Antalya Airport


Antalya Airport is an international airport located northeast of the city center 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 18,741,659 passengers in 2016, making it the third-busiest airport in Turkey. The airport has two international terminals and one domestic terminal. Antalya is one of the major airports on the Southwest of Turkey, the others being Bodrum and Dalaman.

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 by Airports Council International.
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.

Terminals

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

Airlines and destinations

Traffic statistics


Year Domestic%changeInternational%changeTotal%change
2019 5.399.599 8%23.929.236 19%29.328.835 13%
20187,575,871 2%24,127,993 31%31,703,864 23%
20177,459,241 6%18,472,418 58%25,931,659 38%
20167,023,698 1.4%11,717,961 48%18,741,659 32.5%
20156,923,023 11%20,801,226 6%27,724,249 2%
20146,217,042 12%22,124,021 3%28,341,063 5%
20135,526,485 12%21,492,138 7%27,018,623 8%
20124,971,312 10.0%20,022,355 2.0%24,993,667 0.9%
20114,554,784 23.0%20,558,851 12.0%25,113,635 14.0%
20103,694,085 18.0%18,302,516 20.0%21,996,601 20.0%
20093,135,139 21.0%15,210,554 6.0%18,345,693 2.0%
20082,588,054 1.5%16,201,203 6.9%18,789,257 6.1%
20072,550,396 6.0%15,159,989 24.0%17,710,385 21.0%
20062,406,626 50.0%12,235,417 14.0%14,642,043 8.0%
20051,608,749 47.0%14,256,114 13.0%15,864,863 16.0%
20041,092,858 77.6%12,563,195 28.8%13,656,053 31.7%
2003615,420 5.4%9,756,180 0.1%10,371,600 0.4%
2002584,0779,750,87410,334,951

Ground transport

The public bus shuttle runs every 30 minutes between Antalya Airport and Antalya bus terminal.The Antalya Tramway has been extended to the airport to provide a railway link to the city. Terminal 2 is not served by the Tramway, but bus line 600 does stop there.