# Hasan Polatkan Airport (AOE / LTBY)

**Hasan Polatkan Airport** (IATA: AOE, ICAO: LTBY) is a large airport in Eskişehir, Eskişehir Province, Turkey. It opened in 1989. It has one runway, 2,518 m (8,261 ft) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 111 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltby

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: AOE / LTBY
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Eskişehir, Eskişehir Province, Turkey
- Opened: 1989 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 789 m / 2,588 ft
- Coordinates: 39.8116, 30.5193
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,518 m / 8,261 ft
- Passengers: 110,565 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Europe/Istanbul
- Website: https://hph.eskisehir.edu.tr/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasan_Polatkan_Airport (16 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1431269
- Weather station: LTBY
- Ident: LTBY

## Timeline

- 1989: Hasan Polatkan Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 2,518 m / 8,261 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 093° / 273° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 45,872 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 51,925 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 56,454 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 80,048 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 99,331 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 86,370 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 54,988 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 99,615 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 117,190 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 93,162 | Eurostat |
| 2024 | 111,536 | Eurostat |
| 2025 | 110,565 | Eurostat |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [BRU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ebbr.md) Brussels Airport · Belgium · 2,360 km / 1,466 mi · SunExpress, TUI fly Belgium

### Seasonal (2)

- [BRU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ebbr.md) Brussels Airport · Belgium · 2,360 km / 1,466 mi · Corendon Airlines
- [OST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ebos.md) Ostend-Bruges International Airport · Belgium · 2,477 km / 1,539 mi · TUI fly Belgium

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from AOE, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (3)

- TB [TUI fly Belgium](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tui-fly-belgium) · 2
- XC [Corendon Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/corendon-airlines) · 1 · seasonal
- XQ [SunExpress](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sunexpress) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 111K (2025) | #1,772 of 3,974 | #579 in Asia | #47 in TR |
| Longest runway | 2,518 m / 8,261 ft | #2,253 of 29,858 | #714 in Asia | #55 in TR |
| Elevation | 789 m / 2,588 ft | =6,660 of 43,403 | #568 in Asia | #36 in TR |
| Age | Opened 1989 | =9,515 of 15,079 | =450 in Asia | #24 in TR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =19 in TR |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 123.750 |

## Nearby airports

- [ESK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltbi.md) Eskişehir Air Base · 6.2 km / 3.8 mi
- [LTBN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltbn.md) Kütahya Airport · 61 km / 38 mi
- [LTAV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltav.md) Sivrihisar Airport · 83 km / 51 mi
- [KZR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltbz.md) Zafer Airport · 85 km / 53 mi
- [YEI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltbr.md) Bursa Yenişehir Airport · 95 km / 59 mi
- [KCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltbq.md) Cengiz Topel Airport · 109 km / 68 mi

## Sources

- [Eurostat](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/avia_paoa/default/table): Source: Eurostat (avia_paoa) (Eurostat reuse policy (CC BY 4.0))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Hasan Polatkan Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hasan_Polatkan_Airport&oldid=1366476207), revision of 28 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltby/data