As of 6 April 2019, Istanbul Atatürk Airport (ISL) is open only for cargo, maintenance, general aviation, air taxis, business flights and state and diplomatic aircraft.
Istanbul Atatürk Airport (ISL) was until October 2018 the main international airport of Istanbul.
Istanbul's Atatürk International Airport (ISL) at Yeşilyurt, 23 km (14 miles) west of Sultanahmet Square (map), used to be the busiest of Turkey's major airports.
Again it has been fully replaced by the new Istanbul Airport (IST) in October of 2018. More...
The New Istanbul Airport
The huge new six-runway airport with a capacity of 90 to 150 million passengers per year has been built 50 km (31 miles) northwest of Old Istanbul near the Black Sea coast towns of Yeniköy and Akpınar. Approximately 6,172 hectares (24 square miles) of forest have been cleared for the project. All flights to and from Atatürk Airport have been reportedly transferred to the new airport as of the end of 2018. More...
Atatürk International Airport
ISTANBUL TERMINAL OPERATIONS Co.
Istanbul Atatürk Airport, International Terminal
34149 Yeşilköy, Istanbul, Turkey
Information: info@tav.aero
Customer Relations: cr@tav.aero
Tel: +90 (212) 463 3000
Fax: +90 (212) 465 5050
—by Tom Brosnahan
New Istanbul Grand Airport (Oct 2018) |