Turkish airports serve 167.5 million passengers in first eight months of 2026

According to data from the State Airports Authority (DHMİ) shared by Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu, Turkish airports served a total of 167,552,966 passengers during the first eight months of 2026.

Istanbul Airport and Antalya Airport remain the country’s highest-capacity facilities. Together, these two hubs accommodated 81.7 million passengers in the first eight months of the year. Minister Uraloğlu noted that the passenger volume handled by Istanbul and Antalya alone has more than doubled the total number of passengers served by all Turkish airports in 2002, which stood at 34.5 million.

In August, total aircraft traffic, including transitions, exceeded 255,000 operations. Domestic flights accounted for 97,625 landings and take-offs, while international flights accounted for 106,231.