Flights to Istanbul

Airport Istanbul IST

Istanbul Airport is a new airport in the city of Istanbul. The airport was opened in October 2018, but will probably not begin to fully operate until the summer of 2019. It will then replace Istanbul-Atatürk Airport as the main airport in the city.

 

• URL: Official website
• Parking: 40,000 parking spaces are planned: 18,000 indoors, the others in an open parking lot.
• Nearby cities: Esenyurt (13 km), Istanbul (13 km), Gebze (56 km), Çorlu (88 km), Bursa (90 km), Izmit (96 km), Bandırma (99 km)
• Directions by car: Currently only buses (up to 140 shuttle buses daily)

Location

The airport is located approximately 40 km northwest of Taksim Square near the district of Tayakadin. It can be reached via the O-6 motorway and the D-020 highway.

At the moment there is only a shuttle bus service operating to and from the new airport. This is operated by the Istanbul city administration and the private company İstanbul Otobüs A.Ş. The buses run regularly between the airport and the following stops: IST1-Yenikapi, IST2-Tüyap, IST3 Bus Station, IST7-Kozyatağı, IST19-Taksim, H2-Mecidiyeköy, H3-Halkali, H4-Atatürk Airport.

An airport metro station is currently under construction and is expected to open in the summer of 2019.