SAW
Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (IATA: SAW, ICAO: LTFJ) is a large airport in Pendik, Istanbul, İstanbul Province, Turkey. It opened on 8 Jan 2001. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,540 m (11,614 ft). It is operated by Malaysia Airports. In 2025 it handled 48.4 million passengers.
Timeline
2 events · 2001–202008 JAN 2001
OpenedIstanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport opens.
05 FEB 2020
DisasterPegasus Airlines Flight 2193.3 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026
Runways & airfield
Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap06R/24L
LENGTH3,540 m11,614 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEConcrete
06L/24R064° / 244° · LIT
LENGTH3,000 m9,843 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEConcrete
Passengers per year
2014–202523.5M
28.1M
29.7M
31.4M
34.1M
35.6M
17.0M
25.0M
30.8M
36.8M
41.4M
48.4M
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Routes
168 destinations · 58 countriesYear-round163
EDOBalıkesir Koca Seyit AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines, AJet246 km153 miESBEsenboğa International AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines, AJet323 km201 miADBAdnan Menderes International AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines, AJet343 km213 miDNZÇardak AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines, AJet348 km216 miKFSKastamonu AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines379 km235 miKYAKonya AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines, AJet428 km266 miBJVMilas Bodrum International AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines, AJet430 km267 miAYTAntalya International AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines, AJet463 km288 miDLMDalaman International AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines, AJet468 km291 miOTPBucharest Henri Coandă International AirportRomania · Pegasus Airlines485 km301 miNOPSinop AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines496 km308 miNAVNevşehir Kapadokya AirportTürkiye · AJet505 km314 miMZHAmasya Merzifon AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines522 km324 miSOFSofia AirportBulgaria · Pegasus Airlines528 km328 miATHAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International AirportGreece · Pegasus Airlines566 km352 miGZPGazipaşa-Alanya AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines574 km357 miASRKayseri Erkilet International AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines, AJet579 km360 miTJKTokat AirportTürkiye · AJet601 km373 miSZFSamsun-Çarşamba AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines, AJet610 km379 miSKPSkopje International AirportNorth Macedonia · Pegasus Airlines, AJet651 km405 miVASSivas Nuri Demirağ AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines, AJet654 km406 miCOVÇukurova International AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines, AJet668 km415 miRMOChişinău International AirportMoldova · Pegasus Airlines, AJet671 km417 miIASIaşi International AirportRomania · AJet711 km442 miPRNPriština Adem Jashari International AirportKosovo · Pegasus Airlines, AJet711 km442 miECNErcan International AirportCyprus · Pegasus Airlines, AJet737 km458 miOGUOrdu–Giresun AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines, AJet737 km458 miKCMKahramanmaraş AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines757 km470 miHTYHatay AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines, AJet788 km490 miCLJAvram Iancu Cluj International AirportRomania · Pegasus Airlines794 km493 miMLXMalatya Erhaç AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines, AJet800 km497 miTIATirana International Airport Mother TeresaAlbania · Pegasus Airlines, AJet804 km500 miGZTGaziantep Oğuzeli International AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines, AJet832 km517 miTGDPodgorica Airport / Podgorica Golubovci AirbaseMontenegro · Pegasus Airlines851 km529 miBEGBelgrade Nikola Tesla AirportSerbia · Pegasus Airlines, AJet853 km530 miADFAdıyaman AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines, AJet863 km536 miALPAleppo International AirportSyria · Pegasus Airlines, AJet865 km537 miERCErzincan AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines, AJet876 km544 miTZXTrabzon International AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines, AJet880 km547 miEZSElazığ AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines, AJet890 km553 miGNYŞanlıurfa GAP AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines, AJet911 km566 miTZLTuzla International AirportBosnia & Herzegovina · Pegasus Airlines951 km591 miBEYBeirut Rafic Hariri International AirportLebanon · Pegasus Airlines, AJet957 km595 miSJJSarajevo International AirportBosnia & Herzegovina · Pegasus Airlines, AJet958 km595 miRZVRize–Artvin AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines, AJet968 km601 miDIYDiyarbakır AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines, AJet993 km617 miERZErzurum International AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines, AJet1,009 km627 miBUSAlexander Kartveli Batumi International AirportGeorgia · Pegasus Airlines1,030 km640 miDAMDamascus International AirportSyria · AJet1,048 km651 miMQMMardin AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines, AJet1,059 km658 miBALBatman AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines, AJet1,066 km662 miBUDBudapest Liszt Ferenc International AirportHungary · Pegasus Airlines, AJet1,080 km671 miMSRMuş AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines1,081 km672 miKUTDavid the Builder Kutaisi International AirportGeorgia · Pegasus Airlines1,105 km687 miHBEAlexandria International AirportEgypt · Pegasus Airlines1,109 km689 miKSYKars AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines, AJet1,163 km723 miNKTŞırnak Şerafettin Elçi AirportTürkiye · AJet1,166 km725 miAJIAğrı AirportTürkiye · AJet1,171 km728 miAMMQueen Alia International AirportJordan · Pegasus Airlines1,182 km734 miZAGZagreb Franjo Tuđman International AirportCroatia · Pegasus Airlines1,197 km744 miSPXSphinx International AirportEgypt · Pegasus Airlines, AJet1,208 km751 miCAICairo International AirportEgypt · Air Arabia, AJet, Nile Air1,214 km754 miVANVan Ferit Melen AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines, AJet1,229 km764 miIGDIğdır AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines, AJet1,236 km768 miBTSM. R. Štefánik AirportSlovakia · Pegasus Airlines1,252 km778 miEVNZvartnots International AirportArmenia · Pegasus Airlines1,276 km793 miVIEVienna International AirportAustria · Pegasus Airlines, AJet1,287 km800 miGRZGraz AirportAustria · Pegasus Airlines1,298 km807 miTBSTbilisi International AirportGeorgia · Pegasus Airlines, AJet1,308 km813 miLJULjubljana Jože Pučnik AirportSlovenia · Pegasus Airlines1,332 km828 miEBLErbil International AirportIraq · Pegasus Airlines, AJet1,372 km853 miGRVAkhmat Kadyrov Grozny International AirportRussia · Pegasus Airlines1,377 km856 miNAJNakhchivan International AirportAzerbaijan · AJet1,386 km861 miFCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · Pegasus Airlines, AJet1,425 km885 miGNJGanja International AirportAzerbaijan · Pegasus Airlines, AJet1,429 km888 miVCEVenice Marco Polo AirportItaly · Pegasus Airlines1,463 km909 miSSHSharm El Sheikh International AirportEgypt · Pegasus Airlines, AJet1,510 km938 miISUJalal Talabani International AirportIraq · Pegasus Airlines, AJet1,516 km942 miBLQBologna Guglielmo Marconi AirportItaly · Pegasus Airlines1,523 km946 miPRGVáclav Havel Airport PragueCzechia · Pegasus Airlines, AJet1,551 km964 miBGWBaghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air BaseIraq · Pegasus Airlines, Fly Baghdad, AJet +11,570 km976 miHRGHurghada International AirportEgypt · Pegasus Airlines, AJet1,580 km982 miMUCMunich AirportGermany · Pegasus Airlines, AJet1,610 km1,000 miBGYIl Caravaggio International AirportItaly · Pegasus Airlines, AJet1,668 km1,036 miMJIMitiga International AirportLibya · Pegasus Airlines1,676 km1,041 miNUENuremberg AirportGermany · Pegasus Airlines1,712 km1,064 miLXRLuxor International AirportEgypt · Pegasus Airlines1,722 km1,070 miVKOVnukovo International AirportRussia · AJet1,734 km1,077 miGYDHeydar Aliyev International AirportAzerbaijan · Pegasus Airlines, AJet1,745 km1,084 miBERBerlin Brandenburg AirportGermany · Pegasus Airlines, AJet1,748 km1,086 miRMFMarsa Alam International AirportEgypt · Pegasus Airlines1,774 km1,102 miSTRStuttgart AirportGermany · Pegasus Airlines, AJet1,799 km1,118 miZRHZürich AirportSwitzerland · Pegasus Airlines, AJet1,802 km1,120 miSCOAktau International AirportKazakhstan · Pegasus Airlines1,814 km1,127 miNCENice-Côte d'Azur AirportFrance · Pegasus Airlines1,838 km1,142 miBSLEuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–FreiburgFrance · Pegasus Airlines, AJet1,880 km1,168 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Pegasus Airlines, AJet1,901 km1,181 miGUWAtyrau International AirportKazakhstan · Pegasus Airlines1,920 km1,193 miGVAGeneva International AirportSwitzerland · Pegasus Airlines, AJet1,953 km1,214 miHAJHannover AirportGermany · Pegasus Airlines, AJet1,962 km1,219 miMRSMarseille Provence AirportFrance · Pegasus Airlines1,999 km1,242 miIKAImam Khomeini International AirportIran · AJet1,999 km1,242 miBSRBasra International AirportIraq · Pegasus Airlines, AJet2,010 km1,249 miHAMHamburg Helmut Schmidt AirportGermany · Pegasus Airlines, AJet2,020 km1,255 miLYSLyon Saint-Exupéry AirportFrance · Pegasus Airlines, AJet2,023 km1,257 miCGNCologne Bonn AirportGermany · Pegasus Airlines, AJet2,030 km1,261 miDTMDortmund AirportGermany · Pegasus Airlines2,032 km1,263 miCPHCopenhagen Kastrup AirportDenmark · Pegasus Airlines, AJet2,038 km1,266 miBREBremen AirportGermany · Pegasus Airlines2,048 km1,273 miURAManshuk Mametova International AirportKazakhstan · Pegasus Airlines2,048 km1,273 miMEDPrince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz AirportSaudi Arabia · Pegasus Airlines, AJet2,058 km1,279 miDUSDüsseldorf AirportGermany · Pegasus Airlines, AJet2,074 km1,289 miELQPrince Naif bin Abdulaziz International AirportSaudi Arabia · Flynas2,098 km1,304 miLEDPulkovo AirportRussia · Pegasus Airlines, AJet2,103 km1,307 miKWIKuwait International AirportKuwait · Jazeera Airways, Pegasus Airlines, AJet +12,130 km1,324 miEINEindhoven AirportNetherlands · Pegasus Airlines2,169 km1,348 miHELHelsinki Vantaa AirportFinland · Pegasus Airlines2,180 km1,355 miCRLBrussels South Charleroi AirportBelgium · Pegasus Airlines2,189 km1,360 miBRUBrussels AirportBelgium · AJet2,204 km1,370 miARNStockholm-Arlanda AirportSweden · Pegasus Airlines, AJet2,229 km1,385 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · Pegasus Airlines, AJet2,246 km1,396 miRTMRotterdam The Hague AirportNetherlands · Pegasus Airlines, AJet2,251 km1,399 miBCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportSpain · Pegasus Airlines, AJet2,273 km1,412 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Pegasus Airlines, AJet2,275 km1,414 miORYParis-Orly AirportFrance · Pegasus Airlines2,282 km1,418 miALGHouari Boumediene AirportAlgeria · Pegasus Airlines, AJet2,300 km1,429 miJEDKing Abdulaziz International AirportSaudi Arabia · Pegasus Airlines, Flynas, AJet2,329 km1,447 miAKXAktobe International AirportKazakhstan · Pegasus Airlines2,388 km1,484 miRUHKing Khalid International AirportSaudi Arabia · Pegasus Airlines, Flynas, AJet2,394 km1,488 miSYZShiraz