Iğdır Şehit Bülent Aydın Airport () —named Iğdır Airport until April 2017— is the primary and only airport serving Iğdır Province, Turkey.
The airport is owned and operated by the Turkish Airports Authority (DHMİ).
The airport was opened to air traffic on 13 July 2012. It lies west of Iğdır, the central district of the Iğdır Province.
As a member of the Airports Council International Europe (ACI Europe), the airport participates in the Airport Carbon Accreditation Programme.
History Construction of the airport, situated near the village of Küllük, began in 1996 but was brought to a complete halt in 2001. Construction resumed on 12 June 2010 following the laying of a new foundation, and the airport was opened on 13 July 2012 by the then Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
In April 2017, the name of Iğdır Airport was changed to ‘Iğdır Şehit Bülent Aydın Airport’ in memory of Bülent Aydın, an artillery non-commissioned officer from Iğdır who was killed by the coup plotters during the 2016 coup attempt.
As of 7 August 2025, the airport’s status was confirmed as an international airport permanently.
In March 2026, Iğdır Şehit Bülent Aydın Airport served as alternate airport of Nakhchivan International Airport in neighbouring Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan exclave, during temporary closure of the airport due to the Iranian strikes there. Flights between Baku and Nakhchivan have been re-scheduled and operated between Baku and Iğdır, shuttle bus service was provided to transport passengers from Iğdır Şehit Bülent Aydın Airport to Nakhchivan and vice versa.
Facilities Iğdır Şehit Bülent Aydın Airport features a runway measuring by , a taxiway measuring by , five aircraft parking bays, an apron measuring by , and a perimeter road in length. The airport’s terminal building, which has a covered area of , comprises an arrivals hall, a departures hall, and a VIP lounge.
Airlines and destinations The following airlines operate regularly scheduled passenger flights to and from Iğdır Şehit Bülent Aydın Airport:
Traffic statistics
+ Iğdır–Şehit Bülent Aydın Airport Passenger Statistics Year (months) Domestic % change International % change Total % change 2025 385,438 1% - 100% 385,438 1% 2024 382,541 9% 633 73% 383,174 8% 2023 352,121 69% 2,385 45% 354,506 66% 2022 208,827 9% 4,309 - 213,136 11% 2021 191,870 43% - 100% 191,870 43% 2020 134,176 48% 296 73% 134,472 49% 2019 260,174 10% 1,081 - 261,255 10% 2018 289,251 17% - - 289,251 17% 2017 248,005 15% - - 248,005 15% 2016 216,252 2% - - 216,252 2% 2015 212,104 7% - - 212,104 7% 2014 198,270 9% - - 198,270 9% 2013 216,715 292% - - 216,715 292% 2012 55,225 - 55,225
Ground transport Road The airport is reachable by car, taxi, and rental car service from the Turkish highway which passes through the Iğdır Province. There is also a shuttle bus service operated between the city center and the airport.
Trivia The airport was depicted in a Turkish Airlines advertisement in 2014, where a group of kids trying to ask the Turkish Airlines aircraft to land at their town (and their own made airport), and little to their knowledge that a real airport was constructed.Turkish Airlines Ad on Igdir Airport
The airport was depicted also in Turkish Airlines commercial series of "Delightful Stories" (2014), where András Földvári, then head of marketing in Turkish Airlines' Hungary Office, flew from Budapest to Iğdır to explore Noah's Ark."Andras Foldvari - A Wanderer Devoted to Exploring New Worlds | #DelightfulStories - Turkish Airlines", YouTube"Iğdır: The 500th Airport"
See also Transport in Turkey List of airports in Turkey
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