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Antalya Airport
Airport Directory » Turkey » Antalya » Antalya AirportAntalya Airport (IATA: AYT, ICAO: LTAI) is 10 kilometre (six land mile) east of the town centre of Antalya, Turkey. The airport is functioned in Turkey's primary vacation destination turn up on the commonwealth’s Mediterranean seashore. The airport is large and modern, made to adapt the millions of riders who come to Turkey's Mediterranean beaches in summertime. It dealt well-nigh 19 million riders in 2008, more than 16 million of which were international riders. The airport has 2 international depots and 1 domestic depot. Based on the projection from informations from extremum calendar month (e.g. August 2009), it now has an approximated capacity of adapting up to 35 million riders/yr, theoretically. Opening of Gazipaşa Airport between Anamur and Alanya, which is approximately 100 kilometre to the east of AYT, will assist ease the airport's traffic.
History
The building of Antalya Airport International Terminal one set about in 1996 by Bayindir Holding and it was ready for service on one April, 1998. In 1999 Fraport AG and Bayindir Holding signed a joint embark understanding.The Terminal one is functioned by the Fraport AG. Now there is an additional new International Terminal, the Terminal 2, which is functioned by Celebi corporation.
Statistics
Milestones:
- In 2002 it was ranked as the 84th busiest airport in the world and 25th in Europe.
- In 2003 the airport dealt 10 million riders, corresponding an increase of 78% since 1998.
- The Airport Terminal assists approximately 40% of all holidaymakers coming to Turkey by air.
- The figure of staff at the airport is almost 2000 (2005 informations).
- According to the ACI (Airport Council International) statistics, Antalya Airport International Terminal ranks among the top 100 busiest airports in the world since 2001.
- According to the ACI (Airport Council International) statistics, Antalya Airport International Terminal ranked as the 2nd busiest depot on the Mediterranean seashore line after Majorca in 2005.
- According to the ACI (Airport Council International) statistics, Antalya Airport ranked 30th in 2005 for international rider traffic.
- In 2007, Antalya airport was Europe's 25th busiest airport, deal 17,795,523 riders, an increase of 20.5% over 2006.
- In 2008, AYT was the world's 30th busiest airport in terms of international riders traffic.
- More detailed and current statistics is able to be constitute at DHMI's internet site.
| Year (calendar month) | Domestic (incr. wrt prev. yr) | International (incr. wrt prev. yr) | Total (incr. wrt prev. yr) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 (all)* | 2,601,850 (+2.0%) | 16,201,208 (+6.9%) | 18,803,058 (+6.2%) |
| 2007 (all) | 2,550,396 (+6%) | 15,159,989 (+24%) | 17,710,385 (+21%) |
| 2006 (all) | 2,406,626 (+50%) | 12,235,417 (-14%) | 14,642,043 (-8%) |
| 2005 (all) | 1,608,749 (+47%) | 14,256,114 (+13%) | 15,864,863 (+16%) |
| 2004 (all) | 1,092,858 (+77.6%) | 12,563,195 (+28.8%) | 13,656,053 (+31.7%) |
| 2003 (all) | 615,420 (+5.4%) | 9,756,180 (+0.1%) | 10,371,600 (+0.4%) |
| 2002 (all) | 584,077 (---) | 9,750,874 (---) | 10,334,951 (---) |
| Year (calendar month) | Domestic (incr. wrt prev. yr) | International (incr. wrt prev. yr) | Total (incr. wrt prev. yr) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 (all)* | 53,929 (-0.05%) | 358,041 (+16.9%) | 411,970 (+14.3%) |
| 2007 (all) | 53,952 (+4%) | 306,394 (+24%) | 360,346 (+20%) |
| 2006 (all) | 51,764 (+48%) | 247,433 (-14%) | 299,197 (-7%) |
| 2005 (all) | 34,931 (+41%) | 286,801 (+13%) | 321,732 (+16%) |
| 2004 (all) | 24,793 (+69.6%) | 253,612 (+32.1%) | 278,405 (+34.8%) |
| 2003 (all) | 14,622 (+15.3%) | 191,914 (+12.4%) | 206,536 (+12.6%) |
| 2002 (all) | 12,681 (---) | 170,688 (---) | 183,369 (---) |
(*) Preliminary informations.
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