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Istanbul Airport

international airport serving Istanbul, Turkey
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Summary

Istanbul Airport is an international airport[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of international airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,498 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: International Association of Baggage System Companies[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Arnavutköy[4], Eyüp[5]
  • Country: Turkey[6]
  • Instance of: greenfield airport[7], commercial traffic aerodrome[8]
  • Owned by: General Directorate of State Airports (Turkey)[9]
  • Operator: General Directorate of State Airports (Turkey)[10]
  • Named after: Istanbul[11], Christianity[12]
  • IATA airport code: IST[13]
  • ICAO airport code: LTFM[14]
  • Location: Tayakadın[15], İmrahor[16], Yeniköy[17], Akpınar[18]
  • Commons category: Istanbul Airport[19]
  • Scheduled service destination: Ankara Esenboğa Airport[20], İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport[21], Antalya Airport[22], King Abdulaziz International Airport[23], Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport[24], Çukurova International Airport[25], Vnukovo International Airport[26], Athens International Airport "Eleftherios Venizelos"[27], London Heathrow Airport[28], Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport[29], Dubai International Airport[30], Ercan International Airport[31], Algiers Houari Boumediene Airport[32], Cairo International Airport[33]
  • Runway: 16L/34R[34], 16R/34L[35], 17R/35L[36], 17L/35R[37], 18R/36L[38]
  • Inception: October 29, 2018[39]
  • Service entry: April 5, 2019[40]
  • Significant event: foundation stone laying ceremony[41]
  • Interchange station: İstanbul Havalimanı[42]
  • Official website: https://www.istairport.com[43], https://www.igairport.aero[44]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Istanbul Airport[45]
  • Has facility: hotel[46], parking area[47], courthouse[48], mosque[49]
  • Place served by transport hub: Istanbul[50]
  • Date of official opening: October 29, 2018[51]
  • Native label: İstanbul Havalimanı[52]
  • Short name: Estambul[53], Istanbul[54], Κωνσταντινούπολης[55]

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Istanbul Airport include İstanbul Havalimanı[56], a metro station[57], in Turkey[58], founded in 2023[59].

Why It Matters

Istanbul Airport has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[60] It is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.[61]

Entities named for it include İstanbul Havalimanı[56], a metro station[57], in Turkey[58], founded in 2023[59].

Related Entities

Turkey Turkish Airlines

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [13] ↑ . airturkhaber.com. airturkhaber.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  38. [40] ↑ . cntraveler.com. cntraveler.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  44. [46] ↑ . ntv.com.tr. ntv.com.tr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . igairport.com. igairport.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . haberturk.com. haberturk.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . aa.com.tr. aa.com.tr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  49. [51] ↑ . xinhuanet.com. xinhuanet.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [56] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [57] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [58] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [59] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [60] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [61] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15d ago · ~2026-53788-81 · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has facility → hotel, parking area, courthouse +1
    Named after → Istanbul, Christianity
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arz', 'az', 'azb', 'bg', 'bn', 'bs', 'ca', 'ckb', 'cs', 'de', 'el'
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Named after: Christianity"
  2. 4w ago · BSRF · 2026-09-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Location → Tayakadın, İmrahor, Yeniköy +1
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Arnavutköy, Eyüp
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Located in the administrative territorial entity: Eyüp"
  3. 4w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/55346|batch #55346]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  4. 22w ago · InternetArchiveBot bot · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    State of use → in use
    Located in time zone → —
    Has part(s) of the class → airport terminal, runway, control tower +1
    Patronage → {'amount': '+0'}, {'amount': '+95205'}, {'amount': '+52009220'} +7
    + 36 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-references:1||1|2 */ Date of official opening: 29 October 2018, Rescuing 1 sources and submitting 0 for archiving. #IABot (v2.0.9.5)"
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