Shahid Dastghaib International AirportIran · Pegasus Airlines2,452 km1,524 miDMMKing Fahd International AirportSaudi Arabia · Pegasus Airlines, Flynas, AJet2,472 km1,536 miOSLOslo-Gardermoen International AirportNorway · Pegasus Airlines2,483 km1,543 miSTNLondon Stansted AirportUnited Kingdom · Pegasus Airlines, AJet2,518 km1,565 miLGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · Pegasus Airlines2,523 km1,568 miBAHBahrain International AirportBahrain · Pegasus Airlines, AJet2,547 km1,583 miALCAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández AirportSpain · Pegasus Airlines2,563 km1,593 miBIOBilbao AirportSpain · Pegasus Airlines2,655 km1,650 miBHXBirmingham AirportUnited Kingdom · Pegasus Airlines2,666 km1,657 miMHDMashhad International AirportIran · Pegasus Airlines2,674 km1,662 miDOHHamad International AirportQatar · Pegasus Airlines, Qatar Airways2,694 km1,674 miBRSBristol AirportUnited Kingdom · Pegasus Airlines2,700 km1,678 miMANManchester AirportUnited Kingdom · Pegasus Airlines2,729 km1,696 miMADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · Pegasus Airlines2,756 km1,712 miEDIEdinburgh AirportUnited Kingdom · Pegasus Airlines2,893 km1,798 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · flydubai, Pegasus Airlines, AJet2,968 km1,844 miSHJSharjah International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Pegasus Airlines, Air Arabia, AJet2,973 km1,847 miAUHZayed International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Pegasus Airlines2,977 km1,850 miRKTRas Al Khaimah International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Pegasus Airlines2,984 km1,854 miDUBDublin AirportIreland · Pegasus Airlines2,986 km1,855 miSVQSeville AirportSpain · Pegasus Airlines3,039 km1,888 miTNGTangier Ibn Battuta AirportMorocco · Air Arabia3,105 km1,929 miHSAHazrat Sultan International AirportKazakhstan · FlyArystan3,219 km2,000 miMCTMuscat International AirportOman · Pegasus Airlines, SalamAir3,310 km2,057 miCITShymkent International AirportKazakhstan · Pegasus Airlines, AJet3,311 km2,057 miCMNMohammed V International AirportMorocco · Pegasus Airlines, Air Arabia3,350 km2,082 miDYUDushanbe International AirportTajikistan · Pegasus Airlines3,361 km2,088 miNQZNursultan Nazarbayev International AirportKazakhstan · Pegasus Airlines, AJet3,394 km2,109 miKBLKabul International AirportAfghanistan · Kam Air3,547 km2,204 miOSSOsh International AirportKyrgyzstan · Pegasus Airlines3,624 km2,252 miBSZManas International AirportKyrgyzstan · Pegasus Airlines, AJet3,696 km2,297 miALAAlmaty International AirportKazakhstan · AJet3,892 km2,418 miKHIJinnah International AirportPakistan · Pegasus Airlines3,915 km2,433 miKULKuala Lumpur International AirportMalaysia · AirAsia X8,334 km5,179 miSeasonal2
MJTMytilene International AirportGreece · Pegasus Airlines309 km192 miRHORhodes International Airport "Diagoras"Greece · Pegasus Airlines511 km318 miCargo4
LEJLeipzig/Halle AirportGermany · MNG Airlines1,753 km1,089 miLUXLuxembourg-Findel International AirportLuxembourg · Cargolux2,040 km1,268 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · MNG Airlines2,275 km1,414 miADDAddis Ababa Bole International AirportEthiopia · Ethiopian Airlines3,671 km2,281 miMost destinationsPegasus Airlines 148AJet 97Air Arabia 4Flynas 4MNG Airlines 2Nile Air 1
Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from SAW. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Sabiha Gökçen International Airport” (revision of 22 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · countryScale: 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 channelsD-ATIS-DEPD-ATIS for Departures128.200
Gokcen GNDGokcen Ground (Main-1)121.750
Gokcen TWRGokcen Tower118.800
Gokcen DLVGokcen Delivery (Main)122.625
D-ATIS-ARRD-ATIS for Arrivals130.250
Gokcen GNDGokcen Ground (Main-2)121.580