Airports in Turkey
Turkey has 51 airports with scheduled passenger flights and an IATA code, 15 of them large. The busiest are İstanbul Airport (IST, 84.5 million passengers, Eurostat, 2025), Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW, 48.4 million passengers, Eurostat, 2025) and Antalya International Airport (AYT, 39.0 million passengers, Eurostat, 2025). Balıkesir and Istanbul have more than one airport.
Cities with more than one airport
Busiest routes
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| AYT – SAW | 462 km | 2,355,511 |
| IKA – IST | 2,058 km | 2,050,223 |
| ADB – IST | 358 km | 1,896,910 |
| AYT – IST | 518 km | 1,742,584 |
| ADB – SAW | 343 km | 1,722,834 |
| AYT – VKO | 2,134 km | 1,547,990 |
| ECN – SAW | 736 km | 1,547,419 |
| ESB – IST | 382 km | 1,497,202 |
| DXB – IST | 3,032 km | 1,429,665 |
| SAW – TZX | 882 km | 1,403,913 |
| AYT – SVO | 2,178 km | 1,373,168 |
| ESB – SAW | 324 km | 1,327,226 |
| IST – LHR | 2,493 km | 1,281,925 |
| IST – VKO | 1,709 km | 1,235,902 |
| BJV – SAW | 429 km | 1,196,569 |
| IST – JED | 2,383 km | 1,184,492 |
| AYT – DUS | 2,482 km | 1,114,067 |
| AYT – CGN | 2,435 km | 1,020,319 |
| CDG – IST | 2,217 km | 1,010,453 |
| DLM – SAW | 467 km | 1,001,953 |
Air fares in Turkey
Consumer prices for flights in Turkey moved +22.1% over the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, and +18.2% in August 2026 alone on a year earlier.
The price index for flights bought by households (domestic and international together), not a fare on a route.
Eurostat, HICP (prc_hicp_minr, ECOICOP ver. 2: 07.3.3 passenger transport by air), moving 12-month average and annual rate of change. Eurostat has no responsibility for the results of any re-use. Sources