Approximately 209.8 Million Passengers Have Travelled Through Mega Airport Since Its Opening
As Anadolu Agency reported, İstanbul Airport, which was officially opened on October 29, 2018, the 95th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Türkiye, has served approximately 1.5 million planes to date.
The first flight to İstanbul Airport took place on June 21, 2018, when the Presidential TC-ANK plane landed on the first runway, which is 3,750 metres long and 60 metres wide.
According to data compiled by the Anadolu Agency, approximately 209.8 million passengers have passed through the mega airport since its opening.
İstanbul Airport welcomed 95,205 passengers in 2018 and 51.9 million passengers in 2019.
Tens of Millions of Passengers
It took over air traffic from Ataturk Airport on April 6, 2019.
Approximately 23.3 million people travelled through the İstanbul Airport, and 185,642 aircraft were served in 2020, when the pandemic hit air transport globally.
The airport saw 37 million passengers and 280,108 planes in 2021.
Last year, 425,890 planes landed and took off at Istanbul Airport, while passenger traffic hit 64.3 million.