Turkish airports handle 193.1 million passengers in first nine months of 2026
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The Directorate General of Civil Aviation reported that Turkish airports served 193,156,231 passengers, including direct transit, in the first nine months of 2026, a 2.9% increase over the same period in 2025. Domestic traffic accounted for 81,709,700 passengers and international traffic for 111,369,604 passengers during that time. Total aircraft movements reached 1,854,502 flights and cargo volumes totaled 4,124,819 tonnes.
In September 2026 alone, the airports handled 25,603,265 passengers, of which 10,083,933 were domestic and 15,510,913 were international. Istanbul Airport recorded 64,502,869 passengers and Sabiha Gökçen Airport recorded 37,948,837 passengers in the first nine months.