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📍 Bakırköy, Istanbul⬆ 163 ft3 runways
LTBA · ISL

Istanbul Atatürk Airport

40.97690°N
28.81460°W
ARR / DAY
24
▼ 9.8%
DEP / DAY
28
▼ 19.8%
ON-TIME
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schedules pending
AVG DELAY
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7d window

Istanbul Atatürk Airport (LTBA/ISL) is a medium international airport located in Bakırköy, Istanbul, Türkiye. It features 3 runways with the longest being 9,843 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 24 arrivals and 28 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 1 carrier across 16 routes. The most active carrier is Turk Hava Yollari (Turkish Airlines Co.) (THY). The busiest route is to Istanbul Airport (LTFM).

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

28m ago
Temp
57°F
Wind
16 kts
10°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
LTBA 171050Z 01016KT 9999 SCT025 BKN070 14/09 Q1013 RMK RWY23 36012KT 330V030

Runways

3 installed

9,843 FT MAX
05/23
8,530 ft × 197
ASP● LIT
17L/35R
9,843 ft × 148
CON● LITCLOSED
17R/35L
9,843 ft × 148
CON● LITCLOSED

Delays by hour

Avg minutes · local time · last 30 days

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Top carriers

Share of flights

40 total
TOP 9 191
Turk Hava Yollari (Turkish Airlines Co.) 31% Tradecraft Nigeria 18% ATS 9% Transcontinental SUR S.R.L. 8% TCN 8% Transafricaine AIR Cargo 8% Vistajet 6% Trans Caravan KG 5% BKI 5%

Top destinations

By flight count

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IST 14
DWC 7
NCE 6
AYT 6
ATH 5
ECN 4

Carriers

See all + destinations → 40
Turk Hava Yollari (Turkish Airlines Co.)
60
Tradecraft Nigeria
35
ATS
17
Transcontinental SUR S.R.L.
16
TCN
16
Transafricaine AIR Cargo
15
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Vistajet
12
Trans Caravan KG
10
BKI
10
Trans Continental Airlines
10
TCF
10
Teledyne Continental Motors (Muskegon
8
VJH
6
Netjets
5
Setair
4
TCD
4
RMB
4
Turkish Airlines General Aviation
4
Trans-Colorado Airlines
3
Avcon JET S.R.L.
3
Global JET Luxembourg S.A.
3
FIX
3
TKJ
3
VLW
3
Transportes Aereos de Cabo Verde - Tacv
3
Aeropartner A.S.
3
Qatar Executive
3
Rusjet
2
FUU
2
Escape Aviation D/B/A Coastal AIR Transport (Fairhope
2
Sparfell Luftfahrt
2
AIR X Charter
2
SHR
2
Aerotranscolombiana de Carga Ltda.
2
Amber Aviation
2
MFU
2
MY Freighter
2
JSE
2
ELI
2
Avcon JET
1

Destination network

Great-circle routes from LTBA · last 7d

25 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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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Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
ISLIST
Arnavutköy, Istanbul, TR
 Turk Hava Yollari (Turkish Airlines Co.) 7 1h 55m
ISLATH
Athens, GR
 Vistajet 3 2h 55m
ISLNCE
Nice, FR
 Netjets 2 2h 29m
ISLAYT
Antalya, TR
 Turk Hava Yollari (Turkish Airlines Co.) 2 0h 51m
ISLIST
Arnavutköy, Istanbul, TR
 SHR 2 0h 6m
ISLGVA
Geneva, CH
 VLW 2 2h 44m
ISLVIE
Vienna, AT
 Sparfell Luftfahrt 2 1h 53m
ISLDWC
Jebel Ali, AE
 Trans Continental Airlines 2 5h 57m
ISLTLL
Tallinn, EE
 Teledyne Continental Motors (Muskegon 2 3h 23m
ISLESB
Ankara, TR
 TCF 2 0h 36m
ISLAYT
Antalya, TR
 Teledyne Continental Motors (Muskegon 2 0h 52m
ISLLIN
Milan, IT
 Tradecraft Nigeria 2 3h 4m
ISLBAH
Manama, BH
 Tradecraft Nigeria 1 4h 21m
ISLECN
Nicosia, CY
 TCD 1 1h 15m
ISLNCE
Nice, FR
 Transafricaine AIR Cargo 1 2h 28m
ISLLIN
Milan, IT
 Transcontinental SUR S.R.L. 1 2h 6m
ISLVCE
Venice, IT
 FUU 1 2h 12m
ISLFAB
Farnborough, GB
 London Executive Aviation 1 3h 16m
ISLFAB
Farnborough, GB
 VJH 1 3h 43m
ISLAYT
Antalya, TR
 TKJ 1 0h 46m

Pilot & community notes

6 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

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I_Am_So_Handsome
1/29/2026
re: (no subject)
Reply to @david: Still cargo and private jet services.
I_Am_So_Handsome
1/20/2026
Renew the comments
Although no longer passenger services but it is still a massive cargo & general aviation airport.
Tchoupy63
4/28/2025
re: (no subject)
Reply to @david: Shouldn't this airport be set at closed then?
david
2/26/2025
(no subject)
No longer any airline operations.
Anonymous
9/3/2015
not enough for istanbul city
really very full
Anonymous
3/31/2013
how nice is the airport
best international airport because its welcoming enough to keep you safe
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