Adnan Menderes International Airport

ICAO LTBJ38.2924°N 27.1570°E126 m / 412 ftLarge airport

Adnan Menderes International Airport (IATA: ADB, ICAO: LTBJ) is a large airport in Gaziemir, İzmir Province, Turkey. It opened on 17 Nov 1987. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,240 m (10,630 ft). It is operated by TAV Airports Holding. In 2025 it handled 12.7 million passengers.

Timeline

4 events · 1974–1988

26 JAN 1974

DisasterAviation accident.

26 JAN 1974

DisasterTurkish Airlines Flight 301.66 killed

17 NOV 1987

OpenedAdnan Menderes International Airport opens.

02 JAN 1988

DisasterCondor Flugdienst Flight 3782.16 killed

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

16R/34L167° / 347° · LIT

LENGTH3,240 m10,630 ftWIDTH45 m147 ftSURFACEConcrete

16L/34R167° / 347° · LIT

LENGTH3,240 m10,630 ftWIDTH45 m147 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2013–2025

10.2M

11.0M

12.2M

12.1M

12.8M

12.4M

5.5M

7.6M

9.8M

10.6M

11.5M

12.7M

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Routes

120 destinations · 45 countries

Year-round65

Seasonal65

Seasonal charter11

PDVPlovdiv International AirportBulgaria · SunExpress463 km288 mi RMOChişinău International AirportMoldova · FlyOne971 km603 mi KTWKatowice Wojciech Korfanty International AirportPoland · Enter Air, Smartwings, LOT Polish Airlines1,497 km930 mi WAWWarsaw Chopin AirportPoland · Enter Air, Smartwings, LOT Polish Airlines1,616 km1,004 mi MSQMinsk National AirportBelarus · Belavia1,735 km1,078 mi POZPoznań-Ławica AirportPoland · Enter Air, Smartwings1,762 km1,095 mi VNOVilnius International AirportLithuania · GetJet Airlines1,823 km1,133 mi GDNGdańsk Lech Wałęsa AirportPoland · Enter Air1,906 km1,184 mi MEDPrince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz AirportSaudi Arabia · Freebird Airlines1,933 km1,201 mi VKOVnukovo International AirportRussia · I-Fly2,066 km1,284 mi BRUBrussels AirportBelgium · Freebird Airlines2,262 km1,406 mi

Most destinationsSunExpress 80Pegasus Airlines 44Jet2.com 8AJet 6Smartwings 4Enter Air 4

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from ADB. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport” (revision of 10 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers12.7M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#173of 3,974 · #54 Asia · #5 TR Longest runway3,240 m10,630 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=772of 29,823 · =231 Asia · #17 TR Elevation126 m412 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=28,769of 43,341 · =1,579 Asia · #55 TR AgeOpened 19872026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=9,162of 15,079 · =436 Asia · =19 TR Runways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =30 Asia · =3 TR

Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

6 channels

APPMENDERES APP119.500

APPMENDERES APP134.200

ATISMENDERES ATIS129.200

GNDMENDERES GND121.900

RMPMENDERES RAMP121.700

TWRMENDERES TWR118.100