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Istanbul has two airports: the most common and bigger one is Istanbul airport (IST) on the European side. The smaller one is Sabiha Gokcen Airport ( SAW) on the Asian side. Both are quite far from the city center where your accommodation will be.

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The World's BIGGEST Airport opens - New Istanbul Airport

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How do I get to go to Istanbul Airport? - Turkish Airlines

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On April 6, 2019, between 2:00 and 14:00, all regularly scheduled commercial passenger flights from Atatürk Airport were completely transferred to the new Istanbul Airport. Over the course of 41 hours, hundreds of vehicles hauled more than 10,000 pieces of equipment, each weighing around 44 tonnes, to the new airport. The IATA code IST from Atatürk Airport was also moved to the new airport.

Turkish Cargo moved all of its cargo flights and activities from its previous base at Atatürk Airport to the new airport in February 2022.

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Istanbul unveils metro line to main airport

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From this video, we will learn about the ways to transit in ISTANBUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS

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【Airport Tour】2022 How to Transit at Istanbul International Airport

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POINT OF VIEW IN ISTANBUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS

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POINT OF VIEW IN ISTANBUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS

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From this video, we can feel like we're at ISTANBUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS

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ISTANBUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 4K WALKING TOUR MARCH 2023

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You can find boarding gates and check-in desks on the map before your trip. Then, make the most of your trip by exploring the restaurants, shopping, and ATMs.

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FACILITIES IN TURKISH AIRLINES INTERNATIONAL LOUNGE

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FACILITIES IN TURKISH AIRLINES INTERNATIONAL LOUNGE

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Workspace
Passengers can work in discreet, peaceful spaces inside the Lounges in dedicated locations.

beverage section
You can choose from a variety of hot and cold beverages before to your travel.

bathroom facilities
Use the convenient shower facilities to relax and rehydrate before your journey.

relaxing area
You can unwind in the neighbouring room after taking a shower.

piping hot food and chef presentation
Enjoy fine dining specialties from Turkish and other cuisines presented by our chefs.

youngsters' area
By using the playground we've created for our young visitors, you may increase your kids' enjoyment of their trip.

a musical dinner
You may add to your eating experience by playing some relaxing music in the background.

local specialties
Enjoy Turkish cuisine's authentic flavours in their purest form, which provide a broad range from various Anatolian locations.

calming environment
Use the recliner chairs in our leisure room to unwind and recharge before your travel.

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FACILITIES IN TURKISH AIRLINES DOMESTIC LOUNGES

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FACILITIES IN TURKISH AIRLINES DOMESTIC LOUNGES

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calming environment
Use the recliner chairs in our leisure room to unwind and recharge before your travel.

beverage section
You can choose from a variety of hot and cold beverages before to your travel.

piping hot food and chef presentation
Enjoy fine dining specialties from Turkish and other cuisines presented by our chefs.

child's play area
The playground we've built just for our small visitors makes your kids' trip more fun.

Workspace
In the secluded space set aside for our visitors who wish to finish their work before travelling, you may concentrate on your task.

relaxing area
You can unwind in the next rest room after taking a shower.

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Learn about the benefits of travelling overseas with Turkish Airlines. We cordially welcome you to savour the Lounge Miles&Smiles and Lounge Business before your flight, which include thoughtfully designed work and leisure spaces, delectable delicacies from Turkish and international cuisine, and other exclusive amenities.

An upscale lounge at Istanbul Airport, the meeting place of the globe, offers a travelling experience that is centred on comfort and taste.

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Before boarding Turkish Airlines flights inside Turkey, visitors wanting a particular travel experience may visit their Lounge Domestic and Lounge Miles&Smiles special lounges, which include delectable drinks and cosy lounging spaces. They maximise your time with gourmet options, rest/work spaces, and other amenities offered in our private lounges before your domestic flight from Istanbul Airport.

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Bus
Public ETT and Havaist buses run between the city and the airport.

Outside of the airport's arrival and departure sectors, taxis in Istanbul are accessible around-the-clock. A cab ride to the core of Istanbul takes around 40 minutes.

Metro
On January 22, 2023, the M11 metro line was inaugurated, with initial service terminating at Kathane and omitting the Terminal 2 stop. Gayrettepe and the Marmaray rail line extensions to Halkal are now being built.

