Konya Airport is a military airbase

Airbase

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 and public airport

Airport

An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...

  in Konya

Konya

Konya is a city in the Central Anatolia Region of Turkey. The metropolitan area in the entire Konya Province had a population of 1,036,027 as of 2010, making the city seventh most populous in Turkey.-Etymology:...

, Turkey

Turkey

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. The airport is also used by NATO. Opened to the public in 2000, the airport is 18 km from the city. In 2006, Konya Airport served 2,924 aircraft and 262,561 passengers. The passenger terminal of the airport covers an area of 2,650 m² and has parking for 278 cars.

Konya Airport is home to the 3rd Air Wing (Ana Jet Üs or AJÜ) of the 1st Air Force Command (Hava Kuvvet Komutanligi) of the Turkish Air Force

Turkish Air Force

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 (Türk Hava Kuvvetleri). Other wings of this command are located in Eskişehir

Eskisehir Airport

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 (LTBI), Ankara Akıncı

Akinci Air Base

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 (LTAE), Bandırma

Bandirma Airport

Bandırma Airport is a military airbase and public airport located at Bandırma in the Balıkesir Province, Turkey.Bandırma Airport is home to the 6th Air Wing of the 1st Air Force Command of the Turkish Air Force...

 (LTBG) and Balıkesir

Balikesir Airport

Balıkesir Airport is a military airport in the city of Balıkesir, Turkey. It also serves the public with scheduled domestic flights on one commercial airline....

 (LTBF).

Airlines and destinations

Konya Airport is served by the following scheduled airlines:

Traffic Statistics

Konya Airport Passenger Traffic Statistics

Year (months)	Domestic	% change	International	% change	Total	% change
2010 *	499,040	87.0%	46,521	36.0%	545,561	81.0%
2009	267,518	16.1%	34,206	4.2%	301,724	13.4%
2008	230,442	7.0%	35,701	7.0%	266,143	7.0%
2007	214,857		33,213		248,070

(*)Source: DHMI.gov.tr