Antalya Airport Antalya Havalimanı
IATA: AYT – ICAO: LTAI
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		DHMI-Antalya-Turkey-Havalimani
Location		Antalya, Turkey
Elevation AMSL		177 ft / 54 m
Coordinates		36°54′01″N 030°47′34″E / 36.90028°N 30.79278°E / 36.90028; 30.79278 (Antalya International Airport)Coordinates: 36°54′01″N 030°47′34″E / 36.90028°N 30.79278°E / 36.90028; 30.79278 (Antalya International Airport)
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
18L/36R	3,400	11,154	Concrete
18C/36C	3,400	11,154	Concrete
18R/36L	2,990	9,809	Asphalt
Source: Turkish AIP at EUROCONTROL

Antalya Airport (IATA: AYT, ICAO: LTAI) is 13 km (8.1 mi) northeast of the city center of Antalya, Turkey. The airport is operated in Turkey's primary holiday destination located on the country's Mediterranean coast. The airport is big and modern, built to accommodate the millions of passengers who come to Turkey's Mediterranean beaches in summer. It handled nearly 18.8 million passengers in 2008, more than 16.2 million of which were international passengers. The airport has two international terminals and one domestic terminal. Based on the projection from data from peak months (e.g. August 2009), it currently has an estimated capacity of accommodating up to 35 million passengers/year, theoretically. The opening of Alanya Gazipaşa Airport between Anamur and Alanya, which is about 100 km (62 mi) to the east of AYT, will help ease the airport's traffic.

History

The construction of International Terminal 1 started in 1996 by Bayindir Holding and it was ready for service on 1 April 1998. In 1999 Fraport AG and Bayindir Holding signed a joint venture agreement. Terminal 1 is operated by Fraport AG. Now there is an additional new International Terminal, Terminal 2, which is operated by the company Celebi.

Terminals, airlines and destinations

Traffic Statistics

Milestones:

• In 2002 it was ranked as the 84th busiest airport worldwide and 25th in Europe
• In 2003 the airport handled 10 million passengers, representing an increase of 78% since 1998
• The Airport Terminal serves about 40% of all tourists coming to Turkey by air
• The number of staff at the airport is nearly 2000 (2005 data)
• According to ACI (Airport Council International) statistics, Antalya Airport International Terminal ranks amongst the top 100 busiest airports worldwide since 2001
• According to ACI (Airport Council International) statistics, Antalya Airport International Terminal ranked as the second busiest terminal on the Mediterranean coast line after Majorca in 2005
• According to ACI (Airport Council International) statistics, Antalya Airport ranked 30th in 2005, 2008 and 2009 for international passenger traffic
• In 2007, Antalya airport was Europe's 25th busiest airport, handling 17,795,523 passengers, an increase of 20.5% over 2006
• In 2008, AYT was the world's 30th busiest airport in terms of international passengers traffic. In 2009, AYT also held its 30th spot in that category among world airports, with 15,210,733 international passengers
• More detailed and current statistics can be found at DHMI's website

(*) Preliminary data

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