Atatürk Airport
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Atatürk Airport (IATA: ISL, IST, ICAO: LTBA) is an airport currently in use for private jets.[citation needed] It used to be the primary international airport of Istanbul and the hub of Turkish Airlines until it was closed to commercial passenger flights on 6 April 2019. From that point, all passenger flights were transferred to the new Istanbul Airport.[4][5]
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Atatürk Airport Atatürk Havalimanı | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Defunct | ||||||||||
Owner | General Directorate of State Airports (DHMİ) | ||||||||||
Operator | TAV Airports | ||||||||||
Serves | Istanbul, Turkey | ||||||||||
Location | Yeşilköy, Bakırköy, Istanbul | ||||||||||
Opened | 1953 (1953) (as airport)[1] | ||||||||||
Closed | 5 February 2022 (2022-02-05) (cargo) | ||||||||||
Passenger services ceased | 6 April 2019 (2019-04-06) | ||||||||||
Built | 1912 (1912) (as airfield) | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 163 ft / 50 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°58′34″N 028°48′51″E | ||||||||||
Website | ataturkairport.com (archived on 8 February 2020) | ||||||||||
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Source: Turkish AIP at Eurocontrol Turkey[3] |
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