Sabiha Gökçen International Airport

Sabiha Gökçen International Airport Шаблон:Airport codes is one of the two international airports serving İstanbul, Turkey. The facility is named after Sabiha Gökçen, the first female combat pilot in Turkey. Located Шаблон:Convert southeast of central İstanbul, it is on the Asian side of the bi-continental city. It was built because Atatürk International Airport (on the European side) was not large enough to meet the booming passenger demands (both domestic and international). SAW's international terminal capacity was 3 million passengers per year and the domestic terminal capacity was 0.5 million passengers per year. In June 2007, Turkish conglomerate Limak Holding, India's GMR Group and Malaysia Airport Holding Berhad (MAHB) consortium gained the contract for upgrading and maintaining the airport. In mid-2008, ground was broken to upgrade the international terminal to handle 25 million passengers annually.

The new terminal was inaugurated on 31 October 2009. In 2010, Sabiha Gökçen airport handled 11,129,472 passengers, a 71% increase compared to 2009. The airport is planning to host 25 million passengers by 2023. In September 2010, the airport was voted the World's Best Airport at the World Low Cost Airlines Congress in London and received the award. The other awards received by the airport in 2010 were: Turkey’s Most Successful Tourism Investment 2010, the highly commended award from Routes Europe and the airport is honored with Airport Traffic Growth Award by Airline News & Network Analysis web site anna.aero.

Terminals

The new terminal building of 25 million annual passenger capacity conducts domestic and international flights under one roof.

The features of and the services at the new terminal of the Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport and its outlying buildings include:

  • a four-storey car park with a capacity of about 4,718 vehicles + 72 bus (3.836 indoors and 882 + 72 bus outdoors).
  • a four-storey hotel with 128 rooms, adjacent to the terminal and with separate entrances at air and ground sides.
  • 112 check-in, 24 online check-in counters
  • a VIP building & apron viewing CIP halls with business lounges
  • Multi Aircraft Ramp System (MARS), allowing simultaneous service to 8 aircraft with large fuselages (IATA code E) or 16 middle-sized fuselage aircraft (IATA code C).
  • a 400 m² conference center
  • 5,000 m² food court, for cafés and restaurants belonging the leading food & beverage brands
  • a duty-free shopping area, with a ground of 4,500 square-meters; with shops at international standards.

The airport's cargo terminal has a capacity of 90,000 tons per year and is equipped with 18 cold storage depots.

Ground transport

Sabiha Gökçen International is connected to the city of Istanbul and that city's wider metropolitan area through a number of transport corridors. The main airport complex is easily reachable by car from the E80 (Trans-European Motorway) which passes through the Istanbul Metropolitan Area, and is served by the following public bus lines:

  • KM22 – ISG International Airport – Kartal Metro Station (transfer for Istanbul Metro line M4). The quickest way to reach Istanbul Metro.
  • E3 – ISG International Airport – 4.Levent (transfer for Istanbul Metro)
  • E9 – ISG International Airport – Bostancı
  • E10,E11 – ISG International Airport – Kurtköy – Kadıköy (transfer for Haydarpaşa Station and İDO ferry services to Eminönü and Karaköy)
  • 16S – ISG International Airport – Yenişehir – Kozyatağı- Metrobüs Uzunçayır (transfer to Metrobüs)
  • 18H - ISG International Airport-Sultanbeyli
  • 132 – Kartal – Tepeören

HAVAŞ shuttle services have been stopped in Greater Istanbul Metropolitan Area. However, it is still possible to use this service from the city of İzmit.

The shuttle services are operated by HAVATAŞ after stopped HAVAŞ operation. The busses go to Taksim and Kadikoy from Airport.

AKMIS SEYAHAT Agency City Busses have schedule services nearly cities which are Bursa, Kocaeli and Sakarya. The Agency have an agreement with Pegasus Airlines which is to use Airline Logo their Vehicle Covering.

The bus lines listed above are often much more comfortable option than using Metrobüs. Metrobüs vehicles are almost always overcrowded and have very limited space to host one's luggage. Regardless, if one really would like to use Metrobüs, then there are transfer options from bus line E-10/E-11 in Uzunçayır stop or using M4 metro line to the Kartal station and from there, using KM22 buses to the airport.

In addition to this, the airport is located just 14 km from the town of Pendik's railway and sea-taxi stations. Moreover plans to extend the Istanbul LRT to the airport as part of the ongoing Marmaray project are currently under consideration. Taxis are also a common means of transport at the airport and there is a large rental-car facility.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

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Cargo

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Traffic statistics

İstanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport passenger traffic statistics
Year Domestic  % change International  % change Total  % change
2014 (Jan.-Aug.) 9,661,380 Шаблон:Increase 27% 5,826,855 Шаблон:Increase 42% 15,488235 Шаблон:Increase 32%
2013 11,947,424 Шаблон:Increase 23% 6,694,418 Шаблон:Increase 35% 18,641,842 Шаблон:Increase 27%
2012 9,486,469 Шаблон:Increase 9% 5,000,773 Шаблон:Increase 13% 14,487,242 Шаблон:Increase 10%
2011 8,704,249 Шаблон:Increase 16% 4,420,421 Шаблон:Increase 20% 13,124,670 Шаблон:Increase 17%
2010 7,435,158 Шаблон:Increase 65% 3,694,314 Шаблон:Increase 84% 11,129,472 Шаблон:Increase 71%
2009 4,547,673 Шаблон:Increase 63% 2,092,285 Шаблон:Increase 33% 6,639,958 Шаблон:Increase 52%
2008 2,764,856 Шаблон:Increase 9% 1,516,337 Шаблон:Increase 27% 4,281,193 Шаблон:Increase 15%
2007 2,528,549 Шаблон:Increase 17% 1,191,946 Шаблон:Increase 56% 3,720,495 Шаблон:Increase 28%
2006 2,153,561 Шаблон:Increase 285% 762,893 Шаблон:Increase 66% 2,916,454 Шаблон:Increase 186%
2005 559,824 Шаблон:Increase 5,323% 459,922 Шаблон:Increase 96% 1,019,746 Шаблон:Increase 315%
2004 10,323 Шаблон:Increase 265% 235,278 Шаблон:Increase 52% 245,601 Шаблон:Increase 56%
2003 2,826 154,346 157,172

(*) Preliminary data. Source: DHMI.gov.tr

References

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Mine KT
24 March 2013
Pegasus, Sunexpress and Anadolu Jet Airlines fly out from here. It's always clean, quiet and efficient. Food is expensive as in all Turkish airports. Bring your own if you like. Love this airport.
Eugene Farfel
16 November 2014
The best sleeping spot in check-in zone is in Starbucks on the second floor. Lie on a seat behind the counter and enjoy your nap!
☀ Sani Evans
30 April 2015
This airport knows exactly how to work. It's small, cozy & after hs of layover when you need at least a glass of water or wifi, sooner or later you'll give in, exchange money and buy 20TL wifi????
Serhii Lutsko
6 May 2018
The airport is fine but it’s location is the way worse than the Atatürk one. We’ve reserved Kiwitaxi to Sultanmohammad square for 50$ per group of 4 which was a great decision that saved us time
Illia Romanenko
26 October 2014
Explorer tip: if you want to take quick nap go to gate 301-307 and near escalator you will find nice and relatively quiet place.
Gokben Peduk
3 June 2017
Clean and spacious. Easy access for the passengers. You can easily park your car and access to the airport from the publuc parking lots.
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