İstanbul Atatürk Airport

ICAO LTBA40.9719°N 28.8237°E50 m / 163 ftLarge airport

İstanbul Atatürk Airport (IATA: ISL, ICAO: LTBA) is a large airport in Istanbul(Bakırköy), İstanbul Province, Turkey. It opened in 1912. It closed on 6 Apr 2019. It has one runway, 2,600 m (8,530 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by TAV Airports Holding. In 2025 it handled 22 thousand passengers.

Timeline

3 events · 1912–2019

1912

Openedİstanbul Atatürk Airport opens.

25 APR 2015

DisasterTurkish Airlines flight 1878.No deaths

06 APR 2019

Closedİstanbul Atatürk Airport closes.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

05/23059° / 239° · LIT

LENGTH2,600 m8,530 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2011–2025

37.4M

45.1M

51.3M

56.7M

61.3M

60.4M

64.1M

68.0M

16.1M

16K

17K

22K

111213141516171819232425

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers22K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#2,409of 3,974 · #499 Europe · #53 TR Longest runway2,600 m8,530 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=2,041of 29,823 · =320 Europe · #53 TR Elevation50 m163 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=34,898of 43,341 · =4,529 Europe · #69 TR AgeOpened 19122026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=46of 15,079 · =33 Europe · #1 TR Runways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =643 Europe · =18 TR

Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

6 channels

APPYESILKOY APP120.500

ATISATIS128.200

CLDYESILKOY DELIVERY121.700

GNDYESILKOY GND121.800

RMPYESILKOY RAMP121.900

TWRYESILKOY TWR118.100