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Atatürk Airport (Template:Comma separated entries) is a public airport located in Yeşilköy, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Formerly the primary international airport of Istanbul and the hub of Turkish Airlines, it was closed to commercial passenger flights on 6 April 2019. From that point, all commercial scheduled passenger flights were transferred to the new Istanbul Airport.[1][2] Since the move of commercial operations to the new airport, Atatürk Airport is open to general aviation and functions as an executive airport.

History

Growth and development

In 1911, a small apron with two hangars was built in Yeşilköy, Istanbul, for the Ottoman Armed Forces.[3] Mustafa Kemal Atatürk founded Türk Tayyare Cemiyeti (Turkish Aircraft Company, today Türk Hava Kurumu - THK) in 1925. In 1933, today's Turkish Airlines, the Türkiye Devlet Hava Yolları started its flights with two Curtiss Kingbird aircraft. Flights from Istanbul to Ankara and Athens began. The small apron was expanded and a new passenger terminal was built. This is considered the beginning of the airport's 86-year history. It was originally named Yeşilköy Airport. In the 1980s, it was renamed Atatürk International Airport.

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. In 2017, it was Europe's 5th-busiest airport after London–Heathrow, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Frankfurt Airport, and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, having fallen from third place after a decline in passengers due to security fears.[4]

Closure

Istanbul Atatürk Airport was replaced in regards to commercial passenger functions by the newly constructed Istanbul Airport, in April 2019, in order to meet Istanbul's growing domestic and international air traffic demand as a source, destination, and transit point. Both airports were used in parallel for five months from late 2018, with the new airport gradually expanding to serve more domestic and regional destinations.[5] On 6 April 2019, Atatürk's IST IATA airport code was inherited by Istanbul Airport and Atatürk Airport was assigned the code ISL after the full transfer of all scheduled passenger activities to the new airport was completed.[6] The final commercial flight, Turkish Airlines Flight 54, left Atatürk Airport on 6 April 2019 at 02:44 for Singapore.[7]

On 5 February 2022, Turkish Cargo relocated all cargo flights and operations from their former hub at the airport to the new Istanbul Airport.[8][9]

Atatürk Airport National Garden

Script error: No such module "labelled list hatnote". Turkey's government announced its plans to construct a giant park on the grounds of the former Istanbul Atatürk Airport (whose operations were transferred to the new Istanbul Airport) in 2019.[10] The park, Template:Ill, is part of a larger urban transformation plan that seeks to correct some of the haphazard urban planning that characterised most major Turkish cities since the 1970s.[11] Due to the little space available to construct or expand green spaces, new parks are often constructed on spots formerly occupied by factories or other major facilities.

The Atatürk Airport National Garden was to be constructed on and around one of the two runways of Atatürk Airport.[12] These runways were already rendered unusable after they were chosen as the site for Istanbul's pandemic hospital in early 2020.[13] More than 132,500 trees are to be planted in place of the asphalt runway and taxiways that will also help to keep the city cooler.[10] The other runway was set to remain in use for select cargo and private jet flights, aviation fairs (such as Teknofest) and for use by the Turkish Air Force (which still maintains a small training base and the Istanbul Aviation Museum here).Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

The leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP) Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu called the proposed construction of the park "treason" and threatened to hold those responsible to account.[14]

Construction commenced in 2022.[15] First areas of the park were opened to the public in 2023.[16] In 2024, the Council of State cancelled the construction tender, following a lawsuit filed by Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality.[15][17] The park officially opened to the public on 1 November 2025.[18]

Facilities

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The original terminal at Yeşilköy in 1970
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The former main terminal, inaugurated in 1983, which then served as the domestic section until 2019
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The now defunct main passenger terminal in 2013

Former passenger terminals

Istanbul Atatürk Airport featured two passenger terminals linked to each other.[19] The former domestic terminal is the older and smaller of the two terminals and exclusively handled domestic flights within Turkey. It featured its own check-in and airside facilities on the upper floor, with twelve departure gates equipped with jet bridges[19] and five baggage claim belts on the ground level.[19] The former international terminal was inaugurated in 2000 and used for all international flights. It featured a large main hall containing 8 check-in aisles and a wide range of airside facilities such as shops and restaurants, 34 gates equipped with jet bridges, and 7 bus-boarding stands. The arrivals floor had 11 baggage claim belts.[19] In addition, there is a general aviation terminal to the northwest of the passenger terminals.[20]

Former cargo terminal

The airport featured a dedicated cargo terminal including facilities for the handling of radioactive and refrigerated freight.[21]

Other facilities

Current operations

As of April 2019, all passenger operations have been relocated to the new Istanbul Airport. As of February 2022, all cargo operations have been relocated to the new airport as well.[25]Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Currently, the airport serves only private and business jets as well as operations on behalf of the Government of Turkey.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Statistics

Istanbul Atatürk Airport ranked 17th in ACI statistics at the end of 2011 in terms of international traffic with almost 24 million international passengers. It ranked 29th in the world in terms of total passenger traffic with over 37.4 million passengers in 2011. Its total traffic within the last decade more than tripled, and its international traffic quadrupled.[26][27] Passenger statistics for Istanbul Atatürk Airport for the years 2002–2019 are below.[28]

