Istanbul Airport
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Istanbul Airport (Turkish: İstanbul Havalimanı, IATA: IST, ICAO: LTFM)[5] is the larger of two international airports serving Istanbul, Turkey. It is located in the Arnavutköy district on the European side of the city.
Istanbul Airport İstanbul Havalimanı | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owner | General Directorate of State Airports Authority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operator | IGA (Istanbul Grand Airport) Havalimanı İşletmesi A.Ş. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Serves | Istanbul, Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Arnavutköy, Istanbul | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Built | 2014–2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Time zone | TRT (UTC+03:00) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 99 m / 325 ft | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°15′44″N 28°43′40″E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: (Turkish AIP at Eurocontrol) Turkey[4] |
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.[6] The IATA airport code IST was also transferred to the new airport.[7][8]
It served more than 76 million passengers in 2023, making it the 2nd-busiest airport in Europe of 2023, after Heathrow Airport and it was also the 7th-busiest airport in the world of 2023 in terms of total passenger traffic and, by serving more than 58 million international passengers, the 6th-busiest airport in the world in terms of international passenger traffic according to ACI World traffic values.[9][10] It serves up to 114 countries and is the hub for Turkish Airlines.