Ataturk airport

The international airport Ataturk in Istanbul is an important crossing point of the Near East, Northern Africa, and Eastern Europe. Further — some information about the place, where you will be first of all, after you get to Istanbul.

Main information

The international Ataturk airport is one of the ten largest European airports by traffic flow. It is located in the European part of the city, in 24 kilometers to the west from the historical center of Istanbul — Sultanahmet square. Ataturk airport is located in 28 kilometers away from the city and in 4 kilometers away from the sea. The communication between the center of the city and the airport Ataturk is various, this is why it will not be difficult for you to get there from any point of Istanbul.

Ataturk airport disposes of two terminals — international one and inner one. The international terminal was built in 2001, the inner one — in 1970s. The terminals are connected to each other with an underground passage. The international terminal is more modern and spacious. It serves all the flights, except the Turkish ones. At the territory of the terminal there is free wireless connection Wireless LAN, ATMs, exchange points, restaurants, and tourist shops.

Useful information

The hall with the shops of duty-free commerce at the Ataturk airport of Istanbul is functioning for more than 15 years already, constantly expanding and developing. The shops here are open 24 hours a day, more than 700 employees are enabled there and always ready to offer you a wide range of products.
«Lost-property office» plays an important role in the work of Ataturk airport, as it returns a significant part of the found things to their owners. The percent of finds makes up about 85%, it means that if 10.000 lost objects are found, almost 8.500 of them are returned to their owners. «Lost-property office» is located at the territory of departure lounge.
Care about the environment is an especially important task for the International airport Ataturk, for example, in public use places, there is a special water processing program applied.