Hasan Polatkan Airport

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.

Not to be confused with Eskişehir Air Base.
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
Websitehttps://hph.eskisehir.edu.tr/tr/
Map
AOE is located in Turkey
AOE
AOE
Location of airport in Turkey
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
27/09 9,843 3,000 Asphalt

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:

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

Statistics
Annual passenger traffic at AOE airport. See Wikidata query.

Number of movements, number of passengers and freight traffic:

Evolution of passengers
YearDomesticInternationalTotal)
NumberVar.NumberVar.TrafficVar.
201112,50830,53043,038
20122,940-76.5%44,288+45.1%47,228+9.7%
20131,955-33.5%32,445-26.7%34,400-27.2%
20142,459+25.8%43,413+33.8%45,872+33.3%
20152,389-2.8%49,536+14.1%51,925+13.2%
20161,115-46.7%55,946+12.9%57,061+9.9%

See also

Name Change

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

References
  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.


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