Antalya Airport is located only 8.1 miles northeast from the city center of Antalya, in Turkey. The airport operates in the primary and most popular holiday destination of Turkey, situated on the Mediterranean coast. The Antalya airport was basically built to provide accommodation to the millions of passengers and visitors who come to Turkey's beautiful and mesmerizing Mediterranean beaches in summer. The airport handled approximately a total of 25 million passengers in 2011, and the most amazing part of this fact is that more than 20 million of these passengers were international. The Antalya Airport is known to be one of the best international airports in Turkey. It has two international terminals, along with one domestic terminal too. The Antalya airport is one of the major and primary airports on the Southwest of Turkey which contributes to control the air traffic along with the Bodrum and Dalaman airport.
The Antalya International airport is one of the busiest airport in the world. In 2002, it was ranked as the 84th busiest airport in the whole world and was ranted at 25th position in Europe based on its traffic. According to an official report, in 2003, the Antalya airport handled 10 million passengers, depicting a 78% increase in its passengers since 1998. Apart from this, among all the visitors who come to turkey by air, 40% of this traffic is handled by the Antalya airport, alone.
The Antalya airport is well connected through ground transportation links. Using the public buses, shuttles, taxis and rental cars you can practically travel to any place within the city at really low process or you can easily book online for Antalya airport transfers. The buses and shuttles specifically target the tourism spots. For example when in summers, visitors fly in to enjoy at the beach, many busses and shuttles will allow you to get there at cheap prices. There are 600 public bus shuttles that transport passengers from the airport to different destinations. The taxi piazza is also located right outside the terminal, allowing you to reach any destination at fixed prices. A parking space, that can allow up to 2000 vehicles is also present allowing you to arrange your own transportation as per your desire.