Istanbul Airport Airport

Ataturk Airport (IATA: IST, ICAO: LTBA) is located on the European part of Istanbul and the major airport of the city.

With total passenger traffic of 32 million for the year 2010, it is among the top 40 airports in the world in terms of total passenger traffic and the 16th busiest in the world in terms of international passenger traffic. It was Europe's 8th busiest airport in 2010.

It is opened in 1924 and located in Yesilkoy which is 24 km (15 miles) west of the city centre.

In 1980, the airport was renamed to Ataturk Airport in honor of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder and the first president of the Republic of Turkey.

Ataturk Airport has four terminals:
Terminal 1, for domestic flights
Terminal 2, for international flights
Terminal 3, for cargo flights
General Aviation Terminal

The airport terminals have been operated by TAV (Tepe-Akfen-Ventures) since January 2000.