Istanbul Airport in a nutshell
Istanbul New Airport has been operational since 2019, when all traffic was transferred here from Atatürk Airport. It also adopted its IATA code, commonly used in timetables and on tickets: ‘IST’.
In the coming years, the airport will continue to expand its facilities and aims to become the world’s largest airport.
It is situated approximately 50 km north-west of the centre of Istanbul and serves as the main hub for Turkish Airlines.
For information on Istanbul’s second airport, please visit the page on Sabiha Gökcen SAW.
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