Rail
The Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge will be used to bridge the Bosporus to link the airport to Halkal, and an outside city bypass will connect Gebze to the Asian rail network.

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The opening ceremony was held on October 29, 2018, which was chosen since it was the 95th anniversary of the Turkish Republic's proclamation. During construction, the airport had gone by the unofficial name "Istanbul New Airport," but at the inauguration ceremony, the name was changed to "Istanbul Airport." On October 31, 2018, Turkish Airlines flight TK2124 to Ankara, the capital of Turkey, was the inaugural flight from the airport. Five daily flights started coming into and leaving the airport on November 1st from Ankara, Antalya, Baku, North Nicosia, and zmir, with Adana and Trabzon following in December.

Prior to the complete handover, Turkish Airlines was the only airline that performed any flights. Along with these trial flights, Atatürk and Sabiha Gökçen airports continued to serve all of the destinations served by the new airport. Originally, it was intended to relocate all equipment from Atatürk Airport to the new airport through the O-7 Motorway by December 31, 2018. The transfer phase was scheduled to commence on March 1 as of January 17, 2019. The transfer process, however, was postponed a fourth time on February 25 until April 5, 2019.

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Five runways (three main and two backup) are now in use at the airport, with one terminal serving both local and international flights. In contrast to the 16/34 runways, which are each 3,750 metres (12,300 feet) long, the two 17/35 runways are each 4,100 metres (13,500 feet) long. Despite being shorter than the other runways at 3,060 metres (10,040 feet), runway 18/36 is expected to grow to a length of 3,750 metres (12,300 feet), which is the same as the 16/34 pair. While 17R/35L, 16L/34R, and 18/36 are 45 metres (148 feet) wide, runways 17L/35R and 16R/34L are 60 metres (200 feet) wide. Every runway has an asphalt surface.

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There are 143 passenger boarding bridges spread among the airport's five concourses, which are designated with the letters A, B, D, F, and G. Southeast of the terminal lies Concourse G, which is only used for domestic flights. Concourse F, which is located directly north of Concourse G, has three passenger boarding bridges that have likewise been designated for domestic flights. International flights utilise Concourses A, B, D, and F. The C and E concourses are not distinct concourses because they are immediately connected to the main terminal.

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The airport is secured by 3,500 security guards and 1,850 police officers, including 750 immigration officials. Ground radar, fixed CCTV cameras every 60 metres, pan-tilt-zoom cameras every 360 metres (1,180 feet), infrared cameras, and fibre optic sensors every 720 metres (2,360 feet) are used to guard the site's perimeter. Up to 9,000 CCTV cameras are used in the terminal building.

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It was decided to build the new airport between the Black Sea coast villages of Yeniköy [tr], Tayakadn, and Akpnar, north of downtown Istanbul, near the intersection of the roads to Arnavutköy, Göktürk, and atalca. 7,600 hectares (19,000 acres) of land are involved in the region surrounding Lake Terkos. This region had state-owned forest covering around 6,172 hectares (15,250 acres). 35 kilometres (22 mi) is roughly how far Atatürk Airport is from Istanbul Airport. The region included abandoned open-pit coal mines that were eventually buried under earth.

A total of 2,513,341 trees were present in the region, according to the Environmental Impact Assessment (ED) study released in April 2013, and 657,950 would need to be taken down immediately while 1,855,391 would be relocated. The precise number of trees that were felled and relocated, according to the Ministry of Forest and Water Management, wouldn't be known until after work was finished.

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One of the busiest airports in Europe was Atatürk Airport. It had been one among the top five busiest airports in Europe by passenger volume since 2013. The two international airports in Istanbul, Sabiha Gökçen and Atatürk Airport, together served more than 100 million passengers in 2017.[9] Compared to the three airports in the Paris region, which serve over 100 million people annually, the six airports in the London area handle more than 150 million passengers annually.

Atatürk Airport was unable to enlarge to accommodate the escalating demand since it was surrounded by the city on three sides and the Sea of Marmara on the fourth. Likewise, Sabiha Gökçen was full. To provide enough space, it was decided to construct a new airport outside from the city.

