Dalaman International Airport Guide
Dalaman Airport sits on Turkey's southwestern coast in Muğla Province, about 6 km south of the town of Dalaman. It opened as an aerodrome in 1981 and was upgraded to full international airport status in 1989. The General Directorate of State Airports (DHMİ) owns the site, and YDA Airport Investment and Management operates it under a build-operate-transfer concession.
An older domestic terminal sits alongside a newer international terminal that opened in 2018, designed by architect Emre Arolat with 12 boarding gates, eight of them served by covered airbridges. In 2025 the airport handled roughly 5.6 million passengers across about 50,000 aircraft movements, a total weighted heavily toward the northern-summer leisure season.
Dalaman functions as the main air gateway to the Turquoise Coast resort towns of Fethiye, Marmaris, Dalyan and Göcek. European charter and low-cost carriers dominate the schedule alongside Turkish Airlines and Pegasus, which also connect the airport to Istanbul for domestic transfers. Traffic falls sharply outside the May-to-October holiday season, when only a handful of daily flights operate.
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Location
Key facts
- Size
- 5.6M passengers (2025)2 runwaysopened 1981
- Location
- 36.713, 28.793
- Operator
- General Directorate of State Airports (DHMİ), operated by YDA Airport Investment and Management, Inc.
Terminals
2 terminalsDalaman International Airport has 2 passenger terminals — Terminal 1 and Terminal 2, handling both international and domestic flights for around 9 airlines. Check which terminal your airline uses before you travel, as check-in, security and boarding points differ between them, and moving from one to another can take time.
- Terminal 1Domestic
Turkish Airlines, Pegasus Airlines, AJet
- Terminal 2International
EasyJet, Jet2, TUI, British Airways, Turkish Airlines, Pegasus Airlines, SunExpress, Wizz Air
Nearby cities
5 citiesDalaman International Airport is closest to Dalaman (6 km north), and also serves Göcek, Dalyan and other nearby areas. With 5 towns and cities within reach, it is a practical gateway for the wider region. Distances shown are straight-line from the airport, so allow extra time for road transfers, traffic and parking.
- Dalaman6 km north
- Fethiye45 km east
- Dalyan28 km northwest
- Göcek21 km northeast
- Marmaris95 km west
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