antwerp, Ostend/Bruges |
| TUI fly Netherlands | Seasonal: Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Groningen, Rotterdam/The Hague |
| Turkish Airlines | Ercan, Istanbul, Moscow–Vnukovo Seasonal: Baghdad, Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Geneva, Kazan, Kuwait City, Moscow–Domodedovo, Munich, Omsk, Saint Petersburg, Stuttgart, Warsaw–Chopin Seasonal charter: Almaty, Astana, Karagandy, Sarajevo |
| Ural Airlines | Seasonal charter: Perm (resumes 20 May 2025) |
| Utair | Grozny Seasonal: Tyumen |
| Widerøe | Seasonal charter: Bergen, Trondheim |
| Wizz Air | London–Gatwick, London–Luton Seasonal: Bucharest–Otopeni, Budapest |
| Yamal Airlines | Seasonal charter: Moscow–Domodedovo |

## Ground transport

There are 2 city buses that serve Antalya Airport (number 600 and 800). Route number 600 goes to/from Otogar (city bus station) and route number 800 goes to/from Lara. Also, Havaş shuttles serve the airport to/from 5M Migros shopping centre. The Antalya Tramway has been extended to the airport to provide a railway link to the city.

## Antalya Airfield Command

There is a military base on the western side of the airport, serviced by the third runway (18R / 36L), which is reserved for use by the Turkish Air Force.