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Istanbul Airport ( Turkish: İstanbul Havalimanı, IATA: IST, ICAO: LTFM)[4] is the main international airport serving Istanbul, Turkey. It is located in the Arnavutköy district on the European side of the city.

All scheduled commercial passenger flights were transferred from Atatürk Airport to Istanbul Airport on 6 April 2019, following the closure of Atatürk Airport for scheduled passenger flights.[5] The IATA airport code IST was also transferred to the new airport.[6][7]

It served more than 64 million passengers in 2022, making it the busiest airport in Europe and 7th-busiest airport in the world in terms of total passenger traffic and, by serving more than 48 million international passengers, the 5th-busiest airport in the world in terms of international passenger traffic according to ACI World traffic values.[8]

Atatürk Airport was one of the busiest airports in Europe. Since 2013, it had ranked among the five busiest airports in Europe by passenger traffic. In 2017, Atatürk Airport and Sabiha Gökçen, Istanbul's other international airport, handled over 100 million passengers combined.[9] By comparison, the six London-area airports serve more than 150 million passengers a year, while the three Paris-area airports serve around 100 million passengers a year.

As Atatürk Airport was hemmed in by the city on three sides and the sea of Marmara on another, it was unable to expand to meet the growing demands placed on it. Sabiha Gökçen was also at capacity. The decision was taken to build a new airport, well away from the city to ensure ample space.

It was decided to construct the new airport at the intersection of roads to [ Arnavutköy, Göktürk, and Çatalca, north of central Istanbul and between the Black Sea coast towns of Yeniköy tr], Tayakadın and Akpınar. The area is a 7,600-hectare (19,000-acre) region near Lake Terkos. Some 6,172 hectares (15,250 acres) of this area was state-owned forest. The distance between Istanbul Airport and Atatürk Airport is approximately 35 km (22 mi). The area encompassed old open-pit coal mines, which were later filled with soil.[10]

According to the Environmental Impact Assessment (ÇED) report published in April 2013, there were a total of 2,513,341 trees in the area and 657,950 of them would need to be cut indispensably, while 1,855,391 trees would be moved to new places. However, the Ministry of Forest and Water Management claimed the exact number of trees cut and moved would only be revealed after construction was complete.[10]

Construction of the airport was divided over four phases. When all stages are completed, the airport will have the capacity to serve 200 million yearly passengers, which would at that time have made it the world's biggest airport. The cost of the project was estimated at €7 billion, without accounting for the cost of financing.

London-based firm Grimshaw Architects headed the design team, which mostly consisted of British architects. Others involved in the design were Norway-based Haptic Architects and Turkish architects Fonksiyon and TAM/Kiklop.[11]

A tender was made for the construction as well as for operating the airport. Bidding for these tenders took place on 3 May 2013. Of the eligible companies, four Turkish and two foreign contenders took part in the bidding process. The Turkish joint venture consortium of Cengiz-Kolin- Limak-Mapa- Kalyon won the tender and were obliged to pay the government €26.142 billion including value-added tax for a 25-year lease starting from 2018. The completion date of the construction's first stage was officially set for 2018 - 42 months after the finalization of the tender's approval.[10]

The groundbreaking ceremony took place on 7 June 2014,[12] though construction only started in May 2015 after the land was officially handed over.[13]

The inauguration of the airport took place on the planned date of 29 October 2018. It was reported that the first test landing at the airport would take place on 26 February 2018; however, the first landing took place on 20 June 2018. Testing of navigational and electronic systems with DHMİ aircraft had begun on 15 May 2018.[15]

The control tower is in the shape of the Turkish national flower, the tulip.[16]

The construction of the airport is taking place in several stages, expanding the airport and its facilities over time.[17][18][19][20]

The first stage consists of the main terminal, with an annual passenger capacity of 90 million and an area of 1,440,000 m ² (15,500,000 sq ft) - making it the world's largest airport terminal building under a single roof,[21] despite Dubai International Airport Terminal 3 having a larger floor area at 1,713,000 m ² (18,440,000 sq ft) due to tunnels connecting its two concourses. There will also be two pairs of parallel runways connected to eight parallel taxiways to the west of the main terminal, approximately 4,000,000 m ² (43,000,000 sq ft) of apron space, and an indoor car-park with a capacity of 12,000 vehicles. In addition, the airport will feature three technical blocks for repairs, maintenance, and fueling, as well as an air traffic control tower, eight ramp control towers, and hangars for cargo and general aviation aircraft.[22] Several other services are also to be in operation, including hospitals, frequent-flyer and VIP lounges, prayer rooms, convention centers, and hotels; some of these are expected to form part of the Istanbul Airport City project.[23]

