Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport

Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (IATA: SAW, ICAO: LTFJ) (Turkish: İstanbul Sabiha Gökçen Uluslararası Havalimanı) is one of three international airports serving Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey. Located 32 km (20 mi) southeast[1] of the city center, Sabiha Gökçen Airport is in the Asian part of the bi-continental Istanbul and serves as the hub for AnadoluJet and Pegasus Airlines as well as a secondary base for Turkish Airlines. The facility is named after Sabiha Gökçen, adoptive daughter of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and the first female fighter pilot in the world.[3] Although Istanbul Airport, located 63 km (39 mi) away on the European side of Istanbul, is larger, Sabiha Gökçen is still one of the largest airports in the country.

Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport

İstanbul Sabiha Gökçen Uluslararası Havalimanı
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerHEAŞ (Airport Management & Aeronautical Industries Inc)
OperatorMalaysia Airports
ServesIstanbul, Turkey
LocationPendik, Istanbul
Hub for
Time zone(UTC+3)
Elevation AMSL312 ft / 95 m
Coordinates40°53′54″N 29°18′33″E
Websitesabihagokcen.aero
Map
SAW
Location of airport in Istanbul
SAW
SAW (Turkey)
SAW
SAW (Europe)
SAW
SAW (North Atlantic)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
06/24 3,000 9,843 Concrete
Statistics (2018)
Passengers34,133,617
Passenger change 17-189%
Aircraft movements219,656 (2,017)
Movements change 16–175%
Source: Turkish AIP at EUROCONTROL[1]
Passenger Traffic, ACI Europe[2]

Overview

The airport was built because Atatürk International Airport (located on the European side) was not large enough to meet the booming passenger demands (both domestic and international). The airport opened on 8 January 2001. 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.

SAW's international terminal capacity originally was 3 million passengers per year and the domestic terminal capacity was 0.5 million passengers per year. In 2010, Sabiha Gökçen airport handled 11,129,472 passengers, a 71% increase compared to 2009.[4] The airport was planning (in 2011) to host 25 million passengers by 2023,[5][6] but had already handled more than 31 million passengers by 2017.

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.[7] 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 Traffic Growth Award by Airline News & Network Analysis web site anna.aero.[8]

With 28,285,578 passengers and 206,180 aircraft movements in 2015, Sabiha Gökçen International Airport is the third busiest single-runway airport in the world, after Mumbai and London Gatwick. However, both Mumbai and Gatwick actually have two runways and are only considered "single-runway" because they can only operate the second runway if the main one is out of use. This makes Sabiha Gökçen the world's busiest true single-runway airport.[9]

A second runway is currently being built and is expected to be operational in June 2019.[10] The second runway will increase the hourly capacity from 40 to 80 movements. After the second runway is built, San Diego will be the busiest true single runway airport in the world.

Terminals

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

The features and services of the new terminal 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.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights to and from Sabiha Gökçen International Airport:[11]

AirlinesDestinations
Air Arabia Sharjah
Air Arabia Maroc Casablanca, Tangier
Air Manas Bishkek
AnadoluJet[12] Abu Dhabi, Adana, Amsterdam, Ankara, Baghdad, Bahrain, Baku, Barcelona, Berlin–Tegel, Bodrum, Brussels, Dammam, Diyarbakır, Dubai–International, Düsseldorf, Edremit, Erbil, Ercan, Erzincan, Erzurum, Frankfurt, Gaziantep, Hatay, Jeddah, Kars, Kayseri, Kuwait City, London–Stansted, Mardin, Medina, Milan–Malpensa, Munich, Nevşehir, Ordu–Giresun, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Riyadh, Rome–Fiumicino, Samsun, Sivas, Stuttgart, Tbilisi, Tehran–Imam Khomeini, Tel Aviv, Trabzon, Van, Vienna
Azerbaijan Airlines Baku
Buta Airways Baku[13]
Emirates Dubai–International[14]
FlyBaghdad Baghdad
flydubai Dubai–International
Flynas Jeddah, Riyadh
Jazeera Airways Kuwait City[15]
Jordan Aviation Amman–Queen Alia
Kuwait Airways Seasonal: Kuwait City
Nile Air Cairo
Pegasus Airlines Abu Dhabi,[16] Adana, Almaty, Amsterdam, Ankara, Antalya, Athens, Baghdad, Bahrain, Barcelona, Basel/Mulhouse, Basra,[17] Batman, Batumi,[18] Beirut, Belgrade, Bergamo, Berlin–Schönefeld, Bishkek, Bodrum, Bologna, Bucharest, Budapest, Casablanca,[19] Charleroi, Cologne/Bonn, Copenhagen, Dalaman, Dammam, Denizli, Diyarbakır, Doha, Dubai–International, Düsseldorf, Eindhoven,[20] Edremit, Elazığ, Erbil, Ercan, Erzincan, Erzurum, Frankfurt, Gaziantep, Gazipaşa, Geneva, Grozny, Hamburg, Hannover, Hatay, Helsinki , Hurghada, Izmir, Kahramanmaraş, Kars, Karachi, Kastamonu, Kayseri, Kharkiv, Konya, Krasnodar, Kuwait City, London–Stansted, Lviv, Lyon, Madrid, Malatya, Manchester,[21] Mardin, Marseille, Medina,[22] Merzifon, Milan–Malpensa, Mineralnye Vody, Moscow–Domodedovo, Munich, Münster/Osnabrück, Muş, Muscat,[23] Nevşehir, Nice, Nuremberg, Ordu–Giresun, Oslo–Gardermoen, Paris–Orly, Prague, Pristina, Ras Al Khaimah,[24] Riyadh,[25] Rome–Fiumicino, Rotterdam,[26] Samsun, Şanlıurfa, Sarajevo, Sharjah,[27] Sharm El Sheikh, Sivas, Skopje, Stockholm–Arlanda, Stuttgart, Sulaymaniyah, Tbilisi, Tehran–Imam Khomeini, Tel Aviv, Tirana, Trabzon, Van, Venice,[28] Vienna, Zaporizhia, Zurich
Pobeda Krasnodar,[29] Moscow–Vnukovo[30]
Qatar Airways Doha
Royal Air Maroc Casablanca[31]
SalamAir Muscat[32]
SunExpress Antalya
Turkish Airlines Ankara, Antalya, Bodrum, Dalaman, Ercan, Izmir
Uzbekistan Airways Charter: Tashkent[33]

