Malatya Erhaç Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Malatya, in Malatya Province, Turkey. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is MLX.
Key facts
- IATA code
- MLX
- ICAO code
- LTAT
- City
- Malatya
- State or region
- Malatya Province
- Country
- Turkey
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 38.4353° N, 38.0910° E
- Elevation
- 862 m (2,828 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 3,350 m (10,990 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, MLX means Malatya Erhaç Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: LTAT. ICAO codes that begin with L belong to southern Europe, Israel and Turkey. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 38.4353° N, 38.0910° E. It stands 862 metres (2,828 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Europe/Istanbul, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Malatya Erhaç Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 3,350 metres (10,990 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 51 airports of Turkey on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 13.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 3,350 m 10,990 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Adıyaman AirportAdıyaman | ADF | 85 km |
| Elazığ AirportElazığ | EZS | 105 km |
| Şanlıurfa GAP AirportŞanlıurfa | GNY | 131 km |
| Kahramanmaraş AirportKahramanmaraş | KCM | 141 km |
| Gaziantep Oğuzeli International AirportGaziantep | GZT | 174 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 3,749 km | 5 h 00 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 3,978 km | 5 h 20 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 2,187 km | 3 h 10 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 3,312 km | 4 h 30 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 8,832 km | 11 h 10 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 11,610 km | 14 h 30 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 7,835 km | 9 h 55 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 8,514 km | 10 h 45 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 14,123 km | 17 h 30 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
Airport data: OurAirports, as downloaded on 11 November 2026. This page does not show live flights, terminals or airlines. For those, use the airport's or the airline's own site. See About and data sources.