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📍 Arnavutköy, Istanbul⬆ 325 ft5 runways
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Istanbul Airport

41.26130°N
28.74195°W
ARR / DAY
434
▼ 41.9%
DEP / DAY
192
▲ 30.4%
ON-TIME
14.2% Bottom 25%
arr · avg 51 minest
AVG DELAY
51 min
7d window

Istanbul Airport (LTFM/IST) is a large international airport located in Arnavutköy, Istanbul, Türkiye. It features 5 runways with the longest being 13,451 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 434 arrivals and 192 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 3 carriers across 136 routes. The most active carrier is Turk Hava Yollari (Turkish Airlines Co.) (THY). The busiest route is to Antalya International Airport (LTAI). On-time performance averages 14% with an average delay of 51 minutes against scheduled times. At the busiest hour of an average day, we calculated that a plane takes off or lands roughly every 65 seconds.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
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Go-arounds
0
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
0
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Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

44m ago
Temp
61°F
Wind
15 kts
30°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
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LTFM 132020Z 03015KT 9999 -SHRA BKN008 BKN020 16/15 Q1015 NOSIG RMK RWY17L 03015KT RWY34L 02012KT RWY16R 03014KT RWY36 04014KT RWY18 05014KT

Runways

5 installed

13,451 FT MAX
16L/34R
12,303 ft × 147
ASP● LIT
16R/34L
12,303 ft × 196
ASP● LIT
17L/35R
13,451 ft × 196
ASP● LIT
17R/35L
13,451 ft × 147
ASP● LIT
18/36
10,039 ft × 148
CON● LIT

Delays by hour

Avg minutes · local time · last 30 days

Schedule vs actual
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Top carriers

Share of flights

40 total
TOP 9 3,551
Turk Hava Yollari (Turkish Airlines Co.) 93% MNG Havayollari VE Tasimacilik A.S. 2% Aeroflot - Russian Airlines 1% Saudi Arabian Airlines 1% Uzbekistan Airways JSC 1% Aegean Airlines 1% Flydubai 1% Iran AIR Tours 1% AIR Algerie 1%

Top destinations

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AYT 83
ECN 57
ATH 52
DXB 50
CDG 43
LHR 37

Carriers

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Turk Hava Yollari (Turkish Airlines Co.)
3,289
MNG Havayollari VE Tasimacilik A.S.
55
Aeroflot - Russian Airlines
41
Saudi Arabian Airlines
31
Uzbekistan Airways JSC
31
Aegean Airlines
29
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Flydubai
28
Iran AIR Tours
25
AIR Algerie
22
JSC Azimuth Airlines
21
Emirates
21
Deutsche Lufthansa
20
Federal Express
19
Pegasus Hava Tasimaciligi A.S. (Pegasus)
19
Qatar Airways Group Q.C.S.C.
19
Iraqi Airways
19
AIR Serbia
18
Pobeda Airlines
18
LOT - Polskie Linie Lotnicze
17
British Airways
17
Royal Jordanian
15
Transavia France
14
Wizz AIR UK
14
Middle East Airlines - Airliban
14
Egypt AIR
14
AIR Astana
13
Gulf AIR
12
Iran National Airlines Corp. (Iran AIR)
12
Taban Airlines
12
Ethiopian Airlines
12
Libyan Wings
11
Medsky Airways
11
Etihad Airways
11
Compania Nationala de Transporturi Aeriene Romane TAROM S.A.
11
Royal AIR Maroc - Compagnie Nationale de Transports Aeriens
10
Interglobe Aviation Private Ltd (T/A Indigo)
10
Kuwait Airways
10
Sepehran Airlines
9
AIR France
9
China Eastern Airlines
9

Destination network

Great-circle routes from LTFM · last 7d

150 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 10 PM · 1 movement every 65 s
12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Top routes

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See all routes → 80 routes
Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
ISTAYT
Antalya, TR
 Turk Hava Yollari (Turkish Airlines Co.) 83 1h 9m
ISTECN
Nicosia, CY
 Turk Hava Yollari (Turkish Airlines Co.) 57 1h 22m
ISTCDG
Paris, FR
 Turk Hava Yollari (Turkish Airlines Co.) 43 2h 58m
ISTZRH
Zurich, CH
 Turk Hava Yollari (Turkish Airlines Co.) 31 2h 49m
ISTATH
Athens, GR
 Turk Hava Yollari (Turkish Airlines Co.) 29 0h 56m
ISTLHR
London, GB
 Turk Hava Yollari (Turkish Airlines Co.) 26 3h 34m
ISTBUD
Budapest, HU
 Turk Hava Yollari (Turkish Airlines Co.) 25 1h 51m
ISTDXB
Dubai, AE
 Turk Hava Yollari (Turkish Airlines Co.) 25 4h 16m
ISTAMM
Amman, JO
 Turk Hava Yollari (Turkish Airlines Co.) 25 1h 55m
ISTAMS
Amsterdam, NL
 Turk Hava Yollari (Turkish Airlines Co.) 23 3h 17m
ISTMUC
Munich, DE
 Turk Hava Yollari (Turkish Airlines Co.) 23 2h 36m
ISTGVA
Geneva, CH
 Turk Hava Yollari (Turkish Airlines Co.) 23 2h 46m
ISTATH
Athens, GR
 Aegean Airlines 23 0h 54m
ISTVIE
Vienna, AT
 Turk Hava Yollari (Turkish Airlines Co.) 22 2h 1m
ISTDUS
Düsseldorf, DE
 Turk Hava Yollari (Turkish Airlines Co.) 21 2h 43m
ISTBRU
Brussels, BE
 Turk Hava Yollari (Turkish Airlines Co.) 21 3h 16m
ISTHAM
Hamburg, DE
 Turk Hava Yollari (Turkish Airlines Co.) 20 3h 8m
ISTFRA
Frankfurt am Main, DE
 Turk Hava Yollari (Turkish Airlines Co.) 20 2h 39m
ISTMXP
Milan, IT
 Turk Hava Yollari (Turkish Airlines Co.) 19 2h 18m
ISTFCO
Rome, IT
 Turk Hava Yollari (Turkish Airlines Co.) 18 1h 58m
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