Sabiha Gökçen – a well-placed alternative airport for Istanbul benefiting from access to downtown via two major highways. The 41m capacity terminal has been recently expanded to cater for increased demand and it serves for both domestic and international operations.
SAW is home to Pegasus Airlines – often dominating the ramp. That said, 53 airlines now serve the airport offering over 175 global destinations.
Turkish Airlines now has a comprehensive network from SAW to major European, CIS and Middle East destinations. The airport has caring customer relations, by using social media tools actively. Follow @SabihaGokcen on Twitter and like facebook.com/SabihaGokcenAirport on Facebook.
Other major reasons to serve this airport
- The Catchment Area: The prosperous region including the most developed cities of Turkey with the highest GDP.
- One of the Most Visited Destinations: İstanbul is one of the fastest growing destinations in the world and it’s becoming a center of attraction.
- The One Terminal Concept: It has one terminal concept offering an advantage for transit passengers by keeping the transfer time at minimum.
- Passenger Satisfaction: Quality and customer care are the priority of our services.
About İstanbul Sabiha Gökçen
- One of Europe’s fastest growing airports.
- 54 airlines offer direct flights to 41 domestic and 127 international destinations.
- Catchment area of 22 million population, including most industrialized cities of Turkey: İstanbul, Kocaeli, Bursa, Sakarya, Çanakkale, Yalova, Düzce, Bolu and Bilecik.
- Hub of Pegasus Airlines (serving both domestic and international) and the second hub of Turkish Airlines.
- SAW is currently connected to these destinations, also visible via the interactive route map.
- Almaty, Abu Dhabi, Amman, Amsterdam, Athens, Baghdad, Bahrain, Baku, Barcelona, Basel, Beirut, Belgrade, Berlin Schonefeld, Berlin Tegel, Bishkek, Bologna, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Cairo, Casablanca, Cologne Bonn, Copenhagen, Dammam, Doha, Dubai, Dusseldorf, Erbil, Ercan, Frankfurt, Geneva, Grozny, Hamburg, Hannover, Hurghada, Jeddah, Kharkov, Krasnodar, Kuwait, London Gatwick , London Stansted, Lviv, Lyon, Madrid, Marseille, Madinah, Milan Malpensa, Milan Bergamo, Mineralnye Vody, Moscow, Munich, Münster, Nizhny Novgorod, Nuremberg, Oslo, Paris CDG, Paris-Orly, Prague, Pristina, Riyadh, Rome, Samara, Sarajevo, Sharjah, Sharm el Sheikh , Skopje, Stockholm, Stuttgart, Sulaymaniyah, Tbilisi, Tehran, Tel Aviv, Tirana, Vienna, Volgograd, Zaporizhzhia and Zurich.
Click to view the interactive route map
Istanbul: The Cradle of Civilizations
- History of 2,500 years which leads the city to become a crucial centre for trade.
- Larger economy than 12 individual EU countries.
- High growth area with an expanding industrial sector and developing business districts.
- Air traffic growth is amongst the highest in the world.
- The only city in the world which spans two continents (Europe and Asia) divided by the Bosphorus Strait.
- Seventh most visited destination in the world.
- Ranks first on the list of best destinations in the world.
- 13.4 m tourists visited Istanbul in 2020, 30% of total tourist numbers in Turkey.
- Ranks eighth in the world for the highest number of meetings organised.
Marketing and other support
Contact the Aviation Marketing Department aviationmarketing@sgia.aero for detailed information and visit www.sabihagokcen.aero for further information about the airport.
İstanbul – one of Europe's most intensive and populated catchment areas with a metro area of 14.4 millions. İstanbul Sabiha Gökçen is the gate to İstanbul's rich mosaic of history, culture, shopping and dining.
Catchment Area
- Positioned on the Asian Side of İstanbul, among four most developed industrial cities with the highest GDP/capita (in excess of USD 25,000)
- İstanbul is the largest city of Turkey with population of 14.4 million.
- Catchment area of 20.7 million population within 200 km distance, accounting for 40% of Turkey’s total GDP USD 822 bn (2013).
- 30 min catchment area covers 5.4 million
- 60 min catchment area covers 16.3 million
- 120 min catchment area covers 20.7 million
- Technopark is nearby, including conference and hotel facilities.
Another launch in the Tuzla shipyard area of Istanbul – the airport is working hard create a strong focus on the specific industrial cargos related to a hinterland of automotive, chemicals, ship building and repair and textiles.
Cargo Terminal
- Operation and warehouse space of 7.767 square meters and office space of 1.900 square meters.
- Capacity of 90.000 tonnes annually.
- 18 cold storages separately-adjustable for any kind of goods.
- The wide cargo apron’s design is suitable for parking of 11 large fuselage aircraft.
- Adjustable temperature according to goods stored
- Handling of valuable consignments, dangerous and radioactive goods, live animals, frozen and perishable goods.
- Many major world-famous automotive, electronics, white goods and ship building companies are located and under production within only 1 hour distance.
Geography
- İstanbul Sabiha Gökçen is located on the Anatolian Side of İstanbul, and is 31 km from Kadıköy, 12 km from Pendik and 40 km from Taksim.
- Connection via Turkey’s two major highways provides easy and fast access to the airport.
- Rail services from Pendik provides connection to other Anatolian cities on the Asian side including the capital Ankara.
- Public buses, private shuttle services and taxis connect with all the important spots within the city. The Asian Side (Kadıköy/Pendik) metro line to be connected to İstanbul Sabiha Gökçen in 2021.
- Use this interactive map to view transportation alternatives.
Infrastructure & Operations:
- Runway 06-24; 3,000 meters x 45 meters. DVOR, ILS, DME, NDB. 40 ATM/hour capacity.
- Slot coordinated (Level 3).
- Operation hours: 24 hours.
- 33m passenger capacity terminal serving both domestic and international passengers under one roof.
- 124 check-in counters + 52 check-in kiosk positions.
- Total of 76 parking lots, 60 of them remote parking position.
- Multi-aircraft parking system allowing simultaneous service to 8 wide body aircrafts (IATA code E) or 16 narrow body aircrafts (IATA code C).
- CIP & VIP Lounges.
- 7.500 sqm food court and 4.500 sqm duty free area.
- A two-storey VIP building with terminal connection.
- Seperate General Aviation terminal.
- 128 rooms capacity Airport Hotel with direct entrance from both air and landside.
- A four-storey car park with a capacity of 4.718 vehicles + 72 buses.
- EDS baggage screening.
- Modern terminal awarded as the World’s largest earthquake-proof monoblock building.
- Turkey’s first barrier-free airport offering easier travelling experience for person with reduced mobility.
Vital statistics
Passenger numbers:
- 2001 : 47.377
- 2002 : 130.277
- 2003 : 157.172
- 2004 : 245.601
- 2005 : 1.019.746
- 2006 : 2.916.454
- 2007 : 3.791.625
- 2008 : 4.358.710
- 2009 : 6.640.230
- 2010 : 11.598.026
- 2011 : 13.688.979
- 2012 : 14.872.910
- 2013: 18,842,788
- 2014: 23,631,883
- 2015: 28,285,578
- 2016: 29,651,310
- 2017: 31,316,109
- 2018: 34,058,917
- 2019: 35,465,508
- 2020: 16,982,456
Financials
Contact the Commercial Aviation Department for detailed information and while referring to http://www.sabihagokcen.aero