# Anadolu Airport (AOE)

> Eskişehir, TR · IATA: AOE · ICAO: LTBY · Medium Airport

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `AOE` |
| ICAO | `LTBY` |
| City | Eskişehir |
| Country | TR |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 789 m |
| Cargo | ❌ |
| GPS | 39.80990, 30.51940 |

## Description

Around 110,000 passengers in 2025 against a design capacity of roughly 500,000 tells you what Anadolu Airport (AOE/LTBY) near Eskişehir really is: a flight-training field in western Anatolia rather than a freight gateway. Officially named Hasan Polatkan Airport and opened in 1989, it is owned and run by Eskişehir Technical University, whose Faculty of Aeronautics and Astronautics trains pilots on site. Training movements and general aviation dominate; the roughly 3,900 aircraft movements recorded in 2025 rose sharply year on year without translating into meaningful scheduled service. There is no cargo terminal, no based freight carrier and no dedicated air-cargo customs operation here, and belly capacity appears only sporadically on the handful of seasonal passenger flights. Shippers in the Eskişehir industrial region, known for rail vehicles, aerospace components and white goods, use Ankara Esenboğa (ESB, about 250 km) or Istanbul (IST/SAW, about 230 to 280 km) as their realistic air cargo gateways. The O-4 motorway and the high-speed rail line to Ankara and Istanbul make road feeder services out of Eskişehir straightforward to plan.

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*Freight Academy — Airport Profile: [https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/anadolu-airport-aoe](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/anadolu-airport-aoe)*

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