The second stage will add a third independent runway to the east of the main terminal, as well as a fourth remote runway with an east-west heading and additional taxiways and apron areas. The third stage is planned to add a second passenger terminal with a capacity of 60 million annual passengers and an estimated area of around 960,000 m ² (10,300,000 sq ft), as well as an additional runway and new support facilities area. The fourth and final stage of expansion will, along with adding another runway, allow for the construction of satellite terminals with a combined capacity of 50 million passengers and area of up to 800,000 m ² (8,600,000 sq ft) if needed.[22]

Once fully completed by 2027, the airport will have six sets of runways (eight in total), 16 taxiways, and a total annual passenger capacity of 150 million passengers.[21][24] If fully expanded to a capacity of 200 million, the airport will exhibit four terminal buildings with interconnecting rail access that combine for a total indoor area of 3,200,000 m ² (34,000,000 sq ft). The airport will also have a 6,500,000 m ² (70,000,000 sq ft) apron with a parking capacity of 500 aircraft, VIP lounges, cargo and general aviation facilities, a state palace, and indoor and outdoor parking that can accommodate up to 70,000 cars. A medical center, aircraft rescue and firefighting stations, hotels, convention centers, power plants, and wastewater treatment facilities will also be built.

The Turkish Chamber of Environmental Engineers (ÇMO) took the project tender to court on grounds that the project violated the existing legislation for the preparation of the Environmental Impact Assessment (ÇED) report.[10] In February 2014, an Istanbul administrative court ordered the construction of the airport to be suspended.[25] However, the groundbreaking ceremony still took place a few months later, on 7 June 2014.[12]

A report published in Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyet in February 2018 claimed that more than 400 workers had been killed during the construction of the airport, with accidents killing three to four workers every week, and families of the killed workers being paid to remain silent about the incidents.[26][27] Turkish daily Evrensel also alleged that fatal accidents continued to occur.[27] This prompted opposition MP Veli Ağbaba to submit a written questionnaire to the Turkish parliament on 13 February 2018. In response, the Turkish Ministry of Labour and Social Security claimed that there were only 27 fatalities during the construction of the airport.[28] In October 2019, UK publications Construction News and Architects' Journal published a joint investigation into fatalities at the airport, nicknamed by workers "the cemetery" as so many have died. By this point, the official death toll had risen to 55, but unofficial estimates suggested that the figure could be "higher than 400".[11]

Mass worker protests broke out on 14 September 2018 after a bus carrying workers crashed, injuring 17. Complaints by workers included poor living conditions in "vermin-infested dormitories", issues in transportation that had left them stranded under the rain or on site during holidays, and long delays in payments, among others.[29]

The opening ceremony took place on 29 October 2018, scheduled so as to coincide with the 95th anniversary of the proclamation of the Turkish Republic.[30] The airport had been unofficially known as 'Istanbul New Airport' during construction - the new official name of 'Istanbul Airport' was announced at the opening ceremony. The first flight from the airport was Turkish Airlines flight TK2124 to the Turkish capital Ankara on 31 October 2018.[31] On 1 November 2018, five daily flights began to arrive and depart from the airport: from Ankara, Antalya, Baku, North Nicosia, and İzmir,[32] followed by Adana and Trabzon starting in December.

Before the full transfer, all flights were operated exclusively by Turkish Airlines. Regularly scheduled flights to all of the new airport's destinations continued to depart from Atatürk and Sabiha Gökçen airports alongside these trial flights. It was originally planned that on 31 December 2018, all equipment from Atatürk Airport would be transferred to the new airport via the O-7 Motorway.[33][34] As of 17 January 2019, the transfer phase was set to start 1 March 2019.[35] However, on 25 February, the transfer phase was moved a fourth time to 5 April 2019.[36]

The full transfer of all scheduled commercial passenger flights from Atatürk Airport to the new Istanbul Airport took place on 6 April 2019 between 02:00 and 14:00. Hundreds of trucks carried more than 10,000 pieces of equipment, each weighing about 44 tons were moved to the new airport over 41 hours.[37] Atatürk Airport's IATA code IST was also transferred to the new airport.

