Istanbul Ataturk Airport

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Istanbul Ataturk Havalimanı
Ataturk Airport Karakas-1.jpg
Characteristics
ICAO code LTBA
IATA code ISL (formerly IST)
Coordinates

40 ° 58 '37 "  N , 28 ° 48' 53"  E Coordinates: 40 ° 58 '37 "  N , 28 ° 48' 53"  E
Height above MSL 50 m (164  ft )
Transport links
Street TEM motorway and E5 urban motorway
Local transport Istanbul Metro (Line M1 A )
Basic data
opening 1912
operator TAV Airports Holding (operator license until 2015 since the international terminal opened in 1999)
surface 947 ha
Terminals 3 (national, international and freight)
Passengers 68,346,784 (2018)
Air freight 2,410,934 t (2018)
Flight
movements 		464,625 (2018)
Capacity
( PAX per year) 		international terminal:
20 million
national terminal:
7.5 million
Employees approx. 25,000
Runways
05/23 2600 m × 60 m concrete
17R / 35L 3000 m × 45 m concrete
17L / 35R 3000 m × 45 m concrete
website
http://www.ataturkairport.com/

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The Istanbul Ataturk Airport ( IATA : ISL , ICAO : LTBA ; Turkish İstanbul Atatürk Havalimanı ; to 1985 Istanbul-Yeşilköy ) is the largest international was commercial airport of Turkey . The airport, named after Mustafa Kemal Ataturk , handled over 68 million passengers in 2018, making it one of the largest airports in Europe . After the opening of the new Istanbul airport north of the city, it was permanently closed to passenger air traffic on April 6, 2019. Turkish Airlines , AtlasGlobal and Onur Air used the airport as a hub .

Terminal building

Layout of the airport

The airport has three terminals: an international (Terminal A), a national (Terminal B) and a freight terminal (Terminal C). The new international terminal was opened in 2001 after just under two years of construction with a capacity of 20 million passengers a year. It is built on an area of ​​over 250,000 m², includes 224 check-in counters, 23 passenger boarding bridges , eleven baggage claim belts, 74 passport control counters and offers parking for 10,076 vehicles. The old international terminal has been restructured to become the national terminal for domestic flights. It has a capacity of 7.5 million passengers per year and is built on an area of ​​62,500 m². 108 check-in counters, nine passenger boarding bridges and seven baggage claim belts are available. Both terminals are connected to each other.

The terminals have been operated by TAV Airports Holding since 2000 . TAV has invested $ 600 million since 1998. In 2005, TAV received the operating license for the airport, which was acquired in a tender for a record amount of USD 3 billion and represents the most expensive privatization project in Turkey, the Middle East, the Commonwealth of Nations and North Africa.

There were various plans to expand the international terminal in the eastern part of the airport by demolishing old and useless buildings. Another plan was to extend the current 05/23 runway so that larger aircraft such as the Airbus A380 could also fly to Istanbul. However, the landing and runway plans depend on the decision of the military, as these areas belong to the Turkish army and the individual authorities must come to an acceptable decision.

In the terminals there were two Starbucks cafés (each in the arrival and departure areas) and Gloria Jean’s cafés. In the departure area there was a Burger King , a hairdressing salon for women and men, several coffee shops, duty-free areas in the arrival and departure areas, a pharmacy and a post office. Many car rental companies were represented. Newspaper shops, jewelry stores and boutiques of well-known brands were also to be found.

Airlines and destinations

Turkish Airlines , based here, flew from Istanbul to all major cities in Turkey, including a. İzmir , Ankara , Gaziantep , Kayseri , Adana , Antalya , Trabzon , Hatay , Malatya and Elazığ . Internationally, the airline flew to important destinations from Istanbul , including New York , Tokyo , Seoul , Hong Kong , São Paulo , Bangkok , Shanghai and Beijing . For this purpose, almost all major cities in Europe and Germany were flown to from Istanbul-Ataturk. Other airlines such as Lufthansa , Air France , Emirates , British Airways , Qatar Airways , Aeroflot or KLM offered daily flights to Istanbul.

On April 6, 2019, the airport was closed to passenger traffic.

Location and transport links

The airport is located in the European part of the metropolis in the Yeşilköy district , 24 km southwest of the city center.

