Istanbul Airport (IST/LTFM) is an airport in Turkey serving Istanbul.
It handled 84,457,421 passengers in 2025, making it number 7 in our world ranking and number 1 of 53 ranked airports in Turkey.
It has 5 runways, the longest 4,100 m, at an elevation of 99 m.
3 airlines use it as a hub, including TGS Yer Hizmetleri, TURKISH DO&CO and Turkish Airlines.
Passengers per year
2018–202595.2K52M23.4M37.2M64.5M76M80.4M84.5M
2018’182019’192020’202021’212022’222023’232024’242025’25
Identification
- IATA
- IST
- ICAO
- LTFM
- Wikidata
- Q3661908
Location
- Country
- Turkey
- City served
- Istanbul
- Located in
- Eyüpsultan
- Coordinates
- 41.2608, 28.7422
- Elevation
- 99 m (325 ft)
Organisation
- Type
- international airport, greenfield airport
- Opened
- 2018-10-29
- Operator
- General Directorate of State Airports (Turkey)
- Owner
- General Directorate of State Airports (Turkey)
- Named after
- Istanbul
Runways
- 16R/34L
- 3,750 m · 12,303 ftasphalt concrete
- 17L/35R
- 4,100 m · 13,451 ftasphalt concrete
- 18R/36L
- 3,060 m · 10,039 ftconcrete
- 16L/34R
- 3,750 m · 12,303 ftasphalt concrete
- 17R/35L
- 4,100 m · 13,451 ftasphalt concrete
Hub for 3 airlines
TGS Yer HizmetleriTURKISH DO&COTKTurkish Airlines