In February 2022, Turkish Cargo relocated all cargo flights and operations from their former base at Atatürk Airport to the new airport.[38]

The airport currently has one terminal in service for domestic and international flights and five runways (three main and two backups) that are currently in operation. The two 17/35 runways are both 4,100 metres (13,500 feet) long, while the 16/34 runways are both 3,750 metres (12,300 feet) long. Runway 18/36 is 3,060 metres (10,040 feet) long, shorter than the other runways, although it is projected to expand to 3,750 metres (12,300 feet), the same length as the 16/34 pair. Runways 17L/35R and 16R/34L are 60 metres (200 feet) wide, while 17R/35L, 16L/34R and 18/36 are 45 metres (148 feet) wide. All runway surfaces are asphalt.[39]

The airport features a total of five concourses lettered A, B, D, F, and G with a total of 143 passenger boarding bridges. Concourse G, which is located in the southeast, is reserved solely for domestic flights. Three passenger boarding bridges of Concourse F which is directly to the north of Concourse G have also been allocated for domestic flights. Concourses A, B, D, and F are used for international flights. The C and E concourses connect directly to the main terminal and are therefore not independent concourses.[40]

3,500 security personnel and a total of 1,850 police, including 750 immigration officers, provide the airport's security.[41] The site's perimeter is protected using ground radar, fixed CCTV cameras every 60 meters, pan-tilt-zoom cameras every 360 meters (1,180 feet), thermal cameras and fiber optic sensors every 720 meters (2,360 feet). The active terminal building uses up to 9,000 CCTV cameras.[42]

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Istanbul Airport:

Airlines

Destinations

Aeroflot

Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Saint Petersburg,[43] Sochi, Yekaterinburg[44]

Afriqiyah Airways

Bayda, Benghazi,[45] Misrata,[46] Tripoli-Mitiga

Air Algérie

Algiers, Annaba, Constantine, Oran

airBaltic

Seasonal: Riga[49]

Air Moldova

Air Serbia

Belgrade, Kraljevo,[54] Niš[54]

Azimuth

Mineralnye Vody,[57] Moscow-Vnukovo,[58] Rostov-on-Don,[59] Sochi[60]

Berniq Airways

Benghazi,[61] Tripoli-Mitiga[citation needed ]

China Southern Airlines

Beijing-Daxing,[62] Guangzhou (suspended),[63] Wuhan (suspended)[64]

flyadeal

Jeddah, Riyadh[66]

Fly Baghdad

Baghdad, Erbil

FlyOne

Chișinău, Yerevan[69][70]

IndiGo

Delhi, Mumbai[73]

Kazan, Makhachkala, Mineralnye Vody, Moscow-Domodedovo, Nalchik, Sochi, Stavropol, Ufa, Vladikavkaz

Iran Airtour

Isfahan, Mashhad, Shiraz, Tabriz, Tehran-Imam Khomeini

Iraqi Airways

Baghdad, Basra, Erbil, Kirkuk,[75] Najaf, Sulaimaniyah

Libyan Airlines

Bayda, Benghazi,[80] Tripoli-Mitiga

Libyan Wings

Tripoli-Mitiga, Misrata

Kaliningrad, Kazan, Moscow-Sheremetyevo,[84] Rostov-on-Don, Saint Petersburg, Samara (all suspended)[citation needed ][needs update ]

Pakistan International Airlines[86]

Islamabad, Lahore

Pegas Fly

Seasonal: Moscow-Sheremetyevo[87]

Pobeda

Kazan,[88] Makhachkala,[89] Moscow-Vnukovo,[90] Vladikavkaz,[91] Volgograd[92]

Red Wings Airlines

Chelyabinsk,[93] Kazan, Makhachkala,[93] Moscow-Domodedovo, Moscow-Zhukovsky,[93] Nalchik,[94] Nizhnekamsk,[95] Nizhny Novgorod,[96] Samara,[93] Orenburg, Perm,[citation needed ] Stavropol,[97] Tyumen[98] Ufa, Vladikavkaz,[93] Yekaterinburg

