Istanbul Atatürk Airport, ISL

Istanbul Ataturk Airport, opened in 1924, was Turkey's main airport and is now a general aviation and freight airport. It is located in Yeşilköy in the European part of Istanbul.

Closed for commercial passenger flights on April 6, 2019 when all flights have been transferred to the new Istanbul airport, the airport is only open for freight, maintenance, general aviation, air taxis, corporate and state and diplomatic aircraft flights, while passenger flights commercials leave from the new Istanbul airport.

Istanbul Ataturk Airport is operated by TAV Airports Co., a leading brand in Turkey in the global sector of airports and operates in several airports in Turkey and in other countries. In 2012, 38% of TAV Airports’ shares was sold to Aéroports de Paris Group.

INFORMATION

Management company: TAV Airports Co.
Address: Istanbul Atatürk Airport - International Terminal - 34149 Yesilkoy - Istanbul (Turkey)
Website: www.ataturkairport.com

TECHNICAL DATA

IATA Code: ISL
ICAO Code: LTBA
Country code: TR

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Update: july 2020

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Transport to/from the airport

Metro

Metro route from Istanbul to the airport and vice versa: Aksaray, Emniyet - Fatih, Topkapi - Ulubatli, Bayrampasa - Maltepe, Sagmalcilar, Kartaltepe - Kocatepe, Esenler Otogar, Terazidere, Davutpasa - YTU, Merter, Zeytinburnu, Bakirkoy - Incirli, Bahcelievler, Atakoy - Sirinevler, Yenibosna, DTM Istanbul Fuar Merkezi, Ataturk Airport. Duration of journey: 30 minutes. Frequency: 15 minutes.

Taxi

Taxi service available at the airport 24h-24h.

Car

The airport is 18 km away from Istanbul. By car drive through Kennedy Cd. or D100 for about 30 minutes.

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