List of the busiest airports in Turkey

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The tables below contain General Directorate of State Airports (DHMI) data from 2007 to 2024, on the busiest airports in Turkey by total passenger traffic, including information on international, domestic and transit passengers.

Istanbul serves as one of the largest aviation hubs in the world, with two international airports, handling 121,879,784 passengers in 2024. Istanbul Airport, which handled about 80 million passengers in 2024, is the largest and second-busiest international airport in Europe. Istanbul's second-busiest airport, Sabiha Gökçen Airport, which handled over 41 million passengers in 2024, 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.

Busiest Turkish airports by passenger traffic

The busiest airports in Turkey ordered by total passenger traffic, according to the DHMI reports.

Airport City
served 		Region IATA/
ICAO 		2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007
Adana Şakirpaşa Airport Adana Mediterranean region ADA/LTAF 3,085,048 4,728,808 3,874,593 3,399,491 2,547,344 5,057,788 5,630,674 5,610,176 5,585,702 5,309,706 4,687,494 4,315,778 3,764,157 3,240,967 2,841,170 2,482,402 2,290,427 2,302,535
Adıyaman Airport Adıyaman Southeastern Anatolia region ADF/LTCP 366,377 368,398 182,423 132,535 123,800 244,576 281,036 259,780 244,756 191,630 159,268 118,124 100,522 45,346 108,507 85,112 86,280 48,621
Ağrı Airport Ağrı Eastern Anatolia region AJI/LTCO 312,305 317,537 222,170 250,600 208,987 321,758 326,720 283,620 235,770 211,723 201,140 181,921 154,035 134,519 N/A 14,169 60,360 42,621
Amasya Merzifon Airport Amasya Black Sea region MZH/LTAP 137,850 130,204 93,233 111,445 90,013 167,758 180,471 221,996 91,729 146,208 137,753 113,458 82,750 48,035 64,393 39,577 13,888 N/A
Esenboğa International Airport Ankara Central Anatolia region ESB/LTAC 12,913,753 11,950,940 8,679,594 7,029,630 5,162,569 13,740,595 16,740,003 15,817,158 13,044,116 12,113,439 11,035,606 10,942,060 9,273,108 8,485,467 7,763,914 6,084,404 5,692,133 4,958,128
Antalya Airport Antalya Mediterranean region AYT/LTAI 38,133,273 35,664,138 31,108,181 22,013,861 9,711,195 35,679,421 31,703,864 25,872,451 18,768,535 27,769,404 28,303,192 27,018,623 25,096,144 25,027,657 22,013,027 18,345,693 18,789,257 17,710,385
Alanya Gazipaşa Airport Antalya Mediterranean region GZP/LTFG 1,027,654 835,709 682,654 579,635 270,868 1,084,901 1,201,895 821,178 718,718 914,017 724,842 338,522 79,740 14,130 4,684 N/A N/A N/A
Balıkesir Koca Seyit Airport Balıkesir Marmara region EDO/LTFD 264,204 260,533 221,393 265,555 159,026 354,381 514,010 436,261 364,748 321,520 206,388 91,578 46,595 59,656 37,236 N/A 17,399 21,806
Balıkesir Airport Balıkesir Marmara region BZI/LTBF N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 286 534 2,876 11,573 6,674 N/A 256 N/A 1,313
Bingöl Airport Bingöl Eastern Anatolia region BGG/LTCU 180,651 170,519 133,879 152,967 121,382 203,313 225,477 168,220 156,915 135,864 123,782 29,443 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Bursa Yenişehir Airport Bursa Marmara region YEI/LTBR 200,687 194,910 112,464 77,114 60,571 268,991 242,571 251,147 274,891 187,517 74,108 66,929 79,756 111,550 97,534 73,496 75,462 51,724
