Hasan Polatkan Airport

Hasan Polatkan Airport

*Hasan Polatkan Havalimanı*
Hasan Polatkan Airport; Hasan Polatkan Havalimanı
	IATA: AOE; ICAO: LTBY;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Eskişehir Technical University
Serves	Eskişehir
Location	Eskişehir, Turkey
Elevation AMSL	2,588 ft / 789 m
Coordinates	39°48′36″N 30°31′10″E / 39.81000°N 30.51944°E
Website	https://hph.eskisehir.edu.tr/tr/
Map
	AOE Location of airport in Turkey
Runways

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

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

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

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

Statistics

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	88%	93,105	14%	93,162	15%
2022	456	351%	108,554	9%	109,010	9%
2021	101	29%	99,514	95%	99,615	95%
2020	78	88%	51,080	42%	51,158	43%
2019	657	17%	88,365	10%	89,022	10%
2018	787	56%	98,544	26%	99,331	14%
2017	1,808	71%	78,240	41%	80,048	42%
2016	1,057	56%	55,397	12%	56,454	9%
2015	2,389	3%	49,536	14%	51,925	13%
2014	2,459	26%	43,413	34%	45,872	33%
2013	1,955	34%	32,445	27%	34,400	27%
2012	2,940	76%	44,288	45%	47,228	10%
2011	12,508	55%	30,530	15%	43,038	32%
2010	27,650	31%	35,960	6%	63,610	19%
2009	39,994	14%	38,329	267%	78,323	72%
2008	35,037	165%	10,440	361%	45,477	193%
2007	13,212	-	2,292	-	15,504	-