Royal Air Maroc

Casablanca, Tangier
Seasonal: Oujda

SCAT Airlines

Aktau, Aktobe,[103] Almaty,[104] Astana,[105] Atyrau, Shymkent

Transavia

Lyon,[109] Nantes, Paris-Orly[109]

Turkish Airlines

Abidjan, Abu Dhabi, Abuja, Accra, Adana, Addis Ababa, Adıyaman, Ağrı, Aktau, Alexandria, Algiers, Almaty, Amman-Queen Alia, Amsterdam, Ankara, Antalya, Antananarivo, Aqaba, Ashgabat, Asmara, Astana, Athens, Atlanta, Baghdad, Bahrain, Baku, Bamako, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Banjul, Barcelona, Bari, Basel/Mulhouse, Basra, Batman, Batumi, Beijing-Capital,[110] Beirut, Belgrade, Berlin, Bilbao, Billund, Bingöl, Birmingham, Bishkek, Bodrum, Bogotá, Bologna, Bordeaux, Boston, Bremen, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Bukhara, Cairo, Çanakkale, Cancún, Cape Town, Caracas, Casablanca, Catania, Chicago-O'Hare, Chișinău, Cluj-Napoca, Cologne/Bonn, Colombo-Bandaranaike, Conakry, Constanța, Constantine, Copenhagen, Cotonou, Dakar-Diass, Dalaman, Dallas/Fort Worth,[111][112] Dammam, Dar es Salaam, Delhi, Denizli, Denpasar, Dhaka, Diyarbakır, Djibouti, Doha, Douala, Dubai-International, Dublin, Dubrovnik, Durban, Dushanbe, Düsseldorf, Edinburgh, Edremit, Elazığ, Entebbe, Erbil, Ercan, Erzincan, Erzurum, Fergana, Frankfurt, Freetown, Ganja, Gassim, Gaziantep, Gazipaşa/Alanya, Geneva, Gothenburg, Guangzhou, Hakkari, Hamburg, Hannover, Hanoi, Hatay, Havana, Helsinki, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Houston-Intercontinental, Hurghada, Iğdır, Isfahan, Islamabad, Isparta, İzmir, Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta, Jeddah, Johannesburg-O. R. Tambo, Juba,[113] Kabul,[114] Kahramanmaraş, Karachi, Kars, Kastamonu, Kathmandu, Kayseri, Kazan, Kharkiv (temporarily suspended), Khartoum, Kherson (temporarily suspended), Kigali, Kilimanjaro, Kinshasa-N'djili, Kirkuk,[115] Konya, Kraków, Krasnodar, Kuala Lumpur-International, Kütahya, Kuwait City, Kyiv-Boryspil (temporarily suspended), Lagos, Lahore, Leipzig/Halle, Libreville, Lisbon, Ljubljana, London-Gatwick, London-Heathrow, Los Angeles, Luanda,[116] Lusaka,[117] Luxembourg, Luxor, Lviv (temporarily suspended), Lyon, Madrid, Malabo, Málaga, Malatya, Malé, Malta, Manchester, Manila, Mardin, Marrakech, Marseille, Mashhad, Mauritius, Mazar-i-Sharif,[114] Medina, Merzifon, Mexico City, Miami, Milan-Malpensa, Minsk,[118] Mogadishu, Mombasa, Montréal-Trudeau, Moscow-Vnukovo, Mumbai, Munich, Muş, Muscat, Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta, Najaf, Nakhchivan, Naples, N'Djamena, Nevşehir, Newark,[119] New York-JFK, Niamey, Nice, Nouakchott, Nuremberg, Odesa (temporarily suspended), Oran, Ordu/Giresun, Osaka-Kansai,[120] Oslo, Ouagadougou, Palermo,[121] Panama City-Tocumen, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Phuket, Podgorica, Pointe Noire, Port Harcourt, Porto, Port Sudan, Prague, Pristina, Riga, Riyadh, Rize/Artvin,[122] Rome-Fiumicino, Rostov-on-Don, Saint Petersburg, Salzburg, Samara, Samarkand, Samsun, San Francisco, Şanlıurfa, São Paulo-Guarulhos, Sarajevo, Seattle/Tacoma,[123] Seoul-Incheon, Shanghai-Pudong,[124] Sharjah, Sharm El Sheikh, Shiraz, Singapore, Sinop, Şırnak, Sivas, Skopje, Sochi, Sofia, Stockholm-Arlanda, Strasbourg, Stuttgart, Sulaymaniyah, Tabriz, Ta'if, Taipei-Taoyuan, Tallinn, Tashkent, Tbilisi, Tehran-Imam Khomeini, Tel Aviv, Thessaloniki, Tokat,[125] Tokyo-Haneda, Tokyo-Narita,[126] Toronto-Pearson, Toulouse, Trabzon, Tunis, Turkistan, Türkmenbaşy,[127] Ulaanbaatar, Urgench, Valencia, Van, Vancouver, Varna, Venice, Vienna, Vilnius, Voronezh, Warsaw-Chopin, Washington-Dulles, Xi'an, Yanbu, Yaoundé, Yekaterinburg, Zagreb, Zanzibar, Zaporizhzhia (temporarily suspended), Zonguldak, Zürich
Seasonal: Cebu,[128] Mahé,[129] Moroni, Rovaniemi, Tivat[130]