Çanakkale Airport Çanakkale Marmara region CKZ/LTBH 187,631 172,322 152,607 79,145 96,564 131,240 229,407 218,055 183,958 168,117 43,805 7,737 49,240 60,543 24,178 19,207 21,259 41,079
Çanakkale Gökçeada Airport Çanakkale Marmara region GKD/LTFK N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 1,726 1,666 1,106 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Denizli Çardak Airport Denizli Aegean region DNZ/LTAY 453,162 434,859 391,112 315,714 233,197 649,782 656,610 680,999 550,955 514,459 404,340 281,643 192,108 174,627 135,005 150,780 157,361 151,212
Diyarbakır Airport Diyarbakır Southeastern Anatolia region DIY/LTCC 2,148,881 2,040,747 1,672,377 1,349,124 1,115,642 1,782,236 2,069,306 2,053,202 1,978,017 2,100,201 1,812,208 1,798.653 1,285,824 1,733,374 1,404,590 1,060,381 967,088 895,625
Elazığ Airport Elazığ Eastern Anatolia region EZS/LTCA 972,295 920,689 682,024 559,236 541,827 902,502 1,039,178 1,030,512 1,024,055 958,169 895,202 837,355 681,417 549,054 470,049 344,844 135,293 119,877
Erzincan Airport Erzincan Eastern Anatolia region ERC/LTCD 430,018 396,491 299,058 289,755 223,667 418,455 500,627 441,627 346,944 295,840 295,292 281,502 233,580 207,074 130,892 127,030 91,540 64,681
Erzurum Airport Erzurum Eastern Anatolia region ERZ/LTCE 1,186,127 1,047,394 865,215 780,710 563,048 990,687 1,334,796 1,349,633 1,199,953 1,081,109 976,336 876,121 789,220 805,337 765,082 599,017 527,598 591,105
Eskişehir Anadolu Airport Eskişehir Central Anatolia region AOE/LTBY 111,535 93,162 109,010 99,615 51,158 89,022 99,331 80,048 56,454 51,925 45,872 34,400 47,228 43,038 63,610 78,323 45,477 15,504
Gaziantep Oğuzeli Airport Gaziantep Southeastern Anatolia region GZT/LTAJ 2,955,231 2,627,193 2,325,808 1,859,524 1,390,784 2,524,376 2,637,027 2,629,569 2,330,490 2,331,227 2,082,821 1,828,799 1,442,969 1,314,508 1,039,972 833,002 754,968 734,427
Hakkari Yüksekova Airport Hakkari Eastern Anatolia region YKO/LTCW 156,889 159,276 115,623 127,991 96,025 180,506 190,666 153,700 37,720 20,876 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Hatay Airport Hatay Mediterranean region HTY/LTDA 288,706 183,908 1,058,214 898,377 635,458 1,213,870 1,325,009 1,284,557 1,203,430 1,171,751 1,113,929 964,707 663,892 689,586 574,613 325,307 162,128 2,965
Isparta Süleyman Demirel Airport Isparta Mediterranean region ISE/LTFC 75,734 82,548 72,410 49,068 42,247 149,637 172,981 188,209 204,207 241,367 184,929 147,660 50,062 21,559 33,411 16,461 15,053 47,564
Çukurova International Airport Mersin Mediterranean region COV/LTDB 1,928,644 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Atatürk Airport Istanbul Marmara region ISL/LTBA N/A N/A N/A 454 N/A 16,112,804 68,346,784 64,106,014 60,415,470 61,332,124 56,695,166 51,297,790 45,091,962 37,394,694 32,143,819 29,812,888 28,553,132 23,196,229
Istanbul Airport Istanbul Marmara region IST/LTFM 80,430,740 76,011,907 64,518,073 37,181,907 23,410,380 52,009,220 95,205 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Sabiha Gökçen International Airport Istanbul Marmara region SAW/LTFJ 41,449,044 36,825,424 30,737,854 24,900,907 16,951,190 35,560,610 34,133,617 31,386,038 29,667,853 28,108,738 23,494,646 18,521,762 14,686,052 13,124,670 11,189,678 6,517,486 4,281,193 3,720,495
Adnan Menderes Airport İzmir Aegean region ADB/LTBJ 11,507,296 10,556,199 9,834,578 7,569,054 5,464,858 12,365,256 13,410,378 12,824,310 12,051,243 12,178,100 10,970,663 10,233,140 9,355,902 8,523,533 7,485,098 6,201,794 5,455,298 5,236,304
