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

Airlines

5 hubs

Hub airlines5

FHFreebird Airlines —Istanbul Airlines MBMNG Airlines —Torosair GOULS Airlines Cargo

Former hub of Akdeniz Airlines, Ankair, Bestair, Borajet, Bosphorus Airways, Fly Air, Greenair, Holiday Airlines, Saga Airlines, Sultan Air, Sunways Intersun, Tarhan Tower Airlines and Turkuaz Airlines.

Hubs from Wikidata. All airlines

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers22K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#2,409of 3,974 · #501 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 29,858 · =322 Europe · #53 TR Elevation50 m163 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=34,953of 43,403 · =4,535 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=4,364of 29,978 · =646 Europe · =19 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