Istanbul Airport
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Arnavutköy, Istanbul, Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operating base for | Pegasus Airlines | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Time zone | TRT (UTC+03:00) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 99 m / 325 ft | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°15′44″N 28°43′40″E / 41.26222°N 28.72778°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: (Turkish AIP at Eurocontrol) Turkish Airports Authority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Istanbul Airport (IATA: IST, ICAO: LTFM) is the larger of two international airports serving Istanbul, Turkey. It is located in the Arnavutköy district on the European side of the city. It is the largest airport in Turkey, the largest privately-owned airport in the world and the second busiest airport in Europe as well as the second busiest airport in the Middle East.
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. The IATA airport code IST was also transferred to the new airport.
It served more than 76 million passengers in 2023, making it second-busiest airport in Europe of 2023, after Heathrow Airport and the second-busiest airport in the Middle East, after Dubai International Airport, it was also the seventh-busiest airport in the world of 2023 in terms of total passenger traffic and, by serving more than 58 million international passengers, the sixth-busiest airport in the world in terms of international passenger traffic according to ACI World traffic values. It serves up to 122 countries and is the hub for Turkish Airlines.