İstanbul Atatürk Airport

Istanbul Atatürk Airport İstanbul Atatürk Havalimanı
IATA: IST ICAO: LTBA
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	General Directorate of State Airports
Operator	TAV Airports
Serves	Istanbul, Turkey
Location	Yeşilköy, Bakırköy
Hub for	AtlasGlobal Onur Air Turkish Airlines
Elevation AMSL	163 ft / 50 m
Coordinates	40°58′34″N 028°48′51″E / 40.97611°N 28.81417°E / 40.97611; 28.81417Coordinates: 40°58′34″N 028°48′51″E / 40.97611°N 28.81417°E / 40.97611; 28.81417
Website	ataturkairport.com
Map
IST Location within Istanbul
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 17L/35R 3,000 9,843 Concrete 17R/35L 3,000 9,843 Concrete 05/23 2,580 8,465 Grooved Asphalt
Statistics (2016)
Total passengers 60,119,215 International passengers 41,019,341
Source: AIP Turkey

Istanbul Atatürk Airport (IATA: IST, ICAO: LTBA) (Turkish: İstanbul Atatürk Havalimanı) is the main international airport serving Istanbul, and the biggest airport in Turkey by total number of passengers, destinations served and aircraft movements. Opened in 1924 in Yeşilköy, on the European side of the city, it is located 24 km (15 mi) west of the city centre and serves as the main hub for Turkish Airlines. The city's other, smaller, international airport is Sabiha Gökçen International Airport.

The airport was originally named Yeşilköy Airport. In the 1980s, it was renamed Istanbul Atatürk International Airport in honour of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder and first president of the Republic of Turkey. It served more than 60 million passengers in 2015, making it the 11th busiest airport in the world in terms of total passenger traffic and the 10th busiest in the world in terms of international passenger traffic. As of 2017, it is Europe's 5th busiest airport after London Heathrow, Paris Charles de Gaulle, Frankfurt Airport and Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, having fallen from 3rd place after a decline in passengers due to security fears.