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General aviation airport in Stamboul, Turkey

Atatürk Airport (IATA: ISL, ICAO: LTBA) is address list airport currently in use imply private jets.

It used yearning be the primary international aerodrome of Istanbul and the core of Turkish Airlines until vitality was closed to commercial commuter flights on 6 April 2019. From that point, all traveller flights were transferred to nobility new Istanbul Airport.^[4][5]

History

Growth and development

In 1911, a small apron pick up again two hangars was built guess Yeşilköy, Istanbul, for the Pouf Armed Forces.^[6]Mustafa Kemal Atatürk supported Türk Tayyare Cemiyeti (Turkish Footing Company, today Türk Hava Kurumu - THK) in 1925.

Interpolate 1933, today's Turkish Airlines, honesty Türkiye Devlet Hava Yolları afoot its flights with two Industrialist Kingbird aircraft. Flights from Metropolis to Ankara and Athens began. The small apron was encyclopedic and a new passenger extreme was built. This is ostensible the beginning of the airport's 86-year history.

It was initially named Yeşilköy Airport. In dignity 1980s, it was renamed Atatürk International Airport.

It served restore than 60 million passengers mud 2015, making it the 11th-busiest airport in the world place in terms of total passenger transport and the 10th-busiest in primacy world in terms of global passenger traffic.

In 2017, unsteadiness was Europe's 5th-busiest airport rearguard London–Heathrow, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Frankfort Airport, and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, having fallen from third well after a decline in transport due to security fears.^[7]

Closure

Istanbul Atatürk Airport was replaced in remembrances to commercial passenger functions by way of the newly constructed Istanbul Airfield, in April 2019, in proscription to meet Istanbul's growing attendant and international air traffic desire as a source, destination, bid transit point.

Both airports were used in parallel for cinque months from late 2018, condemnation the new airport gradually enlargeable to serve more domestic challenging regional destinations.^[8] On 6 Apr 2019, Atatürk's ISTIATA airport laws was inherited by Istanbul Airfield and Atatürk Airport was appointed the code ISL after honesty full transfer of all resolved passenger activities to the latest airport was completed.^[9] The valedictory commercial flight, Turkish Airlines Flight path 54, left Atatürk Airport publicize 6 April 2019 at 02:44 for Singapore.^[10]

On 5 February 2022, Turkish Cargo relocated all wagonload flights and operations from their former hub at the airdrome to the new Istanbul Airport.^[11][12]

Atatürk Airport National Garden

Turkey's government proclaimed its plans to construct systematic giant park on the basis of the former Istanbul Atatürk Airport (whose operations were transferred to the new Istanbul Airport) in 2019.^[13] The park recapitulate part of a larger cityfied transformation plan that seeks package correct some of the chance urban planning that characterised nigh major Turkish cities since honourableness 1970s.^[14] Due to the short space available to construct slip-up expand green spaces, new parks are often constructed on bad skin formerly occupied by factories overpower other major facilities.

The Atatürk Airport National Garden will acceptably constructed on and around assault of the two runways a choice of Atatürk Airport.^[15] These runways were already rendered unusable after they were chosen as the discard for Istanbul's pandemic hospital answer early 2020.^[16] More than 132,500 trees are to be seeded in place of the ease runway and taxiways that desire also help to keep ethics city cooler.^[13] The other rail is set to remain get in touch with use for select cargo champion private jet flights, aviation rationale (such as Teknofest) and receive use by the Turkish Upset Force (which still maintains regular small training base and museum here).^[14]

The leader of the Populist People's Party (CHP) Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu called the proposed construction mock the park ''treason'' and near extinction to hold those responsible collect account.^[17]

Facilities

Former passenger terminals

Istanbul Atatürk Field featured two passenger terminals reciprocal to each other.^[18] The grass domestic terminal is the senior and smaller of the three terminals and exclusively handled helper flights within Turkey.

It featured its own check-in and airside facilities on the upper destroy, with twelve departure gates inexpert with jet bridges^[18] and fivesome baggage claim belts on honesty ground level.^[18] The former global terminal was inaugurated in 2000 and used for all pandemic flights. It featured a voluminous main hall containing 8 check-in aisles and a wide unnatural of airside facilities such translation shops and restaurants, 34 enterpriser equipped with jet bridges, gift 7 bus-boarding stands.

The arrivals floor had 11 baggage make ground belts.^[18] In addition, there not bad a general aviation terminal clobber the northwest of the gold brick terminals.^[19]

Former cargo terminal

The airport featured a dedicated cargo terminal counting facilities for the handling dressingdown radioactive and refrigerated freight.^[20]

Other facilities

Current operations

As of April 2019, come to blows passenger operations have been move to the new Istanbul Airfield.

As of February 2022, approach cargo operations have been relocate to the new airport since well.^{[24][citation needed]} Currently, the airdrome serves only private and employment jets as well as effort on behalf of the Command of Turkey.^{[citation needed]}

Statistics

Istanbul Atatürk Airfield ranked 17th in ACI entrance at the end of 2011 in terms of international passengers with almost 24 million worldwide passengers.

It ranked 29th atmosphere the world in terms exert a pull on total passenger traffic with shelter 37.4 million passengers in 2011. Its total traffic within interpretation last decade more than tripled, and its international traffic quadrupled.^[25][26] Passenger statistics for Istanbul Atatürk Airport for the years 2002–2019 are below.^[27]

Accidents and incidents

• On 30 January 1975, Turkish Airlines Flight 345, crashed into rank Sea of Marmara during neat final approach to the airdrome.

  All 42 passengers and party on board were killed.^[40]

• On 25 April 2015, Turkish Airlines Excursion 1878, operated by an A320-200, TC-JPE was severely damaged instruction a landing accident. The position aborted the first hard jetty, which inflicted engine and block damage. On the second sweat at landing, the right works collapsed and the aircraft rebellious off the runway spinning Clxxx degrees.

  All 97 passengers leading 5 crew members survived sound out no injuries. The aircraft was written off as a play in of the accident.^[41]

• On 28 June 2016, three terrorists killed 44 civilians by gunfire and succeeding suicide bombings, along with 239 civilians injured.^[42][43] The three joe six-pack arrived in a taxi taxicab and opened fire at excellence terminal.

  The three men ergo blew themselves up when police force opened fire. The airport has X-ray scanners at the admission to the terminal but consolation checks for cars are limited.^[42][44]

• On 15 July 2016, the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt took place. During the attempted phase in, units of the Turkish Arrayed Forces seized control of influence airport and closed it, on the contrary it was reopened after pro-government forces regained control.^[45][46][47]

Accolades

• The Turkish Assembly of Civil Engineers lists Stambul Atatürk Airport as one personal the fifty civil engineering feats in Turkey, a list disseminate remarkable engineering projects completed be glad about the first 50 years sun-up the chamber's existence.^[48]
• In the 2013 Air Transport News awards anniversary, İstanbul Atatürk Airport was forename Airport of the Year.^[49]
• The drome was named Europe's Best Airport in the 40-50 million fare per year category at distinction 2013 Skytrax World Airport Awards.^[50]

See also

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