İstanbul Airport

ICAO LTFM41.2749°N 28.7321°E99 m / 325 ftLarge airport

İstanbul Airport (IATA: IST, ICAO: LTFM) is a large airport in Istanbul, İstanbul Province, Turkey. It opened on 29 Oct 2018. It has 6 runways; the longest is 4,100 m (13,451 ft). It is operated by General Directorate of State Airports (Turkey). In 2025 it handled 84.5 million passengers.

Timeline

2 events · 2014–2018

07 JUN 2014

MilestoneFoundation stone laying ceremony.

29 OCT 2018

Openedİstanbul Airport opens.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

17R/35L174° / 354° · LIT

LENGTH4,100 m13,451 ftWIDTH45 m147 ftSURFACEAsphalt

17L/35R174° / 354° · LIT

LENGTH4,100 m13,451 ftWIDTH60 m196 ftSURFACEAsphalt

16R/34L174° / 354° · LIT

LENGTH3,750 m12,303 ftWIDTH60 m196 ftSURFACEAsphalt

16L/34R174° / 354° · LIT

LENGTH3,750 m12,303 ftWIDTH45 m147 ftSURFACEAsphalt

18/36179° / 354° · LIT

LENGTH3,060 m10,039 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEConcrete

09/27089° / 269° · LIT

LENGTH2,819 m9,250 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEConcrete

Passengers per year

2018–2025

95K

52.0M

23.4M

37.2M

64.5M

76.0M

80.4M

84.5M

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Routes

351 destinations · 132 countries

Year-round342

Seasonal12

JMKMykonos Island National AirportGreece · Aegean Airlines517 km321 mi RHORhodes International Airport "Diagoras"Greece · Aegean Airlines544 km338 mi JTRSantorini International AirportGreece · Aegean Airlines611 km380 mi OHDOhrid St. Paul the Apostle AirportNorth Macedonia · Turkish Airlines668 km415 mi TIVTivat AirportMontenegro · Turkish Airlines838 km521 mi DBVDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković AirportCroatia · Turkish Airlines877 km545 mi ADJMarka International (Amman Civil) AirportJordan · Royal Jordanian1,219 km757 mi UFAUfa International AirportRussia · UTair Aviation2,479 km1,540 mi RVNRovaniemi AirportFinland · Turkish Airlines2,818 km1,751 mi KEFKeflavik International AirportIceland · Icelandair4,113 km2,556 mi SEZSeychelles International AirportSeychelles · Turkish Airlines5,788 km3,596 mi HAHPrince Said Ibrahim International AirportComoros · Turkish Airlines6,059 km3,765 mi

Seasonal charter2

ZIAZhukovsky International AirportRussia · Southwind Airlines1,730 km1,075 mi SVOSheremetyevo International AirportRussia · Southwind Airlines1,752 km1,089 mi

Most destinationsTurkish Airlines 297Red Wings Airlines 12Aegean Airlines 6Aeroflot 6Transavia France 6Animawings 5

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from IST. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Istanbul Airport” (revision of 26 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

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

Passengers84.5M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#5of 3,974 · #1 Europe · #1 TR Longest runway4,100 m13,451 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#80of 29,823 · #5 Europe · #1 TR Elevation99 m325 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=30,679of 43,341 · =3,587 Europe · #60 TR AgeOpened 20182026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=13,695of 15,079 · #1,388 Europe · #63 TR Runways61 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4of 29,943 · =1 Europe · #1 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

3 channels

TOWERIstanbul Tower131.100

GROUNDIstanbul Ground121.750

ClearanceIstanbul Clearance Delivery127.100