KSY — Kars Airport
- IATA code
- KSY
- ICAO code
- LTCF
- Size
- medium
- OurAirports class
- Passengers
- 605,167
- 2025 · +3.5% on the year before
- Nonstop routes
- 3
- With open traffic data
- Time zone
- UTC+3
- Europe/Istanbul
- Elevation
- 1,795 m
- 5,889 ft
- Runways
- 1
- Longest 3,500 m
Jan–Mar 2026: 162,966 passengers, +14.8% on the same months of 2025 (Eurostat).
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About KSY
Kars Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Kars, Turkey. It opened in 1988 and is run by General Directorate of State Airports (Turkey). 605,167 passengers used it in 2025. Open traffic data shows 3 nonstop routes from KSY.
Wikidata (CC0) · Eurostat. Sources
Busiest nonstop routes from KSY
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| KSY → SAW | 1,166 km | 269,247 |
| KSY → IST | 1,213 km | 147,109 |
| KSY → ESB | 861 km | 121,562 |
Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports. Routes outside these are not counted.
Airports within 150 km
| Code | Airport | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| LWN | Shirak International Airport | 66 km |
| IGD | Iğdır Airport | 92 km |
| AJI | Ağrı Airport | 101 km |
| EVN | Zvartnots International Airport | 118 km |
Distance from KSY to the major hubs
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 3,500 m | 45 m | Concrete |
OurAirports (public domain). Sources
Location
Kars, Kars Province, Turkey · 40.5622, 43.1150
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