Ukraine International Airlines

Kyiv-Boryspil, Odesa (both suspended)

Uzbekistan Airways

Bukhara, Fergana, Samarkand, Tashkent, Urgench[132]

Wizz Air

Budapest,[133] Iași,[134] London-Gatwick,[135] London-Luton[135]

Airlines

Destinations

Liège, Paris-Charles de Gaulle

EgyptAir Cargo[143][144]

Cairo

Dubai-International, London-Heathrow

Hong Kong Air Cargo [149]

Hong Kong

Cologne/Bonn, New York-JFK

Silk Way West Airlines[154]

Baku, Kyiv-Boryspil

Turkish Cargo [155][38]

Adana, Antalya, Izmir, Accra, Algiers, Almaty, Astana, Amman, Amsterdam, Ashgabat, Atlanta, Baku, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Beirut, Bangalore, Belgrade, Bishkek, Bogotá, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Cairo, Casablanca, Chennai, Chicago-O'Hare, Colombo-Bandaranaike, Delhi, Dhaka, Doha, Dubai-Al Maktoum, Entebbe, Erbil, Frankfurt, Guangzhou, Hanoi, Helsinki, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Houston-Intercontinental, Hyderabad, Islamabad, Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta, Karachi, Khartoum, Kinshasa, Kuala Lumpur-International, Kyiv-Boryspil, Lagos, Lahore, London-Stansted, Maastricht/Aachen, Madrid, Mexico City, Milan-Malpensa, Moscow-Sheremetyevo,[156] Miami, Mumbai, Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta, New York-JFK, São Paulo-Guarulhos, Seoul-Incheon, Shanghai-Pudong, Shannon, Singapore, Stockholm-Arlanda, Taipei-Taoyuan, Tashkent, Tbilisi, Tehran-Imam Khomeini, Tel Aviv, Toronto-Pearson, Tunis, Tuzla, Vienna, Vilnius, Zürich

Cologne/Bonn

Below is the passenger data and development for Istanbul Airport for the years 2018-2022:[160]

Year

Domestic
passengers

Passenger
% change

International
passengers

Passenger
% change

Total
passengers

Passenger
% change

20181

65,006

30,199

95,205

^1 : 2018 statistics correspond to the last 3 months of 2018 since the opening of the airport.

The airport is serviced from the city by public İETT[162] and Havaist[163] buses.

Istanbul city taxis are available 24 hours a day outside the arrival and departure areas of the airport. A trip to Istanbul city centre by taxi takes approximately 40 minutes.[164]

The M11 metro line was opened on 22 January 2023, with initial operations running to Kağıthane, skipping the Terminal 2 station. Extensions to Halkalı on the Marmaray rail line and Gayrettepe are under construction.[165]

Mainline railway will connect the airport to Halkalı, and via outer city bypass running over the Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge across the Bosporus and connecting with the Asian rail network at Gebze.[citation needed ]

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Toggle the table of contents From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Istanbul Airport ( Turkish: İstanbul Havalimanı, IATA: IST, ICAO: LTFM)[4] is the main international airport serving Istanbul, Turkey. It is located in the Arnavutköy district on the European side of the city.