Passenger statistics at Istanbul Atatürk Airport[28]
Year Domestic
passengers 		Passenger
% change 		International
passenger 		Passenger
% change 		Total
passenger 		Passenger
% change 		World rank
international 		World rank
total
2019 4,236,203 Decrease78 11,876,601 Decrease76 16,112,804 Decrease76 Template:Nochange Template:Nochange
2018 19,216,523 Decrease2 49,130,261 Increase10 68,346,784 Increase7 10th 16th
2017 19,629,425 Increase3 44,476,589 Increase8 64,106,014 Increase6 11th 15th
2016 19,133,533 Decrease1 41,281,937 Decrease2 60,415,470 Decrease1 11th 14th
2015 19,333,873 Increase4 41,998,251 Increase10 61,332,124 Increase8 10th 11th
2014 18,542,295 Increase8 38,152,871 Increase12 56,695,166 Increase11 9th 13th
2013 17,218,672 Increase13 34,079,118 Increase14 51,297,790 Increase14 10th 18th
2012 15,279,655 IncreaseScript error: No such module "sort". 29,812,307 IncreaseScript error: No such module "sort". 45,091,962 IncreaseScript error: No such module "sort". 13th 20th
2011 13,421,536 IncreaseScript error: No such module "sort". 23,973,158 IncreaseScript error: No such module "sort". 37,394,694 IncreaseScript error: No such module "sort". 17th 30th
2010 11,800,833 IncreaseScript error: No such module "sort". 20,342,986 IncreaseScript error: No such module "sort". 32,143,819 IncreaseScript error: No such module "sort". 19th 37th
2009 11,416,838 DecreaseScript error: No such module "sort". 18,396,050 IncreaseScript error: No such module "sort". 29,812,888 IncreaseScript error: No such module "sort". Template:Nochange 39th
2008 11,484,063 IncreaseScript error: No such module "sort". 17,069,069 IncreaseScript error: No such module "sort". 28,553,132 IncreaseScript error: No such module "sort". Template:Nochange 42th
2007 9,595,923 IncreaseScript error: No such module "sort". 13,600,306 IncreaseScript error: No such module "sort". 23,196,229 IncreaseScript error: No such module "sort". Template:Nochange 45th
2006 9,091,693 IncreaseScript error: No such module "sort". 12,174,281 IncreaseScript error: No such module "sort". 21,265,974 IncreaseScript error: No such module "sort". Template:Nochange 47th
2005 7,512,282 IncreaseScript error: No such module "sort". 11,781,487 IncreaseScript error: No such module "sort". 19,293,769 IncreaseScript error: No such module "sort". Template:Nochange Template:Nochange
2004 5,430,925 IncreaseScript error: No such module "sort". 10,169,676 IncreaseScript error: No such module "sort". 15,600,601 IncreaseScript error: No such module "sort". Template:Nochange Template:Nochange
2003 3,196,045 IncreaseScript error: No such module "sort". 8,908,268 IncreaseScript error: No such module "sort". 12,104,342 IncreaseScript error: No such module "sort". Template:Nochange Template:Nochange
2002 2,851,487 Template:Nochange 8,506,204 Template:Nochange 11,357,691 Template:Nochange Template:Nochange Template:Nochange

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Accidents and incidents

  • On 30 January 1975, Turkish Airlines Flight 345, crashed into the Sea of Marmara during its final approach to the airport. All 42 passengers and crew on board were killed.[29]
  • On 25 April 2015, Turkish Airlines Flight 1878, operated by an A320-200, TC-JPE was severely damaged in a landing accident. The aircraft aborted the first hard landing, which inflicted engine and gear damage. On the second attempt at landing, the right gear collapsed and the aircraft rolled off the runway spinning 180 degrees. All 97 passengers and 5 crew members survived with no injuries. The aircraft was written off as a result of the accident.[30]
  • On 28 June 2016, three terrorists killed 44 civilians by gunfire and subsequent suicide bombings, along with 239 civilians injured.[31][32] The three men arrived in a taxi cab and opened fire at the terminal. The three men then blew themselves up when police opened fire. The airport has X-ray scanners at the entrance to the terminal but security checks for cars are limited.[31][33]
  • On 15 July 2016, the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt took place. During the attempted coup, units of the Turkish Armed Forces seized control of the airport and closed it, but it was reopened after pro-government forces regained control.[34][35][36]

Accolades

  • The Turkish Chamber of Civil Engineers lists İstanbul Atatürk Airport as one of the fifty civil engineering feats in Turkey, a list of remarkable engineering projects completed in the first 50 years of the chamber's existence.[37]
  • In the 2013 Air Transport News awards ceremony, İstanbul Atatürk Airport was named Airport of the Year.[38]
  • The airport was named Europe's Best Airport in the 40–50 million passenger per year category at the 2013 Skytrax World Airport Awards.[39]

See also

References

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