Istanbul Airport is the new airport in the city and is considered a huge achievement of the Turkish Government. Added to the two already existing airports of Istanbul (Ataturk Airport and Sabiha Gokcen International Airport), the new aviation hub has undertaken all the Ataturk Airport’s passenger flights from 29th October 2018 and is expected to host more than 200 million passengers by 2025.

Set in the middle between Tayakadin and Akpinar village, it serves more than 350 domestic and international destinations in 110 countries, while its duty-free area is one of the largest (if not the largest) worldwide. For the time being, only one terminal is functional, four runways are in operation, and five concourses are home to the numerous airlines that fly from and to the airport. Last but not least, the services and facilities provided at the airport are one-of-a-kind, and of course, cutting-edge technology is applied all over the environmentally-friendly airport.

All in all, Istanbul Airport, fully functional from 4th of June 2019 despite the construction not being finished yet, has already become a major transportation hub connecting three continents, Europe, Asia, and Africa, and will be developed into an even more significant aviation center as time goes by.

Istanbul Airport, officially known as Istanbul Airport (IST), is a relatively new airport that opened in 2018. The airport was built to replace Istanbul Atatürk Airport, which was the previous main airport of Istanbul but had become overcrowded and was not able to handle the growing demand for air travel.

Construction of Istanbul Airport began in 2015, and the airport was designed to have a capacity of up to 200 million passengers per year, which would make it one of the largest airports in the world. The airport was built on a site near the Black Sea coast, about 35 kilometers from central Istanbul.

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