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Atatürk Airport

international airport in Istanbul, Turkey
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Summary

Atatürk Airport is an international airport[1]. It ranks in the top 0.086% of international airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,443 views/month, #1 of 1,156).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Bakırköy[3], Istanbul[4]
  • Country: Turkey[5]
  • Instance of: commercial traffic aerodrome[6], aerodrome[7]
  • Operator: TAV Airports Holding[8]
  • Named after: Mustafa Kemal Atatürk[9], Istanbul[10]
  • IATA airport code: ISL[11]
  • ICAO airport code: LTBA[12]
  • Commons category: Istanbul Atatürk Airport[13]
  • Runway: 05/23[14]
  • Inception: January 1, 1924[15]
  • Coordinate location: 40.976111111111, 28.814166666667[16]
  • Significant event: 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt[17], 2016 Istanbul airport attack[18]
  • Interchange station: Atatürk Havalimanı[19]
  • Official website: https://ataturkhavalimani.gov.tr[20]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Istanbul Atatürk Airport[21]
  • Place served by transport hub: Istanbul[22]
  • Date of official opening: 1912[23]
  • Native label: İstanbul Atatürk Havalimanı[24]
  • Different from: Istanbul Airport[25]
  • Elevation above sea level: 163[26]
  • Area: 947[27]
  • Aerodrome reference point: 40.9769, 28.8146[28]
  • Patronage: 63,859,785[29], 64,106,014[30], 67,981,446[31], 56,695,166[32], 51,297,790[33], 45,091,962[34], 28,553,132[35], 29,812,888[36], 37,394,694[37], 32,143,819[38], 23,196,229[39], 16,072,534[40], 64,119,374[41], 60,415,470[42]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Atatürk Airport include Atatürk Havalimanı[43], a metro station[44], in Turkey[45], founded in 2002[46].

Why It Matters

Atatürk Airport has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] It is known by 139 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]

Entities named for it include Atatürk Havalimanı[43], a metro station[44], in Turkey[45], founded in 2002[46].

Related Entities

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Turkey

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [44] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [45] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [46] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [47] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [48] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 25d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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