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Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport

Istanbul, Turkey · #41 world#2 of 53 in country

SAWIATA code
LTFJICAO code
48.4Mpassengers in 2025
3,000 mlongest of 1 runway
95 melevation · 312 ft
2001opened
Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)
Photo: Apaleutos25 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW/LTFJ) is an airport in Turkey serving Istanbul.

It handled 48,407,318 passengers in 2025, making it number 41 in our world ranking and number 2 of 53 ranked airports in Turkey.

It has 1 runway, the longest 3,000 m, at an elevation of 95 m.

5 airlines use it as a hub, including Air ACT, Tailwind Airlines and AJet.

Passengers per year

2012–2025
14.7M18.5M23.5M28.1M29.7M31.4M34.1M35.6M17M25M30.8M36.8M41.4M48.4M
2012’122013’132014’142015’152016’162017’172018’182019’192020’202021’212022’222023’232024’242025’25
Identification
IATA
SAW
ICAO
LTFJ
Wikidata
Q723622
Location
Country
Turkey
City served
Istanbul
Located in
Pendik
Coordinates
40.8983, 29.3092
Elevation
95 m (312 ft)
Organisation
Type
international airport, airport
Opened
2001-01-08
Operator
Malaysia Airports
Named after
Istanbul, Sabiha Gökçen
Runways
6/24
3,000 m · 9,843 ftconcrete

Hub for 5 airlines

9TAir ACTTITailwind AirlinesTKAJetPCPegasus AirlinesXQSunExpress