Atatürk International Airport (IATA: IST, ICAO: LTBA) (Turkish: Atatürk Uluslararası Havalimanı) is one of the international airports in Istanbul, Turkey. Opened in 1924 and located in Yeşilköy, on the European side of the city, it is 24 km (15 mi) west of the city centre. In 1980, the airport was renamed to Atatürk International Airport in honor of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder and the first president of the Republic of Turkey. With total p...
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Atatürk International Airport (IATA: IST, ICAO: LTBA) (Turkish: Atatürk Uluslararası Havalimanı) is one of the international airports in Istanbul, Turkey. Opened in 1924 and located in Yeşilköy, on the European side of the city, it is 24 km (15 mi) west of the city centre. In 1980, the airport was renamed to Atatürk International Airport in honor of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder and the first president of the Republic of Turkey. With total passenger traffic of more than 37 millions for the year 2011, it was the 29th busiest airport in the world in terms of total passenger traffic and the 17th busiest in the world in terms of international passenger traffic, ranking slightly below Rome's FCO and New York's JFK airports. It was Europe's 8th busiest airport in 2011, with a very slight difference in traffic between IST and the 6th, 7th airports, Munich, Rome.
There is a plan to build another runway parallel to runway 05/23, so when the original runway undergoes repairs, this runway...
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