# Hakkari Yüksekova Airport (YKO / LTCW)

**Hakkari Yüksekova Airport** (IATA: YKO, ICAO: LTCW) is a medium airport in Hakkari, Hakkâri Province, Turkey. It opened on 26 May 2015. It has one runway, 3,200 m (10,499 ft) long, concrete. In 2025 it handled 172 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: YKO / LTCW
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Hakkari, Hakkâri Province, Turkey
- Opened: 26 May 2015 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 1,951 m / 6,400 ft
- Coordinates: 37.5497, 44.2381
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,200 m / 10,499 ft
- Passengers: 172,307 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Europe/Istanbul
- Website: https://hakkariyuksekova.dhmi.gov.tr
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakkari%E2%80%93Y%C3%BCksekova_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15222582
- Weather station: LTCW
- Ident: LTCW

## Timeline

- 26 May 2015: Hakkari Yüksekova Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11/29 | 3,200 m / 10,499 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Concrete |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 20,876 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 37,720 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 153,700 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 190,815 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 175,255 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 96,025 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 128,650 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 107,438 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 159,276 | Eurostat |
| 2024 | 156,889 | Eurostat |
| 2025 | 172,307 | Eurostat |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [ESB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltac.md) Esenboğa International Airport · Türkiye · 1,014 km / 630 mi · AJet
- [IST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfm.md) İstanbul Airport · Türkiye · 1,393 km / 866 mi · Turkish Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- TK [AJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ajet) · 1
- TK [Turkish Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/turkish-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 172K (2025) | #1,603 of 3,974 | #523 in Asia | #43 in TR |
| Longest runway | 3,200 m / 10,499 ft | =818 of 29,858 | =245 in Asia | #18 in TR |
| Elevation | 1,951 m / 6,400 ft | =808 of 43,403 | =139 in Asia | #1 in TR |
| Age | Opened 2015 | =13,201 of 15,079 | =711 in Asia | =61 in TR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =19 in TR |

## Nearby airports

- [OMH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oitr.md) Urmia Airport · 74 km / 46 mi
- [VAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltci.md) Van Ferit Melen Airport · 129 km / 80 mi
- [EBL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/orer.md) Erbil International Airport · 148 km / 92 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: “Hakkari–Yüksekova Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hakkari–Yüksekova_Airport&oldid=1363041222), revision of 7 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/ltcw/data