Atatürk Airport
Atatürk Airport Atatürk Havalimanı | |||||||||||
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| Summary | |||||||||||
| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | General Directorate of State Airports (DHMİ) | ||||||||||
| Operator | TAV Airports | ||||||||||
| Serves | Istanbul, Turkey | ||||||||||
| Location | Yeşilköy, Bakırköy, Istanbul | ||||||||||
| Opened | 1953 (as airport) | ||||||||||
| Closed | 5 February 2022 (cargo) | ||||||||||
| Passenger services ceased | 6 April 2019 | ||||||||||
| Built | 1912 (as airfield) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 163 ft / 50 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°58′34″N 028°48′51″E / 40.97611°N 28.81417°E | ||||||||||
| Website | ataturkairport.com (archived on 8 February 2020) | ||||||||||
| Maps | |||||||||||
ISL Location within Istanbul ISL ISL (Turkey) ISL ISL (Europe) ISL ISL (North Atlantic) | |||||||||||
Interactive map of Atatürk Airport | |||||||||||
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| Source: Turkish AIP at Eurocontrol Turkey | |||||||||||
Atatürk Airport (IATA: ISL, ICAO: LTBA) 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. Since the move of commercial operations to the new airport, Atatürk Airport is open to general aviation and functions as an executive airport.