Kars Airport Kars Eastern Anatolia region KSY/LTCF 584,512 544,082 465,121 453,366 381,123 524,656 577,562 577,051 528,637 428,061 388,913 430,175 376,147 377,584 332,286 288,008 269,095 95,421
Kastamonu Airport Kastamonu Black Sea region KFS/LTAL 58,623 61,295 44,305 30,267 25,135 63,095 91,592 92,530 107,199 82,960 67,362 35,126 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Kayseri Erkilet Airport Kayseri Central Anatolia region ASR/LTAU 2,603,444 2,351,652 2,284,604 1,682,209 1,161,159 2,325,863 2,183,847 2,147,320 1,984,525 1,972,148 1,745,846 1,633,012 1,329,826 1,223,760 940,245 778,639 674,833 765,306
Kocaeli Cengiz Topel Airport Kocaeli Marmara region KCO/LTBQ 5,306 2,967 1,767 9,173 11,851 57,280 54,110 49,242 59,049 41,728 11,841 13,200 62,311 11,851 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Konya Airport Konya Central Anatolia region KYA/LTAN 924,393 903,361 801,033 662,397 495,861 1,008,803 1,160,885 1,247,705 1,093,330 1,069,643 989,398 835,951 659,209 600,871 545,497 301,724 266,143 248,070
Zafer Airport Kütahya Aegean region KZR/LTBZ 66,735 85,762 57,097 22,929 16,645 82,026 99,395 103,364 86,733 93,874 86,557 84,774 3,181 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Malatya Erhaç Airport Malatya Eastern Anatolia region MLX/LTAT 808,182 730,395 665,907 650,743 478,082 743,170 871,515 886,412 789,079 767,453 647,953 639,807 589,463 570,605 520,457 462,884 463,817 421,444
Kahramanmaraş Airport Kahramanmaraş Mediterranean region KCM/LTCN 243,453 248,264 175,794 171,785 141,471 266,480 334,010 298,962 264,581 228,768 187,268 140,938 102,046 95,740 53,698 81,420 68,167 46,861
Mardin Airport Mardin Southeastern Anatolia region MQM/LTCR 772,497 728,812 599,722 580,889 397,564 568,244 712,775 680,858 640,380 568,710 469,935 359,809 278,590 122,912 305,914 233,288 192,764 191,383
Dalaman Airport Muğla Aegean region DLM/LTBS 5,637,067 5,235,558 4,535,600 2,323,874 1,587,125 4,905,019 4,559,246 3,718,768 3,101,902 4,377,101 4,276,674 4,055,630 3,810,015 3,732,941 3,784,440 3,347,996 3,208,668 2,895,967
Milas–Bodrum Airport Muğla Aegean region BJV/LTFE 4,323,737 4,053,354 3,898,527 2,909,337 1,480,339 4,337,733 4,172,112 3,501,530 3,221,776 3,877,873 3,846,547 3,628,320 3,530,460 3,388,335 3,085,187 2,780,944 2,749,788 2,578,100
Muş Airport Muş Eastern Anatolia region MSR/LTCK 505,016 480,515 347,466 367,390 277,960 385,586 459,863 438,037 374,154 341,866 314,869 268,154 207,248 196,546 179,808 115,795 88,875 23,905
Nevşehir Kapadokya Airport Nevşehir Central Anatolia region NAV/LTAZ 721,942 564,320 434,154 262,440 134,135 494,085 380,710 127,869 367,740 362,655 297,532 196,828 173,978 157,792 137,909 122,753 100,762 54,054
Ordu-Giresun Airport Ordu Black Sea region OGU/LTCB 951,842 1,001,529 813,370 740,653 556,432 1,060,265 1,094,550 1,187,786 796,188 222,936 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Rize-Artvin Airport Rize Black Sea region RZV/LTFO 1,097,828 1,023,921 526,880 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Samsun-Çarşamba Airport Samsun Black Sea region SZF/LTFH 1,514,254 1,400,129 1,204,370 1,126,078 868,141 1,489,333 1,735,522 1,175,525 1,783,839 1,713,247 1,522,058 1,332,148 1,237,691 1,155,158 957,391 866,862 604,387 555,796
