Istanbul New Airport Guide, Istanbul Third Airport

Istanbul New Airport (Turkish: İstanbul Yeni Havalimanı), or Third Airport (Turkish: Üçüncü Havalimanı), is an international airport under construction in Arnavutköy district on the European side of Istanbul, Turkey. The airport is poised to be the largest airport in the world, with a 200 million passenger annual capacity, and was planned due to lack of capacity in the existing airports of Istanbul. It will be the third international airport to be built in Istanbul; Istanbul Atatürk Airport will be closed down once the new airport is operational.

Istanbul New Airport, also referred to as Istanbul Grand Airport, is a proposed new airport touted to become the world's biggest airport based on its passenger handling capacity, which is estimated to be 150 million per annum.

The new airport will be located approximately 35km outside of Istanbul, between the residential areas of Yenikoy and Akpinar along the Black Sea coast, and will replace the Atatürk International Airport.

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Details of the new airport
Istanbul New Airport will be constructed on an area of approximately 76.5m². It will comprise four terminals covering a total space area of 1.4m², 165 passenger boarding bridges, three technical buildings, eight control towers, six runways, 16 taxiways, and an apron area of 6.5m² with the capacity to accommodate 500 aircraft.