Connection of the airport to the red subway line M1 A of the Istanbul Metro
  • There is a metro connection to the airport via the M1 A subway line , the western terminus of which is the airport. This goes to the city center in the European part to the Yenikapı station. In Yenikapı there is a connection to the M2 metro line , which runs in the direction of the New Town (Beyoğlu / Taksim), and to the transcontinental Istanbul S-Bahn . At the stations Merter, Bahçelievler and Ataköy you can change to the metro bus that connects Europe and Asia. In Zeytinburnu you can change to tram line T1 , which continues to the old town. In addition, the subway line branches M1 B and a rail line from the M1 A from. The Esenler central bus station for long-distance traffic is also on the route.
  • Airport Shuttle Service: this service was carried out by Havaş and ran every 30 minutes to the districts of Bakırköy , Yenikapı, Aksaray, Taksim Square , every hour to Kozyatağı (on the Asian side) and to the Akmerkez shopping center in the Etiler district . This service ended when the airport closed.
  • The airport can be reached by car via the E5 (D100) city motorway and the TEM (Trans-European Motorway) motorway.
  • The city buses also run to and from the airport every five to ten minutes, but this is a slow alternative.

statistics

Source: DHMI
Check-in area of the airport
Several machines on the apron
The airport tower

With 18 million international passengers and 11 million domestic passengers, the airport's capacity was hardly sufficient in 2009. Since then, however, the number of passengers has increased significantly. On September 18, 2016, a record 1500 flight movements were achieved within 24 hours. Due to the dense development around the airport, there are no suitable areas available for any necessary expansion. This was one of the decisive reasons for building a new airport (see following section).

Passenger numbers
year inland Domestic change International Change international total Total change
2019 *) **) 4,227,132 11,845,402 16,072,534
2018 19,216,523   2.1% 49.130.261   10.5% 68,346,784   6.6%
2017 19,629,425   2.6% 44,476,589   7.7% 64.106.014   6.1%
2016 19.133.533   1.0% 41,281,937   1.7% 60,415,470   1.5%
2015 19,333,873   4.3% 41,998,251   10.1% 61.332.124   8.2%
2014 18,542,295   7.7% 38,152,871   12.0% 56,695,166   10.5%
2013 17,218,672   12.7% 34,079,118   14.3% 51.297.790   13.8%
2012 15,279,655   20.6% 29.812.307   24.4% 45.091.962   20.6%
2011 13,604,352   15.3% 23,847,835   17.2% 37.452.187   16.5%
2010 11,800,833   3.4% 20,342,986   10.6% 32.143.819   7.8%
2009 11,393,645   0.8% 18,363,739   7.6% 29,757,384   4.2%
2008 11,484,063   19.7% 17,069,069   25.5% 28,553,132   23.1%
2007 9,595,923   5.5% 13.600.306   11.7% 23.196.229   9.1%
2006 9.091.693   21.0% 12.174.281   3.3% 21,265,974   10.2%
2005 7,512,282   38.3% 11,781,487   15.9% 19,293,769   23.7%
2004 5,430,925   69.9% 10.169.676   14.2% 15.600.601   28.9%
2003 3,196,045   12.1% 8,908,268   4.7% 12,104,342   6.6%
2002 2,851,487 8,506,204 11,357,691


Freight volume (cargo, freight, mail) [t]
year Freight volume Change in freight volume
2019 * 1,105,311
2018 2,428,869   11.0%
2017 2,188,947   14.8%
2016 1,907,028   8.7%
2015 1,754,724   7.6%
2014 1,631,528   13.8%
2013 1,433,153   16.4%
2012 1,231,504   15.1%
2011 1,069,656   13.4%
2010 943.673   14.4%
2009 824.975   5.3%
2008 783.209   4.3%
2007 734.820   7.0%
2006 644.901   4.7%
2005 615.909   7.0%
2004 573.284   14.0%
2003 502,692   4.7%
2002 480.022

(*) provisional figures (**) number of passengers from January 1st, 2019 to April 6th, 2019.

Istanbul Airport

The new Istanbul Airport , which was built in the north of Istanbul on the Black Sea coast, replaced the Ataturk Airport. When all phases are completed in 2027, it will be one of the largest airports in the world. The first section opened on October 29, 2018.

The first date for the move from Ataturk Airport to Istanbul Airport has been postponed and, according to the revised schedule, should start on December 30, 2018 at 3 a.m. local time and last 45 hours; the first aircraft should be able to take off on January 1, 2019. However, on December 18, 2018, after a meeting attended by government and airport representatives as well as Turkish Airlines, it was decided to postpone the transition of flight operations again. The new date is March 2019.

The Chairman of the Board of Directors of Turkish Airlines İlker Aycı and CEO of İGA AŞ Kadri Samsunlu announced the details of the move on January 18, 2019 at a press conference in Antalya. The date for this new plan was March 1st, 2019. Due to the local elections in Turkey, the move was carried out on April 5th at the request of mayoral candidate Binali Yıldırım. Ataturk Airport's IATA code was changed from IST to ISL on April 6, 2019.

Ataturk Airport was then used for cargo, maintenance, private, air taxi, business and diplomatic flights until October 7, when it was permanently closed to all aircraft. The apron with the runways and all facilities (excluding the terminal) are to be demolished and the area will then be used for a park (Millet Bahçesi), which would be the largest in the city. The terminals are to be converted and used for events and trade fairs.