Siirt Airport Siirt Southeastern Anatolia region SXZ/LTCL 72,606 62,711 50,918 45,840 33,568 34,718 N/A 22,674 97,912 66,753 19,526 16,896 33,740 31,420 937 N/A 12,581 14,278
Sinop Airport Sinop Black Sea region NOP/LTCM 92,084 95,011 70,246 74,463 78,028 137,181 179,183 153,070 91,215 92,411 81,497 N/A 67,404 58,438 57,454 47,147 14,464 N/A
Sivas Airport Sivas Central Anatolia region VAS/LTAR 424,600 427,608 367,037 410,437 300,881 491,308 581,367 567,689 562,159 530,941 422,556 338,730 244,010 228,599 111,457 124,137 124,357 101,959
Tekirdağ Çorlu Airport Tekirdağ Marmara region TEQ/LTBU 30,203 33,708 44,205 7,776 22,781 72,953 106,207 104,879 97.869 150,340 122,568 77,865 26,257 43,120 74,404 40,778 6,882 29,768
Tokat Airport Tokat Black Sea region TJK/LTAW 155,733 149,802 88,445 N/A N/A N/A N/A 13,058 51,744 56,165 35,067 17,796 25,425 30,516 13,723 N/A 21,828 44,483
Trabzon Airport Trabzon Black Sea region TZX/LTCG 3,655,579 3,535,902 3,185,229 2,642,327 1,801,600 3,770,818 4,028,563 4,148,929 3,713,994 3,362,799 2,777,536 2,620,887 2,404,150 2,280,017 1,963,169 1,596,905 1,469,713 1,482,760
Şanlıurfa GAP Airport Şanlıurfa Southeastern Anatolia region GNY/LTCS 924,157 814,478 641,580 555,187 407,531 729,947 856,765 840,769 778,004 697,827 592,944 545,627 347,326 231,323 221,034 181,155 154,657 114,681
Uşak Airport Uşak Aegean region USQ/LTBO N/A 56 N/A 52 7,500 27,983 21,897 N/A 12,633 11,017 8,405 N/A N/A 15,267 15,889 10,327 25,305 31,328
Van Ferit Melen Airport Van Eastern Anatolia region VAN/LTCI 1,628,570 1,549,671 1,311,014 1,265,467 976,311 1,413,367 1,547,838 1,661,535 1,481,873 1,386,321 1,207,145 1,124,740 1,001,344 1,057,132 892,050 745,493 585,319 549,521
Zonguldak Airport Zonguldak Black Sea region ONQ/LTAS 140,382 128,470 109,770 55,890 9,776 28,908 24,861 24,139 23,086 27,631 30,722 25,742 27,711 20,462 29,754 5,142 N/A N/A
Batman Airport Batman Southeastern Anatolia region BAL/LTCJ 644,089 549,846 424,697 526,546 371,583 524,010 665,306 519,336 439,634 197,433 434,849 420,170 497,418 173,943 185,888 165,482 143,290 97,247
Şırnak Airport Şırnak Southeastern Anatolia region NKT/LTCV 417,488 401,663 282,798 312,973 227,286 365,865 425,345 339,841 241,311 273,467 254,254 39,074 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Iğdır Airport Iğdır Eastern Anatolia region IGD/LTCT 383,174 354,506 213,136 191,870 134,472 261,255 289,251 248,005 216,252 212,104 198,270 216,715 55,225 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Domestic Lines 95,356,111 90,390,766 78,323,824 68,466,177 49,740,303 99,946,572 112,911,108 109,511,390 102,499,358 97,041,210 85,416,166 76,148,526 64,721,316 58,258,324 50,575,426 41,226,959 35,832,776 31,949,341
International Lines 134,935,120 123,302,397 103,465,515 59,689,585 31,875,837 108,427,124 97,587,056 83,533,953 71,244,179 84,033,321 80,304,068 73,281,895 65,630,304 59,362,145 52,224,966 44,281,549 43,605,513 38,347,191
Direct Transit 542,680 443,412 436,192 194,460 87,545 537,642 449,475 531,501 409,609 362,473 461,105 565,447 677,896 671,531 736,121 492,835 449,091 418,731
Total(including direct transit) 230,833,911 214,136,575 182,225,531 128,350,222 81,703,685 208,911,338 210,947,639 193,576,844 174,153,146 181,437,004 166,181,339 149,995,868 131,029,516 118,292,000 103,536,513 86,001,343 79,887,380 70,715,263

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