With two terminals situated on a gigantic site of 76 square kilometres, Istanbul Airport (ISL) is looking to serve up to 200 million passengers annually by 2028 thanks to its 6-runway development on the Black Sea coast. By comparison, this is over three times the capacity of Ataturk International Airport (IST) that welcomed 64 million passengers in 2017 and almost seven times the capacity of Istanbul’s third airport, Sabiha Gokcen (SAW) with 30 million passengers the same year. Istanbul Airport will be one of the top airports in the world as illustrated on the info-graphics below.
Serving 200 million passengers annually would place Istanbul Airport far ahead of the top five busiest airports in the world, namely Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (104 million passengers in 2017), Beijing Capital International Airport (96 million passengers), Dubai International Airport (88 million passengers), Tokyo Haneda Airport (85 million passengers) and Los Angeles International Airport (84,5 million passengers).
In terms of airport size, Istanbul Airport will be the third biggest airport in the world after King Fahd International Airport and its unsurpassed 776-km2 surface and Denver International Airport with over 135 km2. It will rank higher than Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (69 km2) and Orlando International Airport (54 km2).
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Source: lunajets