Incidents

  • On January 30, 1975, the pilots of a Fokker F28 Fellowship 1000 of the Türk Hava Yollari ( aircraft registration TC-JAP ) coming from Izmir had to abort their already initiated landing approach because the runway lights had failed at Istanbul-Yesilköy airport . After this was restored and the crew asked for permission to land, air traffic control instructed them to fly an extended holding pattern due to the imminent take-off of another aircraft. When the air traffic controllers tried to make contact with the machine ten minutes later, they received no answer because the pilots had flown the machine 30 kilometers west into the water ( controlled flight into terrain ). The remains of the machine with 38 passengers and four crew members were only located seven years later on the bottom of the Marmara Sea .
  • On May 24, 2006, a major fire destroyed large parts of the cargo area of ​​the airport. The fire probably broke out in a textile warehouse and spread to large parts of the cargo area. Fire fighting aircraft were also used to fight the fire . Three people suffered from smoke inhalation. The passenger terminals were not affected due to the distance to the cargo area and the favorable wind direction. There was material damage of around 40 million euros.
  • On March 23, 2007 was Airbus A300 of Ariana Afghan Airlines from the landing approach from the runway and was seriously damaged. The 50 occupants were able to leave the aircraft unharmed.
  • On October 11, 2007, a McDonnell Douglas MD-83 of the Egyptian airline AMC Airlines had to make an emergency landing. The machine was on its way from Hurghada to Warsaw . She made a controlled belly landing and came off the runway. A passenger was injured in the incident.
  • In a failed landing and subsequent emergency landing on April 25, 2015, an Airbus A320 operated by the Turkish airline Turkish Airlines damaged its engine and landing gear. During the first approach to runway 05 at Ataturk Airport, the Airbus rolled around its longitudinal axis to the right and landed hard, with the engine and wing making contact with the ground and the crew breaking off the attempt to land. During the subsequent emergency landing on runway 35L, the right main landing gear, which had been damaged in the unsuccessful landing attempt, collapsed and the aircraft coming from Milan came to a standstill off the runway against the landing direction. All 97 passengers were able to be evacuated unharmed using emergency slides.
  • On December 24, 2015, the brakes of a Mahan Air Airbus A310 failed as it rolled to its parking position. He rolled past the parking position and broke through a concrete wall with an iron railing. Behind the wall was a bus, the front roof of which was dented. The Airbus suffered severe damage to the nose landing gear and damage to the fuselage. There was no personal injury. The crew and passengers were able to exit the aircraft via stairs a short time later.
  • On the evening of June 28, 2016, three suicide bombers from the terrorist organization Islamic State carried out a terrorist attack in and at the airport, killing 45 people and injuring 240.

Trivia

See also

Web links

Commons : Istanbul Ataturk Airport  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ YOLCU TRAFİĞİ (Gelen-Giden) (PDF, 291 kB)
  2. ↑ a b c d "DHMI Statistics" , accessed on January 13, 2020
  3. ↑ Ataturk Havalimanı'ndan İstanbul'a dev taşınma süreci nasıl işleyecek? April 3, 2019, accessed February 22, 2020 (Turkish).
  4. ↑ Stefan Eiselin: IS is no longer IS. In: aerotelegraph. April 7, 2019, accessed June 20, 2019 .
  5. ^ Ataturk Havalimanı'nda "Millet Bahçesi" için ihale yarın yapılacak. Retrieved October 9, 2019 (Turkish).
  6. ^ "DHMI İstatistikler" , accessed on January 21, 2020
  7. ↑ Istanbul Ataturk Airport breaks record with 1,500 takeoffs and landings. In: hurriyetdailynews.com. September 19, 2016, accessed January 7, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Ataturk Havalimanı'ndan İYH'ye taşınma 45 saatte tamamlanacak . ( com.tr [accessed November 17, 2018]).
  9. ↑ Laura Frommberg: Moving airport from Istanbul postponed again. In: aeroTELEGRAPH. December 19, 2018, accessed December 19, 2018 .
  10. ↑ Ataturk Havalimanı'nın taşınma planı belli oldu! Retrieved January 19, 2019 (tr-TR).
  11. ↑ Istanbul airport move gradually up to March 3rd. In: aeroTELEGRAPH. January 18, 2019, accessed on January 19, 2019 (German).
  12. ^ Ataturk Havalimanı'nda "Millet Bahçesi" için ihale yarın yapılacak. Retrieved October 9, 2019 (Turkish).
  13. ↑ Accident report F28-1000 TC-JAP , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on January 21, 2019.
  14. ↑ Korkunç iddia! Stuart Kline; Devlet 'sus payı' alarak kazanın üzerini loktü! THY derhal yanıtla ve çıkart! In: Hürriyet Port. June 15, 2009, archived from the original on June 16, 2009 ; Retrieved June 20, 2019 (Turkish).
  15. ↑ Turkish Airlines Airbus badly damaged in emergency landing. In: aero.de. April 26, 2015, accessed June 20, 2019 .
  16. ↑ Stefan Eiselin: Iranian Airbus breaks through the wall in Istanbul. In: aerotelegraph. December 26, 2015, accessed June 20, 2019 .