Antalya Airport Antalya Havalimanı | |||||||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
Owner | General Directorate of State Airports (DHMİ) | ||||||||||||||||||
Operator | Fraport TAV Antalya Airport Terminal A.S. | ||||||||||||||||||
Serves | Antalya, Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||
Opened | 1960[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
Focus city for | Turkish Airlines | ||||||||||||||||||
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Elevation AMSL | 177 ft / 54 m | ||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 36°54′01″N 30°47′34″E / 36.90028°N 30.79278°E | ||||||||||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||||||||||
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Antalya Airport (IATA: AYT, ICAO: LTAI) is a major international airport located 13 km (8.1 mi) northeast[2] 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 35,538,387 passengers in 2023, making it the third-busiest airport in Turkey, and one of the busiest airports in the Middle East. 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%.[citation needed] 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.