Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport guide

Sabiha Gökçen opened on 8 January 2001 as Istanbul's second airport and the main gateway on the Asian side of the Bosphorus. It is named after Sabiha Gökçen, the Turkish aviator. The airport sits on the Anatolian side, about 14 km from Pendik railway station, and is reached by the E80 motorway and the M4 metro line extension.

A single terminal building, inaugurated on 31 October 2009, handles domestic and international flights under one roof with a design capacity of 25 million passengers a year. It has 112 check-in counters, a 5,000 square metre food court, a 4,500 square metre duty-free area and a VIP building with business lounges. An hourly hotel and lounge opened in January 2020.

The airport handled 48.4 million passengers in 2025, up 17% on the year before. Pegasus Airlines and AJet are the main based carriers, joined by many international airlines. A second runway, 3,500 m long, opened on 25 December 2023 and lifted capacity from 40 to 80 aircraft movements an hour.