İstanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport Sabiha Gökçen Havalimanı
IATA: SAW – ICAO: LTFJ
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Limak-GMR-MAHB Consortium, ISG
Location		Pendik, İstanbul, Turkey
Elevation AMSL		312 ft / 95 m
Coordinates		40°53′54″N 029°18′33″E / 40.89833°N 29.30917°E / 40.89833; 29.30917 (Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport)Coordinates: 40°53′54″N 029°18′33″E / 40.89833°N 29.30917°E / 40.89833; 29.30917 (Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport)
Website		http://www.sabihagokcen.aero/
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
06/24	3,000	9,842	Concrete
Source: Turkish AIP at EUROCONTROL

Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (IATA: SAW, ICAO: LTFJ) is one of the airports serving İstanbul, Turkey. The facility is named after Sabiha Gökçen, the first female combat pilot in the world. Located 35 km (22 mi) southeast of central İstanbul, it is on the Asian side of the bi-continental city. It was built because the 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 is 3 million passengers per year and the domestic terminal capacity is 0.5 million passengers per year. In June 2007, Turkish conglomerate Limak, 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 October 31, 2009. In the first half of 2010, Sabiha Gökçen airport passenger numbers are up 93% to 4.86 million catapulting the airport to third in the national rankings.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.

Terminals

Domestic terminal

The building consists of an intermediate section serving for the check-in processes and luggage services, and passenger departure and arrival halls.

It features:

• 2,000 m (22,000 sq ft) utilization area
• 500,000 passengers/year capacity
• Cafeteria and Restaurants
• Offices

International terminal

The international terminal consists of three lounges: two operating for departures, A and B, and one for arrivals. Each departure lounge accommodates 11 check-in counters and 4 boarding gates, and the arrival section contains 12 passport counters.

It has an area of 20,000 m (220,000 sq ft) consisting of 16,000 m (170,000 sq ft) ground floor and 4,000 m (43,000 sq ft) mezzanine level. It features:

• 3,000,000 passenger/year capacity
• VIP and apron viewing CIP lounges
• Europe’s second largest Duty Free shopping area, with a ground of 3.918 square-meters; with shops at international standards
• 5.200 square-meters food court, for cafés, pubs and restaurants belonging the leading food & beverage brands
• Airline Offices
• Post Office, Banks, Rent-a-Car, Ticket sales & Travel Agencies, Exchange Office, ATMs, Base Stations, Cargo offices
• Offices

Cargo terminal

The cargo terminal features:

• 90,000 tons/year capacity
• 18 cold storage depots

Airlines and destinations

The airport

Additionally, several airlines operate charter flights to the airport, including:

Traffic Statistics

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

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