Istanbul New Airport opens and plans to serve up to 200 million travelers a year with six runways
The ceremony takes place today, on Republic Day, the 95th anniversary of the founding of the Turkish Republic, with the attendance of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and more than 50 foreign leaders, ministers and high-level officials.
Istanbul New Airport, on the European side of the city, on shores of the Black Sea, will serve 90 million passengers annually in its first phase. On November 1st, two runways — 3,750 and 4,100 meters long — will go into service as a part of the first phase, with 5 daily flights.
At its completion in ten years, it will occupy nearly 19,000 acres and serve up to 200 million travelers a year with six runways. That's almost double the traffic at world's biggest airport currently, Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson.
During the first phase, the New Airport will have the IATA airport code ISL. On December 31 2018, all equipment from Atatürk Airport will be transferred by truck to the new airport. After the equipment transfer, Atatürk Airport will be closed to all scheduled passenger air traffic. Its IST IATA airport code will be inherited by Istanbul New Airport.
The world’s busiest airports
- Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (Georgia) — 104 million passengers
https://www.radarbox.com/airport/KATL
- Beijing Capital International Airport (China) — 96 million
https://www.radarbox.com/airport/ZBAA
- Dubai International Airport (United Arab Emirates) — 88 million
https://www.radarbox.com/airport/OMDB
- Tokyo Haneda International Airport (Japan) — 85 million
https://www.radarbox.com/airport/RJTT
- Los Angeles International Airport (California) — 84.6 million
https://www.radarbox.com/airport/KLAX
- Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport (Illinois) — 80 million
- Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport (Illinois) — 80 million
- London Heathrow Airport (United Kingdom) — 78 million
- Hong Kong International Airport (China) — 73 million
- Shanghai Pudong International Airport (China) — 70 million
- Aéroport de Paris-Charles de Gaulle (France) — 69 million
- Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (Netherlands) — 68.5 million
- Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (Texas) — 67 million
- Guangzhou Bai Yun International Airport (China) — 66 million
- Frankfurt Am Main Airport (Germany) — 64.5 million
- Atatürk International Airport (Turkey) — 64 million
- Indira Gandhi International Airport (India) — 63.5 million
- Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (Indonesia) — 63 million
- Singapore Changi Airport (Singapore) — 62.22 million
- Incheon International Airport (South Korea) — 62.16 million
- Denver International Airport (Colorado) — 61 million
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