YKO — Hakkari Yüksekova Airport
Medium-sized airport in Hakkâri, Turkey.
- IATA code
- YKO
- ICAO code
- LTCW
- Size
- medium
- OurAirports class
- Passengers
- 172,307
- 2025 · +9.8% on the year before
- Nonstop routes
- 2
- With open traffic data
- Time zone
- UTC+3
- Europe/Istanbul
- Elevation
- 1,951 m
- 6,401 ft
- Runways
- 1
- Longest 3,200 m
Jan–Feb 2026: 4,425 passengers, −64.5% on the same months of 2025 (Eurostat).
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About YKO
Hakkari Yüksekova Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Hakkâri, Turkey. 172,307 passengers used it in 2025. Open traffic data shows 2 nonstop routes from YKO.
Eurostat. Sources
Busiest nonstop routes from YKO
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| YKO → IST | 1,396 km | 87,631 |
| YKO → ESB | 1,016 km | 83,655 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| OMH | Urmia Airport | 74 km |
| VAN | Van Ferit Melen Airport | 129 km |
| EBL | Erbil International Airport | 148 km |
Distance from YKO to the major hubs
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 3,200 m | 45 m | Concrete |
OurAirports (public domain). Sources
Location
Hakkari, Hakkâri Province, Turkey · 37.5497, 44.2381
Questions
Hakkari Yüksekova Airport has the IATA code YKO and the ICAO code LTCW. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.
YKO is a medium-sized airport in Hakkari, Hakkâri Province, Turkey, at 37.5497, 44.2381, 1,951 m above sea level. It serves Hakkâri.
YKO is in the Europe/Istanbul time zone, UTC+3.
172,307 passengers in 2025, according to Eurostat. Jan–Feb 2026: 4,425 passengers, −64.5% on the same months of 2025.
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