İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport is an

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serving

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and most of the surrounding

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. It is named after former Turkish prime minister

Adnan Menderes Ali Adnan Ertekin Menderes (; 1899 – 17 September 1961) was a Turkish politician who served as Prime Minister of Turkey between 1950 and 1960. He was one of the founders of the Democrat Party (DP) in 1946, the fourth legal opposition party of ...

Overview

İzmir's main airport is located southwest of the city center in the

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district along the D.550/ E87 highway, which continues south through

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and

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before eventually reaching Gökova in

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. The new international terminal, which was designed by Yakup Hazan Architecture, opened in September 2006, with the new domestic terminal opening around March 2014. It replaced

Çiğli Air Base Çiğli Air Base () is a military airport near Çiğli, a metropolitan district of the city of İzmir in İzmir Province, Turkey. It served as İzmir's airport until the opening of the Adnan Menderes Airport, situated south of the metropolitan ...

which is now used only as a military base. In 2024, ADB served 11.5 million passengers, 6.7 million of which were domestic passengers. It ranks 5th in terms of total passenger traffic (after

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), and 4th in terms of domestic passenger traffic (after Istanbul Airport, Sabiha Gökçen Airport and Ankara Esenboğa Airport) within the country. It is also one of the busiest airports in the Middle East. ADB has two runways, 16R/34L and 16L/34R; however, the two runways cannot operate simultaneously due to both their proximity and the lack of a dedicated

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to runway 16R/34L in the past. This has led to the use of runway 16L/34R as the primary runway, while runway 16R/34L is used mostly as a parallel taxiway, although it is available for use as a backup if the main runway is undergoing maintenance or is unavailable for whatever reason. In efforts to expand the airport's facilities, existing entrance taxiways were refurbished, along with the construction of a parallel taxiway, entrance taxiways, and

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for passenger and cargo aircraft, as well as for

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. Completed in March 2020, the new apron area increased the remote parking capacity of the airport from 35 to 61 with a total of 26 new spaces – eight of which are designated for use by private aircraft. In 2020, Adnan Menderes Airport was named one of the best European airports with a capacity of 5 – 15 million passengers by

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Airlines and destinations

Passenger

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport:

Cargo

Traffic statistics

Ground transport

Road

The airport can be reached from İzmir via the 200, 202, 204 or 206

ESHOT Elektrik Su Havagazı Otobüs Troleybüs () or ESHOT is a bus service operating in the İzmir. ESHOT, along with İZULAŞ are the two main bus transit services in İzmir. Buses serve all districts, however, denser network presence attained in the ...

buses or by HavaşHavaş

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buses (every 20 minutes, 35 to 60 minutes) from the

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office.

Rail

İZBAN İZBAN, previously known as Egeray, is a commuter rail system serving İzmir and its metropolitan area. Averaging a daily ridership of 185,000 passengers, it is the busiest commuter rail system in Turkey, slightly ahead of the Marmaray commuter ...

commuter rail trains stop at the Airport Station about every 10 mins at peak hours and 20 mins off peak. Intercity trains operated by the

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also stop at the Airport Station. There are currently about 14 daily trains in both directions. Northbound trains all go to Basmane Terminal in the city center, while southbound trains serve

Ödemiş Ödemiş () is a municipality and district of İzmir Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,019 km2, and its population is 132,740 (2022). It is located 113 km southeast of the city of İzmir. About 4 km north of Ödemiş town are the ru ...

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Torbalı Torbalı () is a municipality and district of İzmir Province, Turkey. Its area is 577 km2, and its population is 207,840 (2022). An ancient Ionian city, Metropolis, is found in the district. It was famous for its wines and religious sites, a ...

and stations in between.

References

External links

Official website
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