September 2017 Turkey Airports Aircraft and Passenger Numbers
The General Directorate of State Airports Authority (DHMI) has announced the airline aircraft, passenger and cargo statistics for September 2017.
Accordingly, in September 2017;
Aircraft traffic landing and taking off at airports increased compared to the same month of the previous year by 4% to 84,524 on domestic routes and by 10.2% to 63,228 on international routes. In the same month, overflight traffic increased by 9.1% to 38,373. Thus, the total aircraft traffic served by air, including overflights, reached 186,125, an increase of 7.1%.
In this month, Turkey-wide domestic passenger traffic at airports increased by 8.6% to 10,130,292, while international passenger traffic increased by 24.6% to 9,693,051.
Thus, in the said month, total passenger traffic, including direct transit passengers, increased by 15.6% compared to the same month of the previous year, reaching 19,846,359.
Airport cargo (freight, mail and baggage) traffic, as of September, reached 93,836 tons on domestic routes with a 3.5% increase, 253,394 tons on international routes with a 14.8% increase, and 347,230 tons in total with an 11.5% increase.
According to the figures realized at the end of September 2017 (9-month period);
Aircraft traffic landing and taking off at airports increased compared to the same period of the previous year by 3% to 688,425 on domestic routes, by 3.5% to 457,505 on international routes, and by 3.2% to 1,145,930 in total. In the same period, overflight traffic increased by 8.7% to 306,095. Thus, the total aircraft traffic served by air, including overflights, reached 1,452,025, an increase of 4.3%.
At the end of September 2017, Turkey-wide domestic passenger traffic at airports increased by 5% to 81,568,284, while international passenger traffic increased by 17.1% to 65,189,572. Thus, in the said month, total passenger traffic, including direct transit passengers, increased by 9.9% compared to the same month of the previous year, reaching 146,989,680.
Airport cargo (freight, mail and baggage) traffic, as of the end of September, was realized at 687,259 tons on domestic routes with a 2.4% increase, 1,881,866 tons on international routes with a 12.8% increase, and 2,569,125 tons in total with a 9.9% increase.
Activity at Tourism-Oriented Airports!
Among our tourism-oriented airports, those contributing most to the growth in international passenger traffic in September 2017 compared to the same month of the previous year were;
*Antalya Airport, with a 66% increase, 2,942,085 international passenger traffic,
*Muğla Dalaman Airport, with a 31% increase, 414,592 international passenger traffic,
*Muğla Milas-Bodrum Airport, with an 11% increase, 166,977 international passenger traffic,
*Alanya-Gazipaşa Airport, with a 65% increase, 60,920 international passenger traffic.
9-Month Figures at Tourism-Oriented Airports
According to the figures realized over the 9-month period as of the end of September 2017, among our tourism-oriented airports contributing most to the growth in international passenger traffic;
*Antalya Airport, with a 66% increase, 15,734,422 international passenger traffic,
*Muğla Dalaman Airport, with a 26% increase, 2,042,181 international passenger traffic,
*Muğla Milas-Bodrum Airport, with a 3% increase, 851,491 international passenger traffic,
*Alanya-Gazipaşa Airport, with an 8% increase, 292,740 international passenger traffic.