Cargo
AirlinesDestinations
Cargolux[34] Luxembourg
Ethiopian Cargo[35] Addis Ababa
MNG Airlines[36] Leipzig/Halle, Paris–Charles de Gaulle

Statistics

Traffic figures
Terminal building
Check-in area
View of the apron
İstanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport passenger traffic statistics[37]
Year Domestic % change International % change Total % change
2019 21.415.596 5% 14.057.256 21% 35.472.852 4%
2018 22,514,048 7% 11,619,569 13% 34,133,617 9%
2017 21,056,767 4% 10,329,074 9% 31,385,841 6%
2016 20,131,365 9% 9,446,370 1% 29,577,735 5%
2015 18,535,463 24% 9,576,975 12% 28,108,738 20%
2014 15,008,600 26% 8,499,541 29% 23,508,141 27%
2013 11,947,424 23% 6,694,418 35% 18,641,842 27%
2012 9,486,469 9% 5,000,773 13% 14,487,242 10%
2011 8,704,249 16% 4,420,421 20% 13,124,670 17%
2010 7,435,158 65% 3,694,314 84% 11,129,472 71%
2009 4,547,673 63% 2,092,285 33% 6,639,958 52%
2008 2,764,856 9% 1,516,337 27% 4,281,193 15%
2007 2,528,549 17% 1,191,946 56% 3,720,495 28%
2006 2,153,561 285% 762,893 66% 2,916,454 186%
2005 559,824 5,323% 459,922 96% 1,019,746 315%
2004 10,323 265% 235,278 52% 245,601 56%
2003 2,826 – 154,346 – 157,172 –

Passenger development
Sabiha Gökçen passenger totals, 2005–2019 (millions)

Ground transport

Sabiha Gökçen International Airport is connected to the city of Istanbul and the city's wider metropolitan area through a number of transport options.

Rail

The airport is located 14 km from the district of Pendik's railway and sea-taxi stations but a connection via Marmaray is planned.

Metro

The M4 metro line is being extended towards the airport. The current terminus at Tavşantepe is about 10 km from the airport and reachable by taxi or bus E9.

Shuttlebuses and coaches

Shuttlebuses E10 and E11 serve Taksim and Kadıköy and there are coaches to nearby towns and cities.

Car and taxi

The airport is reachable by car from the E80 (Trans-European Motorway) which passes through the Istanbul Metropolitan Area.

Accidents and incidents
  • On 23 December 2015 at approximately 2:00 AM, explosions were reported to have occurred in a parked Pegasus Airlines aircraft, killing one cleaner and wounding another inside the plane. Five nearby planes were reported to be damaged as well. The operations were reported to continue normally soon after, however with heightened security measured in place.[38] Three days later, it was reported that PKK-affiliated terrorist group Kurdistan Freedom Falcons had organized the attack.[39]
  • On February 5, 2020, a Boeing 737-800, registration TC-IZK, operated as Pegasus Airlines Flight 2193, skidded off the end of Runway 06, leading to an airport shutdown.[40]There were 177 passengers and 6 crew on board. Three people were killed, another 179 were injured.

References
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  2. "ACI EUROPE Airport Traffic Report. December, Q4 and Full Year 2015" (PDF). Retrieved 28 August 2016.
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  14. 2018, UBM (UK) Ltd. "Emirates resumes Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen route from June 2018".CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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  29. Liu, Jim (17 September 2019). "Pobeda re-schedules Krasnodar – Istanbul launch to late-Oct 2019". Retrieved 18 September 2019.
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