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Hasan Polatkan Airport

Coordinates: 39°48′36″N 30°31′10″E / 39.81000°N 30.51944°E / 39.81000; 30.51944
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Hasan Polatkan Airport

Hasan Polatkan Havalimanı
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorEskişehir Technical University
ServesEskişehir
LocationEskişehir, Turkey
Elevation AMSL2,588 ft / 789 m
Coordinates39°48′36″N 30°31′10″E / 39.81000°N 30.51944°E / 39.81000; 30.51944
Websitehttps://hph.eskisehir.edu.tr/tr/
Map
AOE is located in Turkey
AOE
AOE
Location of airport in Turkey
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
27/09 9,843 3,000 [Concrete]

Hasan Polatkan Airport (IATA: AOE, ICAO: LTBY) (Turkish: Hasan Polatkan Havalimanı) is an international airport that serves the city of Eskişehir. Located within the Faculty of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Eskişehir Technical University.

History

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Hasan Polatkan Airport was opened to air traffic with its original name of “Anadolu Airport” for the first time in March 1989. Opening of Eskişehir Hasan Polatkan Airport to traffic is based on the establishment of Civil Aviation Vocational Highschool (SHMYO), which is the foundation of Eskişehir Technical University, Faculty of Aeronautics and Astronautics, in 1986. While the basic mission of the airport opened to traffic with the name “Eskişehir Anadolu Airport” in 1989 was to conduct the educational activities of Flight Training and Air Traffic Control Departments of SHMYO, over years, air transport service has also become possible for the people of the region.

The airport primarily aimed to meet training activities of the Faculty of Aeronautics and Astronautics and national and international air travel demand that may occur in Eskişehir and the surrounding provinces.

The stakeholders of Eskişehir Hasan Polatkan Airport have always been aware of the potential of this airport in air transportation, although its main mission is seen as aviation training. In this context, upon the intense demands of people living in Eskişehir and its close regions, our compatriots in Belgium, non-governmental organizations and the business world, the Airport was brought to the appropriate standards for international flights in 2005 by initiating necessary studies by the University. Consequently the Airport was declared as a temporary air border crossing with Ministry Approval dated September 9, 2005. Also, the same year, the first international flights started on the Eskişehir-Brusseles line. The Airport serves not only Eskişehir but also the region within the scope of aviation activities like scheduled and unscheduled passenger transport, patient transport, fire fighting, flights of government officials and air taxi besides training flights since 1989 when it opened to traffic.[1]

Airlines and destinations

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The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Eskişehir Airport:

AirlinesDestinations
Corendon Airlines Seasonal: Brussels
SunExpress Brussels[2]
TUI fly Belgium Brussels[3]
Seasonal: Ostend/Bruges
Turkish Airlines Seasonal charter: Brussels[4]

Statistics

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Annual passenger traffic at AOE airport. See Wikidata query.
Eskişehir–Hasan Polatkan Airport passenger traffic statistics[5]
Year (months) Domestic % change International % change Total % change
2023 57 Decrease 88% 93,105 Decrease 14% 93,162 Decrease 15%
2022 456 Increase 351% 108,554 Increase 9% 109,010 Increase 9%
2021 101 Increase 29% 99,514 Increase 95% 99,615 Increase 95%
2020 78 Decrease 88% 51,080 Decrease 42% 51,158 Decrease 43%
2019 657 Decrease 17% 88,365 Decrease 10% 89,022 Decrease 10%
2018 787 Decrease 56% 98,544 Increase 26% 99,331 Increase 14%
2017 1,808 Increase 71% 78,240 Increase 41% 80,048 Increase 42%
2016 1,057 Decrease 56% 55,397 Increase 12% 56,454 Increase 9%
2015 2,389 Decrease 3% 49,536 Decrease 14% 51,925 Increase 13%
2014 2,459 Increase 26% 43,413 Increase 34% 45,872 Increase 33%
2013 1,955 Decrease 34% 32,445 Decrease 27% 34,400 Decrease 27%
2012 2,940 Decrease 76% 44,288 Increase 45% 47,228 Increase 10%
2011 12,508 Decrease 55% 30,530 Decrease 15% 43,038 Decrease 32%
2010 27,650 Decrease 31% 35,960 Decrease 6% 63,610 Decrease 19%
2009 39,994 Increase 14% 38,329 Increase 267% 78,323 Increase 72%
2008 35,037 Increase 165% 10,440 Increase 361% 45,477 Increase 193%
2007 13,212 - 2,292 - 15,504 -

See also

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Name Change

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In 2017, the airport name was changed officially to Hasan Polatkan Airport (its prior name was Anadolu University Airport)

References

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  1. ^ "About us". hph.eskisehir.edu.tr. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  2. ^ "SunExpress Announces 2021 Summer Program". ftnnews.com. 23 February 2021.
  3. ^ Liu, Jim (25 November 2019). "TUIfly Belgium adds Brussels – Eskisehir service from May 2020". routesonline.com.
  4. ^ "Eskişehir Teknik Üniversitesi - Hasan Polatkan Havalimanı".
  5. ^ "Statistics".
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